Category Archives: LEGO

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Did someone say clutch power? This LEGO bag has you covered

LEGO bricks are famous for their “clutch power,” which is what makes it possible for builder Sage Summers to assemble a stylish clutch purse that is sturdy enough for a night out. Not only does it look chic with its pearl gold detailing, but it’s spacious enough to hold all of your brick-built essentials. Sage was the most recent winner of LEGO Masters, along with her brother Ian, and like that Bricktacular builder, she’s got a knack for LEGO replicas that could easily be mistaken for the real thing.

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From LEGO Masters to building local landmarks – Eddie Godden gives back with bricks [Interview]

Ever since appearing on LEGO Masters season 3 with his sister Asiza, Eddie Gooden (@e.b_brixx) has been spreading the message that all are welcome and anyone can be creative with LEGO. While Eddie regularly builds and shares mosaics, habitats, and custom minifig creations, finding time for larger MOCs can be a challenge. When the chance arrived to contribute to an exhibit on historic buildings in his local community of Spokane, Washington, Eddie leapt at the opportunity. We took this opportunity to catch up with Eddie about his minifig-scale recreation of the Spokesman-Review Building and life with LEGO after LEGO Masters.

Our interview with Eddie follows

A hairy situation in the desert

Building birds at minifig scale is an exercise in efficiency where every element counts. As we’ve seen in official sets and fan creations, it’s possible to create a wide range of bird species when you know which parts to draw on. Croatian builder Brick Ćaća has been on a Western kick of late and found a novel solution to add vultures to his desert landscape using long black hairpieces for their hunched bodies and the effect is uncanny. Different wigs work equally well for a variety of fluffy coats. I pity the poor outlaw buried in the sand, stuck with these buzzards who look ready to get ahead.

Check out this room you probably never checked in to...

I slept on going to the Star Wars: Galatic Starcruiser experience, and now I can’t sleep there. But, thanks to Brian (_tm31__), we can all bring the themed hotel room home in LEGO form. Brian has captured the resort’s Star Wars production design in a wonderful little vignette showing how the whole family can relax in comfort after a day exploring the galaxy. There’s a bed big enough for a wookie that mom and dad can rest on, and two bunks with padding that calls back to the Millenium Falcon’s corridors for the little Jedis in the family.

A Spider-verse build that hits the spot

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was billed as part one of a two-part epic, but three years later we’re still waiting on the follow up. To help us deal with the wait, Noah (building_connections_official) brings us an original scene of the portal producing villain the Spot creating plenty of displaced chaos.

LEGO’s modular nature is put to perfect use here, with multiple props and scene participants taking up space in different parts of the build. The Spot’s trademark black voids being built around minifigure halves and the police car create a kind of unity from their disassembly.

And, while the full lab scene might be too much for an official set, Noah’s police car is exactly the kind of unique thing I’d love to see on store shelves when that next movie hits!

Let me get a tauntaun burger, hold the mayo

Star Wars is a rich universe, full of knights, scoundrels, soldiers, and wizards…but also plenty of normal folks. And, while we often see the ships and settings of the knights and wizards, we rarely glimpse the ho-hum of the galaxy. Which is what makes this food stand by Tim Goddard so refreshing.

There’s no lasers, no thrusters, and no chance of losing an arm to a lightsaber. It’s just a place where a moisture farmer or a hoverbike mechanic can grab lunch. One look at the droid manning it, and you know immediately it belongs in a galaxy far, far away. And you also know you better learn Aurebesh if you want to read the menu.

These dwarves are done digging

Although they’re known primarily as miners, Dwalin Forkbeard has higher aspirations for the dwarves near the Eastern Watcher. They’re about to mingle with the clouds, thanks to their airship the Skyscraper. The orcs won’t know what’s coming their way, as they watch low for their dwarven enemies, only to be pelted from above with bombs. Obviously, the large stone tower immediately draws the eye, and it’s impressively built. But the airship steals the show, with that wonderful dwarven masthead. For more of Dawlin’s impressive creations, make sure to dig into our archives.

