Tag Archives: Microscale

Some say “Go big or go home!” but it takes real talent to compress something down to just a few studs and still keep it recognizable. Of course, many of the micro models we feature here aren’t so small after all, whether it’s a vast cityscape or starship.

Will M. recreates the mystery of the Dutch minifig, in microscale!

The mysterious, gigantic minifig on a beach in The Netherlands has left TBB readers all abuzz. Builder Will M. has recreated this intriguing scene, in microscale no less!

Giant Lego man found in Dutch sea
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday.

Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-metre (8-foot) tall model with a yellow head and blue torso.

“We saw something bobbing about in the sea and we decided to take it out of the water,” said a stall worker. “It was a life-sized Lego toy.”

A woman nearby added: “I saw the Lego toy floating towards the beach from the direction of England.”

The toy was later placed in front of the drinks stall.

Excellent work, Will! You had me laughing so hard I could barely blog this.

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Microscale links for August 5, 2007

The “Brickshelf crisis” seems to have interrupted the momentum of Microspacetopia, and ApocaLEGO (yes, we made a category), but that doesn’t mean people aren’t still building cool new microscale creations.

First up, a fueler by Cygnus, and (my favorite of this batch) a nine-piece creation called “Earwig” by Ean:

Via There’s a Moose in my Salad, “ST Vicious Destroyer” by Jerrec:

Via MicroBricks, a full range of Star Wars mini vehicles by nnenn (whose photostream on Flickr contains far more cool microspace creations than I have time to blog):

In a city called Shannonia...

My current obsession may be all about microspace, but Shannon Young‘s obsession runs along more metropolitan lines. (Via MicroBricks.)

344 Apellus “MechEater” by Nnenn

Oh, it gets better:

While we’re at it, here are a pair of Nnenn‘s latest, wildly cool microscale space ships:

Thanks for the tip, reader Preda! :-D

Tim Zarki’s back is really, really mad!

Well, one can infer that from the name of his most recent microscale spaceship. Here’s Tim‘s Spinal Fury:

What could you build with just 10176 Royal King’s Castle?

Nelson Yrizarry recently set out to determine what he could make from just the pieces in 10176 Royal King’s Castle. The results are somewhat surprising:

That’s:

One Royal Smokehouse
Two castle vignettes
One SmithBot
Three microscale space ships

UPDATE: Nelson has added several new creations using only the pieces left over after creating all of the ones in his original batch. Read all about it in the thread on Classic-Castle.com.

Antares-class Light Cruiser by martinbb

Sensor package on the bow, check. Central hangar bay, check. Gray and black color scheme, check. Keel cannon, check. Greebles aplenty, check. Sigh…

This is what I had in mind last night when I stayed up sketching the microspace carrier I want to build. Sadly, it’s by martinbb, not me:

Very cool. Possibly too cool. Hmph! Back to the drawing board for me. (Via Masoko Tanga.)

Microspacetopia!

The new LEGO Microspacetopia group on Flickr has inspired me to build some microscale spacey thingies myself:

Click the image to see individual photos of each microscale vehicle.

Space Base by Inago100

Japanese blogger Inago100 doesn’t post to the usual photo sites (Brickshelf, Flickr, etc.), so I thought I’d share his latest creation — a microscale “space base” with lots of interesting details:

It’s true that houses in Japan are small...

Having lived there for 15 years, I can attest to that. But Moko scales his house down to microscale:

(Via Klocki.)

Micro Vehicles by Peter Morris

I’m not sure this asteroid processor by Peter Morris qualifies as “microscale” given its size (it does), but it’s pretty darn cool. So are these other spacey vehicles:

Thanks for the tip, Ethan!

Mini Millenium Falcon by Ototoko

Ototoko, a new Brickshelf user, has figured out the absolutely perfect scale — the right balance between detail and hand-held swooshability — for a mini/microscale Millenium Falcon. Thanks for the tip, reader Frank!