Tag Archives: Town

Towns in the world of LEGO have everything cities in the real world do — police stations, fire engines, trains, hairdressers and veterinarians. Check out all the beautiful buildings and vehicles we’ve featured here on The Brothers Brick.

Happy New Year 2008 from The Brothers Brick!

I look forward to New Years every year for all the great New Years-themed creations from Japanese LEGO fans. Many of the creations are in the form of New Years cards, or nengajou, which I wrote about back in 2006 (check out the 2007 roundup as well).

For 2008 — the Year of the Rat — our fellow builders across the Pacific have graced us with another batch of wonderful nengajou. Since the word for “rat” and “mouse” is the same in Japanese (ネズミ, pronounced “nezumi”), many of these feature mice.

We’ll get things going with Mumu’s best wishes for 2008:

Izzo presents a rideable mouse:

Kwi Chang uses a line art version of one of his mecha:

Mashikuf gets deliciously cheesy:

Ayucow puts mice in a pizzeria kitchen:

Finally, Maciek Drwięga (who I suspect isn’t Japanese) joins the celebrations with a bit of a bang (via Klocki):

Updates: And one more from suu:

MisaQa joins the fun (a bit belatedly, but worth the wait) with a batch of adorable mice (via Klocki):

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Steven delivers

Here comes the Bedford Milk Float from Steven Marshall. As with his realistic models, you can’t tell they’re lego from a distance. Amazing build!

The everyday world of Arvo

The last few LEGO creations by the Arvo brothers may have skewed toward the fantastic, but that doesn’t mean these two guys aren’t also masters of the everyday object.

Here’s their latest — a wonderful snorkeling mask:

You can discuss this creation in this thread on Hispalug. (Thanks for the link, Carlos!)

And since we haven’t featured them here before, a few more day-to-day items:

MisaQa’s complete advent calendar city

MisaQa has completed the advent calendar of miniature town buildings. Check out the beautiful full layout.

Croatian National Theater by Matija Puzar

Matija Puzar announced back in September that he had completed his LDraw design for a LEGO version of the Croatian National Theater.

As impressive as the design may have been, the actual creation is just plain gorgeous. The capitals on the columns are particularly beautiful.

Thanks to Brick Town Talk for pointing me to the real thing.

A little winter cheer from Rocko

RebelRock’s latest creation is a sweet bit of whimsy…

LEGO Indiana Jones Set 7622 Race for the Stolen Treasure Photos!

Prepare your drool-bucket, Flickrite Doctor Sinister has just posted some detailed pictures of Indiana Jones set 7622 Race for the Stolen Treasure. You can read his review on Eurobricks here.

Flickr set

EDIT (AB): Early reviews of other sets are starting to trickle in. Jonathan G. has more (via Klocki):

Those sanitation folks (of the future) are jolly friendly folks

Flickrite Lukas (Gladuis) presents the Futuramaesque GARBAGE [TRUCK] OF TEH FUTURZ. I just love the look of this thing and its similarities to official LEGO set.

(more pictures)

Volkswagen Stink Bug by Lino Martins

Lino Martins says he wanted to build a classic Volkswagen Beetle before LEGO releases their “official” version next year.

The exposed engine is fantastic (which makes this a “rat rod” — an entry for the latest LUGNuts building contest), but Lino doesn’t disappoint with the front either:

I just like it because it’s pretty...

Sure, it’s just another picture of 10182 Café Corner (by Dandily), but it makes me happy.

(Via Brick Town Talk.)

This car is a hundred percent death-proof.

Lino Martins displayed Stuntman Mike’s “death-proof” car (from the movie Grindhouse) at BrickFest and BrickCon, but he just uploaded pictures recently. Naturally, it has a roll cage, seat belts, and other safety devices on the driver’s side, and nothing but a tractor seat on the passenger’s side.

While we’re at it, here’s Lino’s ’49 Ford cab, which won First Place in the Model Team category at BrickCon:

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without MisaQa’s Advent Calendar

I know I’m not alone in looking forward to what MisaQa will do with her Advent Calendar series every December. She says that her theme this year is “Tiny City:”

And since it’s already December 2 in Japan, we get to post a second building:

Be sure to keep an eye on this gallery or this page on her Web site.