There are some times when you have to stare in awe at a creation; this is one of those times. Cole Blaq pulls off the difficult task of creating the organic form of the creature and uses transparent light blue elements to create effects that further enhance the model. It’s truly a sight to behold.
Ed Diment (Lego Monster) proves his worthiness to the Na’vi by building the Great Leonopteryx known as Toruk. Wait, do they even have Lego on Pandora?
Not aurore&aube, whose excellent T-Rex looks like it’s just stepped from the Jurassic onto a modern city street.
(What color is tan on the official LEGO color palette?)
Thanks for the tip, -Disty-!
jens posted an adorable turtle, using the helmet piece from the new LEGO Toy Story set, 7595 Army Men on Patrol.
This little turtle uses only three bricks–I have to say, the helmet is perfect!
Joseph Kazmo, whom you may remember from his Star Wars advanced alts from way back, is finally building again after a lengthy building hiatus. This biomechanical centipede is the appetizer for a “mechanical fantasy theme that combines Medieval times with technology and wizardry.” I look forward to this theme with eager anticipation.
Baal , a new battle bug based on the camel spider by Lino M. I’m not even an arachnophobe and I’m scared.
I suspect I’m the last person on the planet who hasn’t seen Avatar yet (though I’ve never watched James Cameron’s Titanic either). Harvey Cu seems to have caught a showing of the latest epic, resulting in a rather nice Thanator beast:
RT @OchreJelly “@Fredoichi made an amazing shift from super-sharp mecha to adorable cwute animals, in this case, the accursed Twitter Bird…”
Luis Baixinho uploaded a mountain of backlog pictures, and it’s full of greatness. Beyond the sheer coolness of each creation, the great thing is the variety in the types of builds he does. First this Star Trek shuttle . . .
. . . then this great butterfly.
Fantastic range for a single builder.
かわいいレゴずき (I Love Cute LEGO) has a great roundup of New Year’s best wishes from our LEGO friends over in Japan, starting with one of their own:
Here are a few more of my favorites.
muntax has built a tiger truck (“寅っく” for a lovely bilingual pun):
Hiro’s tiger burns bright in the forests of the night — or at least in a thicket of bamboo :
Satoru’s tiger bust would look great on any mantle, in any year:
Check out I Love Cute LEGO for the full roundup — click the links in the second half of the post.
Tigers are, of course, the most awesome animal in the Chinese Zodiac. 2010 looks to be a pretty good year.
I’m more into etymology than entomology, but I can still appreciate these lovely bugs by Peter Fendrik (pupipupi).
Check out the full photoset on Flickr for shots of the individual bugs in their beautiful black boxes. (This last sentence was brought to you by the letter B.)
Via The Living Brick.
This life-sized red squirrel by the Vuurzoon family has a puffy tail and looks just like the real critter. Check out the gallery to see more shots of this LEGO creature in its natural environment.
