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.

Resting on the rooftop

It’s the whimsical contrast between the parked cars and a creature of legend that I really like about this microscale block by Stefan (-2×4-).

LEGO 2x4 micro office dragon

I have a window office now, and if I looked out and saw a bloody great dragon peering down at me it would freak me the hell out.

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Mechagodzilla stands ready to take on the King of the Monsters

This Mechagodzilla by Yasutaka (AIWSMOYA) takes me back to the monster movies and TV shows my brother and I grew up watching early on weekend mornings back in Japan.

LEGO Mechagodzilla

The sculpting on Mechagodzilla’s head is particularly great, with nice use of cheese slopes and small wing plates.

This is also exactly the sort of LEGO creation we’d love to see tromping through a LEGO Tokyo for the Big in Japan display we’re planning for BrickCon 2010.

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Micro space station M31-P5 by Ludgonious

I like the apparent simplicity of the overall design of this microscale space station by Ludgonious, especially the transparent yellow windows at the top and the round protrusions toward the bottom. Lots of good detailing without being too cluttered. A good balance.

LEGO Lugdonius micro space station

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Colony Ships of the fleet RHIA

We feature a lot of LEGO microscale creations, but it seems like the huge stuff always gets the limelight. Sometimes, though, it’s not about how much LEGO you own, but how you use what you’ve got.

These little spaceships by Craig Lavergne (Tayasuune) aren’t built from very many pieces, but demonstrate originality of design and several interesting parts uses.

LEGO microscale spaceships

The red ship looks like it could do some serious damage if it rammed the fragile white ship with the gravity rings.

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You are the resistance.

After really enjoying Terminator Salvation last year, I thought we’d see quite a few LEGO creations inspired by the movie, but the only LEGO I’d run across was my own Terminator Salvation minifigs.

Thankfully, tbone_tbl seems to have appreciated what I think is the best movie in the series, and has created a microscale vignette of the first scene in the movie.

LEGO Terminator Salvation diorama

The micro A-10 Warthog in the foreground is certainly nice, but that Harvester mech in the background is excellent.

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Home Alone house + X-Files bonus

This microscale version of the McCallister house from Home Alone by Rob H. (rh1985moc) evokes cold Northeast winters and warm nights by the fireplace.

LEGO McCallister house

Like several of his previous creations, Rob has added LEDs to the windows so it lights up in the dark.

Of course, this also a good excuse to highlight Rob’s older microscale J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building.

LEGO microscale J. Edgar Hoover FBI Headquarters

It’s a really nice building, but the same photoset yields Special Agent Fox Mulder at his desk in the basement office relegated to the X-Files.

LEGO Fox Mulder

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Notre Dame de Paris in microscale

Dylan B. has posted a nice microscale rendition of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

LEGO microscale Notre Dame Cathedral

It’s no Chartres, but the flying buttresses add some excellent detail, as do all the spigot bits in the walls.

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Leprechaun of the Endless Void

This freighter, by Soren, threw me for a loop. I didn’t realize it was micro-scale. Leprechaun is a very appropriate name, I’m thinkin’.

Lego Space Micro-Scale

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Mars is at least 54 million miles farther from the Sun than Earth

I almost passed up Justin Vaughn‘s little Mars colony until I saw it on MicroBricks. Why? The lighting just didn’t seem right.

LEGO microscale Mars colony

In reality, the lighting is perfect. Light on Mars is a lot dimmer than on Earth, with an orange hue from the dust-laden skies. The biodome is built from two halves of Buzz Lightyear’s helmet from the new LEGO Toy Story Construct-a-Buzz set.

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Futuristic throwback carrier

I think my favorite things about this futuristic carrier by Mike (Chaffeem) are the retro biplanes and the smoothness of the micro modeling.

LEGO Chaffeem carrier

And yes, it is floating in water.

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Buzz!

This is so small and simple, but I couldn’t resist! Nice job by legovaughan.

Mini Buzz Lightyear Plane

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Armed Courier

Soren Roberts has built a new micro-scale ship. It merges curved and angled elements into an interesting and cohesive shape. I’ve never liked building space craft in red, personally, but this one works, with just enough of other colors to impart a sense of reality.

This photo is of the underside of the ship, which is also my favorite side.

Soren's Armed Courier

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