Martin Latta used only the pieces from 7685 Dozer to build a pod racer. This is a perfect example of what creativity can achieve even with limited parts. You can see more in the Theme Bending Contest, which ends on March 31st.
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A great deal happened in 1955.
Fun fact–I am, in fact, a sucker for classic cars. I went to my prom in a very, very lovely 1967 Firebird, and the thing simply purred.
And while my building style makes it difficult for me to translate that sort of enthusiasm into LEGO, Peter Blackert does not appear to have the same issue that I do:
There are plenty more vehicles in his gallery.
10 ft. long LEGO Pennybacker Bridge
TJ Avery built a gigantic model of the Pennybacker Bridge for TexLUG‘s display at South by Southwest last weekend. This impressive 14,000 piece model supports its own ~40 pound weight without external supports or glue. Check out the Flickr set for more pictures.
Horns of an awesome vehicular dilemma
I was really torn between which of Marin Stipkovic’s vehicles to blog, his garbage truck or lime fire engine. Both had been sitting on my to-blog list for a few days, then I realized that I could do both. Eatin’ my cake.
The fire truck is slightly more glamorous, because . . . well . . . it’s a fire truck.
Check out other pictures of the garbage truck, and fire engine.
Kissler Tower
Justin Vaughn’s latest addition to his Micro city (Micropolis) is a thing of sheer beauty. Built to TwinLug’s Micro City Standard, the whole build seems effortless.
Check out the rest of his set to see other great Micro creations!
Where people shop and stuff is being shopped
It seems like each release of a LEGO modular building inspires lots of lovely new buildings designed by fans. The recent release of Grand Emporium is certainly no exception, as this beautiful “IZ Emporium” by Sebastiaan Arts (Aliencat!) proves:
Don’t miss all the pictures on MOCPages.
Great North tactical fire fighting truck
Who says fire engines have to be red or yellow? Leigh Holcombe (worker201) certainly doesn’t. Here’s his 8×8 tactical fire fighting truck, full of hooks, ladders, and all those compartments that make fire trucks awesome.
Workaday commute
I like all the pedestrian details in and around this elevated train and station by NaNeto. Especially the disabled ramp, bench, elevator and parkland. Definitely check out the whole Quimboyu set to see the other angles and how all the elements fit together.
Scenes like this would make a great addition to the Big in Japan display at BrickCon 2010.
Toot toot!
I feel like I should leave this one to Caylin, but I couldn’t pass up this adorable tugboat by Pierre E Fieschi when I ran across it on MicroBricks:
Though on a slightly different scale, Pierre’s recent supertanker is also lovely:
Cobra!
Ok, so maybe this creation has nothing to do with the villains from GI Joe, but I still want to shout “Cobra!” when I see it.
This fantastic rendition of an automotive classic was posted on Flickr by _lichtblau_. He’s really captured the look of the racing icon. In fact, when I saw the thumbnail image on Flickr, I thought this was a die cast model. I never build copies of other people’s models, but I’m seriously tempted to do so with this.
Prohibition makes a comeback
There’s just so much to love in this prohibition era building by Kris Kelvin. I especially like the bars over the ground floor windows, the garage doors, the design of that sedan and the brickwork. So yeah, pretty much everything about it.
The garage even flips open to reveal interior details.
My massive man-crush on Polish builders continues.
Revolution at Lexington.
In terms of historical builds, I tend to find periods like fantasy/medieval, Wild West, WWII, etc. fairly often. What I don’t tend to see a great deal of is American history, circa 1770-1780 — of which blego7‘s Lexington falls right into that category.
