As a continuation to his tea house, Nathan has posted a lovely Zen garden.
The beauty of the leaning tree is likely to distract those seeking to clear their minds, while the perfect torii evokes thoughts of Shinto-Buddhist syncretism — but we won’t go there. ;-)
And now for something completely different. A Wells, Fargo & Co. overland express and assay office:
Although the studs-sideways road is a fairly common sight in post-apocalyptic dioramas these days, Moritz Nolting goes two studs deep in this smaller scene to add greater detail, including the first signs of life:
Curzon79 suggests that when a troll has nightmares, he sees horrible, beautiful flowers and nasty, pretty butterflies:
Fitting a bed around the troll must certainly have been an interesting challenge, and those large brick-built flowers are great.
Harrison (corran101) makes creative use of the LEGO Astronaut Bubble to relive the glory and hilarity of Super Monkey Ball the video game.
Even robots sometimes get down in the dumps and have to scrounge for a living. Though this reminds me of something from the Futurama universe, Teikjoon sets this lovely little vignette in the Star Wars universe, where — on a planet embargoed by the Trade Federation — unemployed robots “choose to stay operational, scavenging for energy packs”:
I suspect Harrison may end up spending time at the Chestnut Tree Cafe for his inability to goodthink, but his vignette is doubleplusgood regardless:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, Firefly, and now Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog — everything that Joss Whedon touches turns to gold.
Here’s my take on a scene from Act II of Dr. Horrible:
Go watch all three episodes for yourself on DrHorrible.com (before the end of the day today, though — they’ll be gone after midnight, July 20).
UPDATE: For those of you who missed the free viewing, you can download all three episodes of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog from the 
Music Store:
LEGO creations inspired by Joss Whedon previously featured on The Brothers Brick:
Zach (BabyJawa) enters the Picking up the Pieces ApocaLEGO contest with this vignette titled “Forest Haven”:
Never underestimate the power of well-posed minifigs. For such a small scene, there’s a lot going on, with great landscaping underneath it all. I especially like the overhanging rocks above the pool of water.
New updates to genius-builder Michael Jasper‘s Brickshelf folders of Characters and Things are always a treat.
But Michael has posted a completely new conceptual gallery — “Peer Pressure” — that illustrates his storytelling skills with the simplest of creations:
Via VignetteBricks.
Over at the LEGO Ambassador Forum, we current Ambassadors were asked to build “a standard 8×8 vignette that represents [us] and [our] interests within the world of LEGO building and community.” Many of us came up with creative and interesting pieces; here are a few of some of the most recent ones:
(Below left) Yiu Keung from Hong Kong displays his miniature Green Grocer in the palm of a brick-built hand.
(Above right) Peer Kreuger from the Netherlands makes a working mini planetarium model. Check out the amazing animated image!
(Below left) Tim Gould from Australia portrays himself as the man behind the screen, sharing ideas through the internet.
(Above right) Mike Crowley from the US represents himself as a LEGO creation, having people “build” him to be the Ambassador they want to see.
(Below left) Danila Martyakhin from Russia creates a vignette called Equilibrium, featuring the ultra-posable biotic robot.
(Above right) I present my work called Just Add Imagination that uses spray-painted pieces and fishing lines to create the floating bricks effect.
(Below left) Andrew adds his belated vignette to Nannan’s post with many hats that represent many communities:
(Above right) Dan Rubin serves as a liaison and “noise filter” between the LEGO fan community and The LEGO Company.
Again, these are just a few of some of the amazing vignettes that the Ambassadors have made. You can see some more over at Klocki.
Despite Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom being many people’s least favorite film in the original trilogy, the mine cart chase scene remains one of my own favorites. It would seem that many LEGO fans agree, given the large number of LEGO creations inspired by this iconic sequence in the movie.
Although a couple days too late for the Indy contest on Klocki, I think this large vignette by Simon Tzidik captures the spirit of the scene best:
I love the curved tracks and sense of motion in Piglet‘s version:
I can feel the heat on the soles of Indy’s shoes in this scene by Mara-chan:
Finally, Piotr Slezak goes vertical with this multi-level vignette:
Alex Eylar, known for his ambient LEGO photography, produces a scene from H.G. Well’s Time Machine. Click on the photo to learn more about the scene depicted and see the entire setup.
