LEGO Certified Professional Sean Kenney recently sculpted the Empire State Building, which was commissioned to be the centerpiece at the new gift shop in the real Empire State Building. Sean points out the fun fact that since the model will be located at the observation deck, it will become the highest LEGO sculpture in the world. Click on the photo below to read more.
Vintage minifigs in a pack! Showing up at LEGOLAND stores and confirmed by LEGO as the real deal:
Yes, that’s a reprinted Classic Space torso. Oh, and note the “Vol. 1” in the corner. Sweeeeeeeettt!!!
(Via Bricklink.)
Following up on his delicious Curry House, Ralph Savelsberg adds a purveyer of fish and chips to his modular street:
Here they are together:
Charlie has his Angels…I’ve got my Ninjettes. I think mine would win.
Lino Martins, the Lord of Lugnuts and Master of Motor Vehicles, strikes again. Dubbed “Solar Flare”, his 1960 Impala station wagon is ready for a day of surfin’ and a night of cruisin’.
Whether it’s the World War Z diorama I’m working on or the fact that I just finished building the amazing 10185 Green Grocer (favorite LEGO set of the year so far), I have increasing interest in LEGO Town creations.
This means I’m spending a lot more time on Brick Town Talk, an excellent LEGO blog about City and Town creations. I spent a couple hours there recently looking for (and finding) inspiration for future projects.
Particularly inspiring is Tom Snellen‘s large layout. Here are the two wonderful buildings featured on Brick Town Talk:
If you’re interested in trying your hand at LEGO Town, a good place to start may be the Building Tips section on LEGO.com, which includes several videos featuring Café Corner and Green Grocer
designer Jamie Berard:
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What is it about minifig mayhem that we love so much? I don’t know either, but Juliusz recently posted a nicely detailed “Heating Plant”, complete with a workplace injury!
O Horace Cheng! You inspire true patriot love in all of us, even those of us who aren’t Canadian.
This heavily loaded snowmobile is built around a motorcycle cowling, with great detailing around the tracks, but one’s eye is immediately drawn to the adorable flag.
…special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun!
Steve Bishop has posted a rather unhealthy creation today.
It’s not often that we see Chinese characters sculpted into lego. Here, Brickshelf user gtahelper accurately depicts “Blue Sun” (a recurrent corporate entity in the Firefly and Serenity ‘verse) in both Chinese and a logo in English. The truck model features working suspension, steering, and a few other neat details worth checking out.
Via YSA
I seem to be at it again with the early posting but… this “work-in-progress” town by Brickshelf user `Basic’ (who I assume is from Lundfrom Nottingham, England) is simply amazing and needs posting now. I’ve got far too little time to go describing all the details I like but the illusory tram track stand out as worth of comment.
