nnenn continues to astound and amaze with his unorthodox shapes (and techniques, on occasion). This dropship — with perfectly fitted rover, naturally — may be my favorite nnenn creation in a very long time:
Tag Archives: Space
Masoko Tanga interviews Lukas
Brenden Wilson of Masoko Tanga recently interviewed talented young builder Lukas Winklerprins.
Lukas talks about the difference between the hardcore adult fan community of a few years ago, discovering that world, and the much more diverse LEGO fan community today:
The starting group in toy chat rooms, LUGnet, and ultimately Classic-Space was started by men pretty much over the age of 30…. We weren’t aware of this more intense way of building until we were old enough to get on the internet and realize we could participate too….I realized how much people really cared and how much work other people put into the hobby
And on building microscale:
Once you toss the minifig out the window [*shock* -AB] really anything can be made…. it lets extraneous parts get unique uses and doesn’t destroy my collection. It also allows for a myriad of unique shapes unrestricted by gravity or that pesky thing known as “common sense.”
Read the full interview on Masoko Tanga.
Two of the cutest, little bots
Jayfo’ posted these two petite robots in his “tablescraps” Flickr set, earlier this month. I love those expressions! Now I need to get some of those letter tiles…
Celebrating GO MINIMAN GO – “30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure”
David Pagano, Nate Burr and myself were all recently asked by the LEGO Company to make a brickfilm to celebrate the LEGO minifigure’s 30th birthday. This is my contribution, 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure. How many historical figures/events can you name?
Don’t forget to check out GOMINIMANGO.com for more videos and a contest (details coming soon to a blog near you!)
“GO MINIMAN GO” by David Pagano
David Pagano, along with Nate Burr and myself, were recently asked by the LEGO Company to make a brickfilm celebrating the LEGO minifigure’s 30th birthday. David’s brickfilm is a romp through time and space, celebrating the best of the LEGO sets and minifigures over the past 30 years:
Don’t forget to check out GOMINIMANGO.com for more videos and a contest (details coming soon to a blog near you!)
Pete Reid Neo-Classic Space roundup for August 31, 2008
The last time I blogged Pete Reid, I got to quote Paradise Lost. No such luck this time, but that doesn’t mean that Pete hasn’t been up to his usual greebly tricks in the last month.
Pete’s latest is the MkII Hover Loader:
In addition to the loader, every spaceport needs a variety of support vehicles:
Of course, Pete is best known for his amazing re-imaginings of Classic Space vehicles, including new vehicles LL-408 and LL-117:
Pete has completed the landing gear to his liking on LL-497 — which is as good an excuse as any to feature this beauty:
A slimy, dark green alien invasion (with bonus zombies!!!)
In Kristian‘s imagination, aliens are rather clumsy while landing their flying saucers and aren’t especially known for their hygiene:
The slime is rather amusing, and I can’t help but chuckle at the poor guy who didn’t manage to get out from under the saucer’s landing gear.
While we’re at it, here’s the sort of great zombie scene we’re encouraging Brothers Brick readers to bring to the LEGO Zombie Apocafest at BrickCon in October:
(And true to his “birdboykristian” user name on Flickr, Kristian also has some really great ornithological photography in his photostream as well.)
Pete Morris starfighter roundup for August 31, 2008
There’s always something overwhelming about coming back from vacation, a trip, or whatever and seeing 3,000 unread items in one’s RSS feeds. But Peter Morris makes slogging through all that worthwhile with a batch of fantastic starfighters from the past several weeks.
First up, a spacey vehicle for Batman that’s my undeniable favorite:
A trio of “generic” fighters:
The ZR-42D Archangel and Archangel Plus:
The starfighters themselves are certainly cool, but Peter’s presentation — in a brick-built hangar — sets the two photos above apart from the crowd.
Crises at the space port!
True to his nickname, it seems like there’s always something going wrong in LEGO creations by crises. In his latest diorama, a team of intrepid spacemen have unleashed some nasty tentacles from beneath the ground:
Note several interesting techniques, including the tentacle penetrating the helmet of the unfortunate spaceman with the red air tank and the vehicle with independent suspension.
Flying to Ganymede with Florian
Josh featured LEGO creations by Florian (demdike) twice while I was away, and I’m so glad to learn of this builder who I hadn’t encountered before!
Florian’s latest creation is a “picture from the Ganymede mission in 2026”:
More pics on Brickshelf.
Via Yonder Splendid Assuagement of Bloviation. (Phew!)
One bug-eyed Ninja, coming up!
Monkfish44 is training insectoid, bug-eyed creatures in the way of the ninja. Doesn’t seem to wise, if you ask me. Those things have a way of turning on you.
Another Sky-Fi legend
Nnenn reminds us with his newest creation that he is still the master of Sky-Fi. What I particularly like about this creation is the enchanting picture below, where the creation is merged with a perfect background.