LEGO Mermaid Mural brings a shot of LEGO artistry to Starbucks Vietnam

Latte art? Tired. LEGO art in the coffee shop? Wired! Especially when the LEGO art in question is as rich and filled with color and genius parts usage like this mural from Vietnamese AFOL and Masterpiece Gallery alum Khang Huynh, in collaboration with building partner Kỷ Duy Phong. Created for Starbucks Vietnam, the artwork was created over four months and measures 1×2 meters. The work incorporates Vietnamese imagery into an ornate depiction of the coffeemaker’s mermaid mascot.

At first glance, the mural might look flat, but up close, you can see how it bursts from the wall. 2×1 round tiles let the artists shape the flower petals into organic curves. Creative parts usage abounds, like the use of Pteranodon wings for a green gradient in the lily pads.

The most galaxy-brain NPU, however, is found in the hands. Those life-like finger tips? Patrick Star heads from the SpongeBob theme!

Collectible Minifigs Series 28 Animals unleash creativity in the LEGO community

Few things bring together the LEGO community like Collectible Minifigs. Whether you’re looking for new elements, chasing nostalgia, or hunting for a friend to sit on your desk, CMF have something for everyone. Series 28, released this month, is all about animal costumes (you can read our review here). Even with this narrow theme, the figures are inspiring a zoo’s worth of creative builds. Whether you’re a habitat fan or a mecha mechanic, there’s plenty to appreciate in this menagerie of minifigs!

Candy Bricks created several impressive vignettes for the different animal figs. Our favorite features the frog amongst toadstools. Candy expands on the included bubble wand with a forest full of big bubbles.

Thorben (tee_baum_bricks) takes the frog fig in a very different direction, swapping bubbles for a very big sword! The CMF body gets repurposed as bigfig hands for this absolute brute of an amphibian. (You can see more of Thorben’s crazy mechs here).

Garret (2p_figs) used the frog head for the centerpiece of this swampy sorcerer. Leaf elements make for perfect froggy feet.

Of course there are a lot of non-frog critters in the mix…

See more creations featuring CMF series 28 animals

Hardcore cottagecore- on a hilltop

This little LEGO creation built by Carter Witz comes with a Bible verse from Matthew 7:24-27. It states, and I’m paraphrasing here, something about how a wise builder, hearing the Lord’s word, builds on rock and has the steady foundation that leads a life that withstands the inevitable trials while the fool, who doesn’t obey the Lord, builds on sand and whose life results in total collapse when challenges come. This must me one of the many, many verses I missed after they threw me out of Sunday school for coloring Jesus’ hair green. True story, bro! While my path has diverged greatly, Carter’s faith in the Lord has never wavered and we never wavered in our appreciation for Carter’s talents. Reflect on our Carter Witz archives to see what I mean.

From Ninjago to the Nostromo, this LEGO part makes the perfect Alien Facehugger

LEGO builder and Alien fan Dan Hollogast, who goes by Owlhead online, discovered that the Ninjago anaconda bone helmet, turned backwards, uncannily resembles a facehugger. Building on that Giger-esque bit of NPU, Dan recreates the scene on the Nostromo where the crew of the Nostromo investigate the creature attached to Kane’s face for an act best not described in polite company.

Dan ably captures the pristine med bay of the Nostromo with great care paid to matching the on-screen look, down to the floor pattern. I don’t know what those greebles above the table are for, but they look very science-y.

Of course, things won’t stay clean for long. Moments after this scene, everyone gathered around the table is about to lose their lunch. Talk about mess decks! Am I right? For more on the lifecycle of everyone’s least favorite uninvited party guest, be sure to ingest our Alien archives.

This LEGO carriage puts the hart before horse

Here’s one LEGO knight who’s not horsin’ around with his wagon needs. This charming medieval moc comes from a new face on the afol scene, a French builder who goes by Slippin’ Jimmy, and like his namesake, s’all good, man. Jimmy’s cart is pulled by cleverly designed stag that incorporates wands and minifig hands for its spindly legs. The antlers augment the classic samurai headpiece for an impressive rack.

While small in scale, the wagon is a surprisingly complex build that uses SNOT elements, round plates, and slopes to hit the perfect curves. The star elements are those white Technic panels that work perfectly as a cloth covering for the wagon.

If the green paper background and layout look familiar to regular readers, that’s because Jimmy photographed the scene with help from good friend Syrdarian, who wrote a guide for the site about building in this “ground-based” style.