Tag Archives: Contests

Contests and build challenges are often a great way to get creative juices flowing. Check out our coverage of new contests here, and congratulate the winners of contests that have finished.

Legohaulic shows us what he’s got

Tyler Clites (Legohaulic) has the, uh, nerve to enter the Show Us What You Got contest with this interesting vehicle dubbed the CS-Nozzle Starfighter.

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Aboard the Ivory Lotus with Ebeneezer, Phil, and The Reaver

Kevin Fedde (Crimson Wolf) enters the Show Us What You Got Starfighter Contest with the Ivory Lotus.

Click the picture to see more and read the back story.

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Custom Clone Wars minifigs by M19

Jamie Spencer (Morgan19) has been known to create incredible minifigs in the call of a contest. This time, Jamie makes his first sculpted and painted pieces. Check out the full gallery with descriptions on Flickr (or if you prefer Brickshelf).

morganfigs

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Your entire life has been a mathematical error

I promise, we are not in fact contractually obligated to blog all Portal or Valve-inspired LEGO creations. But this Spontaneous Portal Generator Prototype II (aka Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device) by Neaku (also on Flickr) definitely caught my eye:

Via BioniBlog, where Ean has a nice overview of the latest Bionicle Building Contest over at BZPower.

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In Holland, mermaids live under the ice

Erik Smit (.eti) recently won the LowLUG MiniMocMadness contest with “The mermaid that came from under the ice.”

After winning two prizes in our GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest, Erik is on a roll. Congratulations!

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Reasonably Clever Handtruck Building Challenge ’09! [w00t!]

Chris Doyle over at Reasonably Clever has just announced the “Handtruck Building Challenge ’09.”

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Incorporate as many LEGO handtrucks into a LEGO creation as you can. The deadline is March 13, 2009, so get building!

Check out Reasonably Clever for complete details.

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Job Muller Roundup

The Job Muller Contest, on Classic Castle, has certainly been generating a lot of great entries! Here are some of my favorites.

‘Shroom Whisperer by Foamrider:

Ye Olde Toliet Salesman by Life Unscripted:

Sanitizers by Shmails:

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Starfighter contest on Flickr

The Starfighters group on Flickr is hosting a “Show Us What You Got” Starfighter Contest. The rules are simple: “build an original starfighter, and make it awesome.” The prizes include custom models from Peter Morris, who’s also among the panel of judges. The contest runs until March 31st, so there’s plenty of time to perfect an entry.



Above creation by Nnenn

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LEGO steampunkery from all over

The Agents of the Imperial Crown contest is certainly contributing to an uptick in the number of LEGO steampunk creations I’m seeing. Here’s a quick roundup.

V&A Steamworks goes airborne aboard HMS Earl Grey:

Rod Gillies (2 Much Caffeine) takes steampunk to China and Prussia:

Jason “JasBrick” has been posting awesome custom steampunk minifigs for a while:

Finally, the airplane Philip Stark built for his steampunk version of Gold Hunt is worth a close look (and click the pic to see the accompanying wagon):

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Favorite runners-up from the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest

LEGO fans submitted nearly a hundred entries to the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest, which made choosing the Grand Prize, First Prize, and Second Prize winners very hard.

Here are are a few of my personal favorites from among the rest of the entries.

Moritz Nolting packs a crowd of minifigs aboard a party truck, led by a dude with a monkey tattoo on his chest:

Peter Edwards constructs a lovely scene using a megalithic RCX brick:

Second Prize winner dabol_t entered nine photos in the contest. Here are my own favorites:

B-boying from minifigs

Fabuland, check! Maxi-figs, check! Retro car, check! This diorama by Aaron Andrews includes so many nostalgic elements, I’m about to pop! Plastic Revolution indeed.

Each of Erik Smit‘s entries was in contention for a prize in its category, and combined, they’re a truly wonderful series (best viewed large):

So, dear readers, what were your favorite entries?

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Announcing the Job Mullers Contest [News]

Aliencat and Bluesecrets are hosting a brand-new contest over at Classic Castle.

Born in a frenzy of whimsy and late-night chatting, the Job Muller’s Contest is something unique. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is build a fictional medieval occupation, the funnier the better. I think I’m going to be entering this one….

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Train challenge examples

Both Peter Norman and I have now done example designs for the previously mentioned train building challenge. Remember it closes at the end of February so if you’re planning to enter you better get cracking.

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