A Monday Mosaic of Byzantine Bricks

Joël Jurg (@ancientlegobricks), history student and AFOL, recreates the famous mosaic portrait of Emperor Justinian I as seen in the Basilica of San Vitale.

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We’re wowed by this wonderful wizard

Roll to defend! @moptoptrev is casting Firebrick and we’re feeling the heat.

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Celebrating autumn with bell jars and bento boxes

Japanese builder @umemaruko7 uses brick-built home decor to celebrate the changing seasons. Her latest works capture the colors of autumn under glass and on the wall.

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The Playable LEGO Game Boy: An Interview with the team behind BrickBoy [Interview]

We talked with the creators behind the BrickBoy, that acts as a true power up to set 72046.

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The 1:15 scale Octan Peterbilt 389 en route to Brick World, Netherlands

Dennis Glaasker (@dennisglaasker) delivers big time with this stunning new Octan Peterbilt 389

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LEGO Icons 40768 Type 15 Shuttlepod: to boldly gift where no-one has gifted before [Review]

Ah, LEGO’s gifts with purchase. To some they’re as important as phasers or transformers, to others they’re a form of evil second only to the Borg. But love them or loathe them, we have another one to look forward to: 40768 Type 15 Shuttlepod, the companion set to the recently revealed 10356 USS Enterprise. The Continue reading →

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Bonsai in bloom or a minifig vignette?

This beautiful bonsai from Denil Oh (@deniloh85)joined a LEGO-hosted Botanicals event in Kuala Lumpur. We’re enchanted by the grey and pink tree.

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Bottoms up, we’re getting brickfaced!

TBB’s own Kimberly Giffen (@k_giffen_creates) gets the weekend started right with a tropical LEGO libation

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LEGO Icons 10365 USS Enterprise: a ship worthy of the name [Review]

Reviewer’s log, stardate -297548.10*. A curious missive appeared on the bridge today: a new Starfleet vessel has been sent to us for appraisal. Its designation? LEGO Icons 10365 USS Enterprise. This is not a starship in the conventional sense. It consists not of tritanium or duranium, but of plastic bricks – 3,600 of them, in Continue reading →

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Cowboys and Dinosaurs make for a very wild west

Builder Martin Dasnoy (@md_brickstudio) blends cowboys and dinosaurs with a series of “Jurassic West” builds featuring wonderful brick-built LEGO dinos.

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You’ve got chainmail!

LEGO Castle sets have offered plenty of armor options for your medieval knight minifigs, from pauldrons to full plate, but while mail has been available on printed toro, the company hasn’t figured out how to deliver the supple weave of a true chainmail experience. Hamilton Whitney (@the_brick_hamster) solves the minifig chainmail problem by working with a really big head – one of the sorting bin variety!

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Visit Kyoto’s Gion district in LEGO

Meredith Najewicz takes us back to Japan’s Edo era with a miniland-scale scene of meiko in Gion, Kyoto’s geisha district. This larger scale allows for beautiful architectural detail and clever techniques, like the rooftops made from garage door panels, and wood texture from stacked spiral staircase axles.

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