Benlego presents a couple of winter wonderland scenes about to be interrupted by those rascally Power Miners:
As a bonus, check out this creative shadow puppetry:
And, finally, thanks to the new Castle and Pirate sets, minifigs can finally go fishing properly:
As I type this, Barack Obama stands on the steps of the Unites States Capital with his right hand raised, taking the Oath of Office as the 44th President of the United States of America.
Like many LEGO fans, Michael Fortress wanted to mark the historic inauguration of president Obama. Inspired by the iconic Shepard Fairey “Hope” poster, Michael combined his graphic design skills with his passion for LEGO to create his own LEGO-themed Barack Obama “Hope” stencil poster.
Check out more of Michael’s design projects on deviantART.
LEGO Certified Professional Sean Kenney honors the inauguration of Barack Obama with this lovely mosaic, combining Obama’s new official portrait with Shepard Fairey’s poster design.
Digger Digger Dogstar illustrates the peaceful transition of power between outgoing president George W. Bush and incoming president Barack Obama.
Remembering what happened on Election Day a few months ago, I’ll remind everyone to keep the comments civil, please.
Personally, I’m a bit tired of the BSG Viper fad, but I had to make an exception here. V&A Steamworks cruises in with a Steampunk Viper and its full of nifty win. Check out those Duplo Pirate Pistols, Bionicle pieces and Harry Potter pieces! This thing is loaded with stuff that should never be in the same room together, let alone in the same creation. It workin’ though…really well.
The building was nothing special — a little Boston Brownstone I built mainly as filler for the zombie display — so I decided to have a little fun with the presentation.
Check out the full building if you must.
Brent Waller‘s medibot arrives just a few moments too late to rescue an ill-fated minifig.
Don’t miss the gallery on MOCpages for more shots of this adorable mecha.
Vincent Cheung spent just 10 nights to build this amazing creation from the anime series Space Battleship Yamato. The model measures about 150 studs long, that’s the equivalent of four feet.
Via Klocki
Really, is there anything that needs to be said? It’s by Legohaulic, and it’s everyone’s favorite time-traveling DeLorean.
I started a little building challenge for trainheads (and those that might want to have a go) and Peter Norman donated a prize so it became a contest. An interesting aspect of train building in LEGO is that it’s one of the few areas where a number of people work from the same or similar prototypes. For these challenges I decided to take this one step further and get everyone to work from exactly the same source material.
The rules are in the flickr trains group but I’ve copied them here for those who don’t use flickr.
This time we can all build a US diesel switcher: a Baldwin AS-616 as it comes in a variety of liveries. I found a nice side-view projection and there’s a flickr group dedicated to Baldwin’s.
Peter Norman has graciously donated a prize to the first challenge so there will be judging. The winner will receive a very valuable Lego train related item. Peter, I and possibly a third judge will decide the winner based on no fixed criteria. There will not be a rankings system.
* The deadline for entries is February 28, 2009. Deisgns must not have appeared in public before the 1st January 2009.
* To enter the contest provide a small link to the image in the flickr thread using the [FLICKR-URL] technique (copy the URL for the model’s flickr page and surround it by square brackets). If you are not a flickr member email a direct link to a 240px wide version of your entry to me and a link to more pics and I will enter for you.
* The Challenge is open to 6, 7, or 8 wide, powered or not. All entries must be able to at least navigate Lego train track.
* Entries may be in CAD format but the file must be available for inspection and must be deemed to be buildable by me to be eligible for the contest. Similarly non-LEGO components may be used but it is best to be aware of the judges’ prejudices.
If you have any questions just post them here but read through all the text first.
Inspired by Alex Eylar and Tim, brilliant young builder AT94 (Flickr) tries his hand at cinematic photography — to great success, I think.
I’m most intrigued by the hood of the car poking into this picture:
