Category Archives: LEGO

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LEGO Neon Evengalion mech stands ready to defend the Tokyo of the future

Tokyo-3, an alternate history version of the metropolis, is defended from attacking monstrosities called Angels by giant mechs with a single pilot. Marco De Bon enjoys building LEGO scenes including these mechs with sections of the fortified city. We previously featured two other Neon Genesis Evangelion blocks showcasing unit-00 and unit-01. But now unit-02 joins the line-up! The mech is skillfully built to hide any obvious LEGO joints. He straddles a highway that uses transparent blue window panes for force fields. Gold stud-shooters make the perfect rooftop machinery in the foreground.

Lego Evangelion moc pt. 3

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A herbalist’s homey haven

“In a mystical chamber adorned with an array of glass jars, bubbling potions, ancient scrolls, tomes, and exotic flora, the air is thick with the scent of arcane knowledge and potent enchantments.” So begins Syrdarian‘s description of their spellbinding LEGO herbalist’s workspace. Everything you need to cast a spell or heal a malady is right here in piles and stacks, from the crystals on the floor to the jars on the shelves and the cut flowers on the worktable. Boxes and baskets of berries and flowers sit next to the staircase, while tomes of arcane lore rest where they can be readily perused.

Herbalist's Enchanted Haven

The herbalist’s hobbies clearly range beyond plant lore, judging by the lute carefully placed against the wall and the pie and sweets tucked away on a shelf. Joining the herbalist are three different frogs, a rubber ducky, and a hungry mouse. The plates and brick elements in the wall (along with wands for the spindly table legs) give the dwelling a lived-in, ramshackle appearance. And lastly, we can’t fail to remark upon the clever way the windowpanes are formed—minifig hands in several colors.

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Deadpool & Wolverine & Gwenpool get the fan BrickHeadz treatment

While you can’t buy buy buy official Deadpool & Wolverine Brickheadz from the LEGO group, mutant and merc fan Shipmaster steps up with fan variants that are too perfect to be pruned by the TVA. The headlining movie heroes are joined by lesser known fan favorite Gwenpool, who shares Deadpool’s meta superpowers (if not his penchant for blood and vulgarity). Shipmaster does a stellar job matching the characters’ comics appearances without skimping on LEGO skill. Binoculars make for the perfect ammo belt around Wade’s waist, and Wolverine’s “ears” nail the X-Men ’97 costume look, but my favorite technique is the log on Logan’s display stand.

Mutants and Mercs- Brickheadz

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New LEGO sets for August 2024 now available for purchase [News]

Summer is in full swing for the northern hemisphere, and LEGO fans are discovering a massive wave of new sets releasing on the LEGO website today. With offerings from Star Wars, Marvel, Technic, LEGO Ideas, and other themes, there’s plenty to have a gander at. I’m particularly excited about releases like LEGO Technic 42182 NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle – LRV, LEGO Star Wars 75389 The Dark Falcon, and Marvel 76297 Dancing Groot. Of course we won’t be able to cover everything, but check out all the highlights from this month’s new releases below. And if you want to see all the sets that just hit the virtual and real-world store shelves, head on over to the LEGO website (US | CAN | UK).

Check out our favorite sets in the August wave below!

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Nova Scotia’s beloved Bluenose in LEGO

No boat has stirred a nation’s pride like Canada’s Bluenose. Built in 1921, the Nova Scotia-based fishing and racing schooner won the International Fisherman’s Cup in its maiden year, and 17 years later came out of retirement to win its last-ever competition in a nailbiter of a grudge match. Builder Moptoptrevpays tribute with a detailed model in LEGO of the ship, or rather its replica successor, the Bluenose II, which sails to this day as Nova Scotia’s ambassador of the seas. moptoptrev does a great job shaping the schooner’s hull in dark red and matching the original’s rigging.

Lego Bluenose

It’s a lovely ship – no wonder it inspired “Canada’s finest stamp” — also commemorated in LEGO!

