Japanese Brickshelfer s-3 has posted a uniqely blocky mecha tank:
The cannon elevates, and here’s how the crewman gets inside:
(For those who noticed s-3’s folder name or description, sensya or sensha — just different ways of writing the same word in Roman characters — means “tank” in Japanese.)
Moko has been updating his minifigs fairly regularly, and I’ve missed a couple, so here’s a nice batch of anime-themed minifigs.
From director Hayao Miyazaki’s film Princess Mononoke, first up we have Ashitaka and San:
And some soldiers from the same film:
Next, a minifig dressed as Gundam:
Finally, a character from Sailer Moon (sorry, I have no knowledge of the show whatsoever):
In his Octan Refinery (previous post), Mark Stafford included several tiny yet awesome gunships:
In this thread on Classic-Space.com, Mark announces the minifig-scale version of this gunship, dubbed the Mantis:
I blogged Izzo’s ninja mecha a few days ago, but he’s continued posting new mecha since then. Here’s the latest, a steampunk mecha titled “Tin Machine,” driven by none other than the Adventurers theme’s archvillain, Sam Sinister:
Japanese LEGO blogger Hiron has been posting work-in-progress pictures of his MS-09F Domtropen mecha (from one of the Gundam TV series). Hiron has announced that DOM is complete, so I thought I’d post a couple of the pictures he uploaded to his Brickshelf gallery:
Very cool. For those of you who aren’t LEGO builders yourselves, I want to point out a building technique Hiron uses called SNOT, which is an acronym for for Studs Not on Top. You can read all about SNOT on BrickWiki, the open-content LEGO encyclopedia.
Well, I promised more mecha, so here’s a totally sweet ninja power suit from DB and PPB regular Izzo:
And just for fun, Harry Potter’s Quidditch power suit!
Horace Cheng recently sent me an e-mail to tell me he’d built an Exo-Force alternate model called “Van Force” based on some information I’d posted over on Pan-Pacific Bricks. I checked out Horace’s Photobucket and was struck by another mecha he’d built, based on the Japanese animated series Patlabor:
Pretty cool stuff. Horace says he mostly used pieces from two 7712 Supernova sets. Be sure to check out Horace’s Photobucket if you’re interested in seeing good pictures of Van Force as well.
(Hmmm… Second mecha-themed post of the day. So, does this mean I’ll be posting more mecha now? We’ll see. They are pretty cool…)
Izzo doesn’t just build great vignettes — he’s also quite the mecha builder. Lately he’s been on a power-suit-building kick:
Here’s my favorite, a Batsuit:
(By the way, in addition to his legostyle Web site, Izzo has a new blog, legostyle-LOG. If you want automatic updates of his latest creations, be sure to subscribe to his feed.)
Put the big blue robot from 4048 Mech Lab and the big red dinosaur from 4507 Prehistoric Creatures in a small apartment and watch the hilarity ensue! That’s the idea behind “The Totally True Adventures of Dinosaur and Robot,” an ongoing series of weirdly funny cartoons. Behold (click for the full-size version):
