Nnenn‘s latest work is highly original, featuring a string of five engines strapped to a glider. Check out this whimsical racer called the The Balkeesa.
Tag Archives: Space
Cyber-troll eats spacemen for breakfast
Brendan Mauro puts a new twist to the LEGO troll figure, making it a cyber-troll with robot arm, eyepiece, and a sharp mechanical hand – all the better to crush those “stoopid space mans.”
Greeble sandwich
Mark Kelso‘s latest build is a greeble sandwich called The Aussie-Saucer, featuring the the Australian minifig Sig Ocean Figgy, a.k.a Shannon Ocean‘s sigfig. Check out the interior controls, and spot the iPod.
It Goes Fast
Colonial Voyager – “city in the stars”
Catsy from Classic Space creates a microscale starship designed to be “a self-sustaining city in the stars,” complete with the remarkable use of the Bionicle half dome piece as a biodome on this ship. Stay tuned to Catsy’s gallery for more edited photos of this increadible and detailed creation.
Nnenn goes classic
Like other talented, prolific builders, we can’t possibly post everything nnenn builds. It’s not that everything he builds blends together, no! But occasionally, something stands out, like this lovely little racer in Classic Space colors:
Of course, nnenn is also up to his usual tricks — two excellent fighters in red and green:
DARKspawn enters the void of microspace
Multi-theme master Aaron Andrews tries his hand at a microscale space creation:
With a great color scheme and appropriate asymmetry, I’d have to say that Aaron’s first foray into microspace is a rip-roaring success.
(Via MicroBricks.)
Deeper into Planet Nidoria with Chrispockster
The intrepid retro-space astronauts of Chrispockster‘s exploratory crew continue to encounter fascinating residents of the Planet Nidoria. Nidorians are of course famous for their bright green thoroughbred mounts (that’s a Bionicle creature put to excellent use):
The crew itself has recently received an upgrade, accompanied by Robbie the Robot:
M577 Aliens APC by Havoc
Aliens remains one of my favorite sci-fi movies, in large part because of the awesome (though mostly futile) hardware the Colonial Marines throw at the aliens. Havoc‘s version of the M577 APC is chock full of awesome:
This bad boy even has a full interior:
(Via Whippersnappers in the Void.)
The Aliens movies have spawned quite a few posts here on The Brothers Brick over the years:
- Alien Queen by Jeff Ranjo
- Giger’s Alien brought to life by Arvo
- Stay frosty and alert
- The omnibus armored vehicle post
- Arvo’s chestburster
AG-89 Ghost fighter by dasnewten
Rob presents a small, brilliantly designed fighter:
The custom stickers add great detail to an already excellent model reminiscent of World War II fighters.
Photo review of new BrickForge accessories for 2008 [Review]
Those of you who were paying close attention to our coverage of BrickWorld 2008 probably noticed references to and pictures of the latest BrickForge accessories.
Thanks to Nannan and the magic of the United States Postal Service, here’s my review of the new items BrickForge will be releasing soon. In general, I’ll try to avoid repeating what I said in my original BrickForge review.
Naturally, the big buzz is about the new “Space Marine” armor. When combined with BrickArms weapons, the result looks remarkably like the Master Chief from Halo (we’ll be taking a close look at the new BrickArms prototypes as well):
The helmet will cost $1.50, the armor $1.50, and the visor $0.50. If I understand the grapevine correctly, these items will be available in red, blue, white, black, and sand green (pictured above, with BrickWorld-exclusive “steel”). I’m very pleased with the design of each piece, though I’d assess the color matching between BrickForge’s version of sand green and “official” LEGO sand green at around 90-95%, as you can probably see from the picture.
Personally, I was most excited by the new Roman helmets (two types), spear, gladius, and shield:
Most interesting, though, is the gladiatorial armor — specifically helmet and face shield for a Murmillon. The face shield fits over the stud on top of the minifig’s head, and then the helmet fits over the top of that:
I found that the helmet fit a little loosely (it popped off a lot) with the face shield, but fit snugly when directly placed on my gladiator’s ill-fated head.
New turbans can fit a little round cap or a special helmet:
Finally, Mark Sandlin and Chris Giddens worked with BrickForge to create a gun that would fit well with the design aesthetic of the loudhailer and other early Space accessories. Dubbed the “Megagun,” many of you have probably already seen Mark Sandlin’s photos of it, so I’ll just post a couple:
The Megagun has lots of places to attach LEGO, as you can see from the ridiculous gun on the right. :-D
As with their earlier accessories, the latest BrickForge armor and weapons work well with my LEGO. My favorite new items are definitely the Roman items, and I can’t wait to order a bunch when they become available from BrickForge in the next week or so.
Exploring planet Nidoria
Flickr user Chrispockster makes a diorama depicting a retro space landing on the fictional planet Nidoria. Some highlights include the organic alient plant life and the interesting color choice for the planet’s surface, which I think might just be plain yellow shaded dark during the photography process. The final result looks great.
