Category Archives: LEGO

You’d probably expect a lot of the posts on a LEGO website like The Brothers Brick to be about LEGO, and you’d be right. If you’re browsing this page, you might want to consider narrowing what you’re looking for by checking out categories like “Space” and “Castle.” We’re sure there’s something here that’ll fascinate and amaze you.

Brickvention 2009 Reminder

Just a 16 day reminder about Australia’s own convention. And remember it’s on the Australia Day long weekend so if you’re planning to visit Melbourne for it book your hotels about now.

Australia’s LEGO convention, Brickvention, is just a few weeks away and it is now time to make that all important decision about attending the event.

The weekend of LEGO-filled fun happens over the Australia Day Long Weekend (January 23rd – 25th) in Melbourne (Australia). This is the third such event in Melbourne and looks like being just as exciting as the previous years.

Details of the event can be found at the website: http://www.brickventures.com

Even if you can’t make it to the whole weekend, the display area is open to the public on Sunday and we’d love to see everyone there!

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Mostly Harmful

In this vignette by Peter Reid, Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer digs up Hitchhiker’s Guide author Douglas Adams.

Getting around London with Firas Abu-Jaber

Firas Abu-Jaber (Flickr) is perhaps best known for his larger-scale cars and trucks, but with this set of vehicles inspired by the buses and taxis you can still see on London streets, Firas shows that he’s a master of LEGO vehicles at any scale.

See more pictures of the Routemaster bus and London cab on MOCpages or Flickr.

Fregoli Alley

Named after the Fregoli delusion, this creation by Alex Eylar holds a certain dark charm evoked by the mature hues and the exaggerated slopes of the streets. Since there is no story presented by the builder, you can probably imagine your own tale.

A dazzling infestation

Chris Edwards presents a horror diorama unlike any I’ve seen. It depicts a space module invaded by a growing worm that the crew are desperatly fighting to contain.

The most stunning part of the creation comes from the visually striking colors of the creature, brought out by the neutral tones of the background, thus intensifying a sense of chaos. It is also worthwhile to appreciate the many angles on the worm, which gives the creature a posture that conveys motion.

The Coke building by Spencer R.

I set up an account on MOCpages.com for the first time a couple days ago, and I’m already encountering great builders I hadn’t been aware of before, starting with Spencer R. His “Coke Building” has tons of great architectural details, from the diner windows on the first floor to the top of the roof:

The back of the building gives it its name, with an excellent brick-built Coca-Cola logo (and cool ATM):

Ken Takeuchi’s microscale Europa battleship has its own gravitational pull

As far as I can tell, Ken Takeuchi (blog) single-handedly invented the microscale space genre nearly 10 years ago. His latest proves that he’s still got it:

The battleship Europa is nearly a meter (3 feet) long, and the interior is braced with LEGO Technic beams.

For lots more photos, check out Ken’s Europa page on KEN-TUCKY.com.

Happy 2009, the Year of the Cow!

Like Nannan, I’d hoped my first post of 2009 would be a nice wrap-up of 2008, but life has conspired against me (*cough* *cough*). Fortunately, others have welcomed 2009 in their own way.

Jesus Diaz rounds up his favorite LEGO stories on Gizmodo, from Mark Kelso’s Invisible Hand and the Death Star to Jesus’ trip to Billund, Denmark.

Moko kicks off the Year of the Cow with an adorable Holstein in soft focus:

Mumu likewise goes black and white with his great brick-built cow:

My favorite cow is this one by Suu:

Of course, who can forget that 2009 is also the year in which LEGO releases the first official sets with cows? Hurray for 10193 Medieval Market Village!

Registration now open for BrickFest 2009, Mar 27-29 in Portland, OR [News]

Registration is now open for BrickFest 2009, to be held March 27 through 29 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR.

You can register now at BrickFest.com/Registration/.

For a sampling of what you can expect at this year’s BrickFest, check out the BrickFest pool on Flickr.

Pacific rescue

Check out this diorama by Ciamoslaw Ciamek that depicts the rescue of the pilot of a crashed Corsair in the Pacific WWII inspired by this painting.

LAML Radio wraps up 2008

I’ve been wanting to make a wrap up post about the year 2008, but it looks like LAML Radio has already done a fabulous job with their latest episode of 2008 in Review. Check it out as James and Aaron talk through the best creations of the year and other notable highlights. I should also mention that this is LAML Radio’s 100th show, congratulations!

Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tyler (Legohaulic) made a wonderfully realistic figure of the iconic Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas. This seemingly simple combination of pieces ends up with brilliant results.