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Take your party to the top of Ravenspire in this custom LEGO Dungeons & Dragons campaign

To say that this year’s release of LEGO Ideas 21348 Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale has had an impact on the LEGO fan community might be the understatement of the year. D&D remains as popular as ever in the role-playing game community, and the joining of a custom-made game with custom-made LEGO models delights all kinds of builders. One of those builders, Luis Saladrigas of LEGO Masters US Season 4, has gone above and beyond with an epic creation depicting a fantasy campaign. Check out the whole thing below, but be sure to read on for tons of details as well.

Raid-on-Ravenspire-01

Check out more details in this massive creation below!

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Albatross dropship soars the sci-fi skies

The Albatross multi-atmospheric carrier ship is a brutalist beast of aerospace engineering dreamed up by concept artist Theo Stylianides and recreated here in LEGO by Vitus Barth. The massive dual-colored wings look incredible and pose quite a structural challenge for the builder. Vitus does a great job matching the form of his inspiration while making some creative choices with color that enhance the build as a LEGO model, such as making the top of the craft in tan and using black for the impressive “orbit breaker” thrusters and intakes.

Albatross

We first featured Vitus’ work back in 2007 and it’s great to see he’s still creating and sharing amazing sci-fi builds.

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A holiday home for beach-lovers

Architectural LEGO whizz Pan Noda is taking us to the seaside! There’s just one problem: their apartment is nowhere near the sea (I presume). So what to do? Bring the seaside to the apartment! Pan’s builds skirt that fine line between realistic and whimsical so well, and this is another fine example. At first glance it could just be a painted wall, but when you notice the sandcastle and the water on the floor, it makes you wonder if someone really did make a beach in their own digs. A touch of forced perspective with that excellent deckchair in the foreground really sells it as a surrealist artwork in its own right.

Beach Room

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A pair of experts in LEGO bot-jitsu

It’s not every day we get to see a pair of pugilist automatons like in the “RoboDojo” by LEGO builder Rubblemaker. As Light Gray lands a powerful flywheel kick, we can see the sparks shoot out of Dark Gray’s noggin. Each bot looks wonderfully posable, capable of all kinds of bashes and blocks. But my favorite bit has got to be the pair of gold wheels in the back wall. It feels like such an appropriate fusion between martial arts decor and machinery.

RoboDojo

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A peaceful LEGO oasis is the perfect place to spend a hot summer afternoon

I don’t know how y’all like to stay cool in the heat of summer, but I like what BrickheXe has come up with in this lovely LEGO watering hole. The mosaic pattern on the floor made from cheese slopes on their sides perfectly complements the decorative wall behind the fountain. One of my favorite architectural details is the onion-shaped openings along the wall made with four perfectly matched slopes and arches. That palm tree is also a simple but very effective technic.

The Palace of Al Dalghar

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Cooking up a storm in the Iron Builder competition

There’s another round of Iron Builder going on at the moment between Jonah Schultz and Maxx Davidson. As you’d expect, they’ve both been knocking it out of the park, and that’s at least partly helped by the seed part: a LEGO minifigure baseball bat! Maxx’s kitchen is what’s caught my eye. There’s some nice retro styling here, and of course you can see the bat used in the fridge handles and as a utensil handle in the pot. Less conspicuous, but no less ingenious, are the uses as an oven tray and what I believe is a pepper mill or grinder. The latter also makes clever use of a Technic clutch part in red!

In the Kitchen

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A new gate to an ancient LEGO city

For some LEGO builders, each creation is a stand-alone work, but the castle creations of Andreas Lenander are an exercise in world building spread over years. Andreas has added to his Middle East-inspired city of Mophet, a medieval oasis of tan and teal, in various competitions and collabs over the years. The latest addition, The Blue Gate, is a great showcase for how much Leander’s talent for Islamic Architecture in LEGO has grown since he first introduced his fictional city. I love the flowing arch of simple 1×2 bricks and the anti-studs in alternating colors, examples of creating beauty from the simplest LEGO elements, and the use of colors – especially nougat and medium blue – is outstanding. Here’s hoping Andreas will continue to reveal Mophet’s many secrets for years to come.

The Blue gate of Mophet

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