Dandily has recently posted an awesome Viking lighthouse. Among other details, check out the thatched roof and the light source. Gotta love that light. :)
Tag Archives: Creatures
What’s “jibbly”?
An ongoing discussion on Classic-Castle Forums asks the question in this post title.
EDIT: Ha! Nathan beat me to Moko’s monster.
For reference, Exhibit B: (the first jibbly, by blue-blue-and-blue):
Be very afraid...
I don’t know why, but this jibbly creation by Moko makes me think of Furbys. Still an interesting creation, in a sort of creepy, wierd way…
YOUR FACE
Classic-Castler TsoAutTmo has discovered some unlikely parts contain faces when flipped upside down:
The Biggest, Baddest Brute Around!
The Kraken Awakes!
I have been meaning to blog this for a while and finally got myself in gear!
Paul Brassington has created a true masterpiece! Not only are his building skills something to die for, but he has taken great shots of the entire scene. Also, check out the nifty video of the flailing tentacles!
See his website here!
Celebrating all the bugs, creatures and beasts of space!
Over at Classic-Space, Taylor and Lukas is hosting a creature contest. The contest is easy to enter – the categories are divided by piece count, so everyone should be able to whip up something within the limits of their collection. The categories are as follows:
Bug: 2-12 pieces
Creature: 13-25 pieces
Beast: 26-60 pieces
So far there have been several nice entries with very innovative parts usages. Look for instance at Matt Hamann’s Ice Scarab:
Or Nick Dean’s Gnawer:
Adrian Drake’s Skitter Slug:
Arpy’s Broodspawn:
Aidan O Deligh’s Ankleshredder:
Or my own Spunk:
There are several more entries, and likely many more to come. I look forward to see a complete list of entries from or hosts. The creature contest ends at February 13, so there is still time for everyone to build and enter their own little critter. Get to it!
Happy Year of the Boar!
New Years 2007 Japanese LEGO Creation Roundup
As I predicted in a recent post, New Years Day in Japan has brought a spate of timely LEGO creations, including many inspired by the Year of the Boar.
First up, a boar ATV by Izzo:
Next, a new years card (or nengajyou) from mumu and his wife:
Here’s another new years card from Ayucow over at Bacalogue (turning boars into vehicles is quite the theme this year):
A boar by sumi_handy’s son:
Finally, two creations by inago100. Here’s a very large batch of new years eve noodles, or toshikoshi soba (link):
And new years decorations (link):
DIY Japanese New Years Card
2007 will be the Year of the Boar. Of course, tigers eat boars for breakfast, so I’m thinkin’ it’ll be a good year.
As I explained on New Years Day 2006, Japanese homes begin to fill up with new years cards — called nengajyou — this time of year.
I assume we’ll see lots of boar-themed LEGO creations over the next week or so, but mumu gets things rolling with the first new years card. According to his blog post, he created a LEGO boar that LEGO/graphic design site 05cube! has integrated into a nice DIY card-maker. Here’s mine (note personalized message to our beloved readers):
Click my card to go to 05Cube! and make your own. There are enough English instructions that you should be able to get by. :) Just leave a comment here if you have any trouble.
