Joris Blok (joris.blok) recreated his house in The Netherlands. I’ve seen some nice brickwork, but Joris’s LEGO brick wall is outstanding.
While we’re at it, here are some of Joris’s very cool LEGO Pokemon, Oddish and Magnemite.
Oh, what the heck — here’s Joris’s Nintendo DS, too.
Dave and John Xandegar have built a LEGO sculpture of the classic SEGA character Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sonic us even posable — he can move his head, feet, left arm, and left hand.
If you lived through the 80’s you may remember with fond nostalgia of climbing ladders and dodging barrels. Rob Majury takes us back to the past with this rendition of the original Donkey Kong arcade game.
Via Klocki
April Fool’s Day may be over, but that doesn’t stop the shenanigans in the LEGO fan community. The recent announcement of LEGO Rock Band is already inspiring spoofs like this one from Dave Shaddix.
Click through to check out Dave’s hilarious description of who made the band.
Following the official announcement of the rumored LEGO Rock Band, Darren Gladstone over at PC World has written a hilarious list of the 9 LEGO Games You’ll Never See.
Read Darren’s “pitch” for each game on PCWorld.com.
If you’d asked me six months ago, I couldn’t have imagined a LEGO Rock Band. With that in mind, I’m rooting for LEGO StarCraft.
Although LEGO Rock Band has been rumored since January, with a major leak earlier this month, the game was nothing more than speculation. A press release today, however, confirms that LEGO Rock Band is very real.
The console versions will be co-developed by TT Games and Harmonix, while the Nintendo DS version will be developed by TT Games, Harmonix, and Backbone — all for release during the 2009 holiday season.
Naturally, players will be able to customize their little plastic rock stars, as well as support staff like roadies, managers, and the ubiquitous entourage. Interpret “entourage” how you will, but I plan on making a bunch of minifig groupies that look like they staggered off of the Rock of Love bus.
The press release states that the game will feature “brilliant chart-topping songs and classic favorites suitable for younger audiences,” and goes on to list several:
What, no Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath? Claims to suitability for “families, tweens and teens” makes me think we won’t see the same sort of set lists I love from Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, but I hope having TT Games involved will ensure the same level of excellence we’ve experienced in the LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Indiana Jones video games.
As alluded to in the press release, the list of parties involved in this game is mind-blowingly complex:
Click the thumbnails below for larger versions of screen captures from the game:
You can read the full press release on Business Wire.
Via Joystiq, Kotaku, PC World, and just about every other tech/gadget site out there, with hat-tips to about five thousand of our readers. Hey, we can’t always be the ones to break major LEGO news. ;-)
Stephen Chao (obscurance) constructs an accurate model of the Hornet aircraft from Halo. As someone who enjoys the game, seeing one of these makes me want to take it to the skies and shoot down some enemy Banshees.
A quick update for all of you clicking through from Bungie.org: If you like this, don’t miss the dozens of LEGO Halo creations we’ve featured here in the past, as well as all the other LEGO creations inspired by video games.
Rob (Dasnewten) has built a gorgeous gunship inspired by ships in Homeworld:
With brick-built numbers, tank treads on the cannon, and truly complex SNOT on the cockpit, Rob’s gunship is an amazing LEGO creation. The fact that it’s inspired by Homeworld is just a minor bonus.
Best tip of the week, Carter!
Absolutely nothing. But I am a huge fan of these two completely unrelated minfigs.
Balakov recreates Magritte’s The Son of Man in LEGO:
And hobo has made a minifig Poison Headcrab Zombie from Half-Life 2.
LEGO Certified Professional Sean Kenney was recently commissioned to create a larger-than-life sculpture of the forthcoming Nintendo DSi — yes, that’s Sean peeking out from behind the DSi:
The big blue DS is nearly 7 feet wide, weighs 250 pounds, and was built from 51,324 LEGO elements.
Watch how this amazing sculpture came together in this video:
To see more pictures, check out Sean Kenney’s website and Sean’s MOCpages. You can also see Sean’s Nintendo DSi in person at the Nintendo World Store in New York City.
Even though LEGO Star Wars is our most popular category, we really don’t blog enough LEGO creations inspired by the glorious prequel trilogy or animated Clone Wars series. Similarly, I’m not satisfied with the number of LEGO Halo creations our current contributors blog. To fix that gap in our coverage of the LEGO fan community, I’m pleased to announce that Elite Clone Master Chief Timmy will be joining The Brothers Brick as a contributor!
Here’s Timmy in his own words:
i <3 clone wars and commander rex is my favorite clone but commander cody is pertty cool to. the 1st LSW wuz okay i liked how U could brake things into teh difrent legos but Halos bettre cos Master Chief is awsome!!!1!!!1!!!! my mom dosnt no i play it at my frend Cassidys house. lolololollloollol!!!!!! thanks 4 letting me join ur sight k thx buy
I’m really looking forward to reading Timmy’s insightful commentary and seeing all the great LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Halo creations Elite Clone Master Chief Timmy finds for our readers!
