Jordan Schwartz steps up to the plate with this retro-bot. There’s just something about it that makes me want one. Maybe it’s the cute look. Maybe it’s the mandibles of destruction. Maybe it’s the fact that Jordan says it will do housework. Anyway, you need one too.
We usually don’t show photographs taken on grass or other busy surfaces but I’m making an exception for this beauty by Steven Locke (legoavon). Like his other work Steve has really gone all out in getting both the shape and the texture perfect. And it works so well.
I’m sitting here in my Seattle backyard watching the jets fly overhead as I type this. Perhaps someday, our homegrown Boeing will develop the sort of spaceliner Nick Dean has imagined in LEGO, and I can watch it streak across the starry night from my cabin on the moon.
The underside features working landing gear and a scramjet scoop. See more photos, and read Nick’s fanciful description, in the full photoset on Flickr.
LEGO released 6989 Mega Core Magnetizer in 1990. Jarek (Jerrec) made it awesome in 2009.
Jarek added Power Functions and tweaked some of the details, but the spirit of the original set is all there.
See photos on Flickr and Brickshelf (when moderated).
This microscale transport by Haung (rack911) is an excellent creation that makes good use of colors, not to mention a few parts such as planks and textured wall pieces, which are definitely not expected on a spaceship but nevertheless works well in this case!
Allister McLaren (Captain_underpants) takes us to the moon and back with this superb collection of rocketships. I love rocketships.
He’s also just added a bunch of BLBDC pics from our local LUG’s collaborative build session. Call me biased but I reckon our minimally planned town square looks pretty excellent.
Neo-Classic Space master Peter Reid has gone over to the dark side (albeit briefly, I suspect). Consistent with the NBT design ethos, his Neo-Blacktron Speeder is a variant of his own speeder designs.
And since we failed to blog it back in April, here’s Pete’s amazing “LL-117 Under Construction”.
Although built entirely differently, this version of Pete’s LL-117 looks as though the original is simply missing its skin.
Attentive readers may have noticed that I haven’t posted for about a month. My father recently suffered a severe stroke, and I’ve been very busy and distracted as a result. I only bring this up because it has lead me to really think about the role that LEGO plays in my life. My friend Gary McIntire suggested that it was worth putting some of my thoughts in writing, and I thought I’d share.
I’ve realized that for me, and I expect for others as well, LEGO is more than just a hobby. It’s a distraction from the stresses of everyday life, a release. There’s something therapeutic about diving in to a bin of plastic bricks and creating something that is heartening, regardless of what may be going on in other aspects of life. I’m hoping that some of our readers share the same experience with LEGO as something more than a toy, and that they may want to share as well.
I’m actually posting a LEGO creation, while I’m at it. This is small cargo shuttle, that I’ve been building over the last five weeks or so. This ship is intended to be the space equivalent of a box truck, like this. I imagine this particular ship as having a lot of light-years under its belt, used for longer journeys than originally intended, so there’s a hammock in the cargo bay. As I explained above, I had a lot of time to think about this creation, even if I didn’t have much time to build or blog. I also imagined the that it might not always have been docked in the nicest of space neighborhoods, so I built after I took some photos, I covered it in graffiti.
Shannon Ocean takes us on a ride to the moon with this study of lunar architecture in micro-scale. I really like the lines of that house!
Well, three boxes, to be precise. Multi-thematic builder Kevin Fedde (Crimson Wolf) takes a trip through the deeps of space in his A3-11 “Ascension” Heavy Fighter.
Note the “condiment reactor technology” that powers this lovely vehicle.
See more photos on Flickr and MOCpages.
Combining two classic LEGO themes often results in something really cool. The QRT-39 Arufa Dansei “Alpha Male” fighter by Daniel Drisdelle mashes up the classic LEGO Castle theme Wolfpack with Space.
