Back in the good ol' days of flight, every journey was a perilous and daring adventure that lead to new discoveries and innovation. There were no commercial flights with terrible airplane food (some might consider them to be lucky then) and aviation only existed in the minds of dreamers and builders. Tino Poutiainen honors these brave inventors that risked their lives in this wonderful depiction of a prototype airplane with details in all the right places.
So, I bought Voltron! My son and I put him together the other night. Took us about three hours; we both built an arm and a leg, then I 'supervised' the Black lion. I've been driving my wife crazy referring to him by some of his lesser known titles, like Voltron: Defender of the Coffee Machine, and Voltron: Defender of the Dining Room Table. You get the idea...
Read MoreThis robot by jigsawjo really caught my eye with its perfect color for a backdrop and it's elegant style. Eye love the mix of organic and artificial features and iris-pect the intricate details that went into the body of this vision-ary creation. Ok, I might have to stop with the eye puns, if they get any cornea than this, everybody is going to lash out at me.
For as long as we've been building machines to go reasonably fast, there's been a select few who make them go unreasonably fast. And with the invention of the internal combustion engine, the speed (and the stakes) got even higher, and we've been fascinated since. Like this scene marvelously recreated by builder Pixeljunkie of 1929 Monoco Grand Prix featuring his beautiful Bugatti, the crowd loves it.
Take a good look at this landscape and tell me if there's anything that stands out? If you said the Killer Croc big fig used to create the hill then congratulations! You won absolutely nothing! (Unless you count knowledge which is the most valuable gift that I could give to you). It's MOCs like these that remind me why I love the Lego community so much. There are so many creative people out there and every Lego piece can be interpreted differently by each builder to come up with something amazing and unique. This temple by dzambito42 is a perfect example of this, and it just goes to show that all you need to create something truly mind-blowing is a little imagination.
Builder M<0><0>DSWIM imagines the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast with a little less romance and a lot more machine oil. Meet Belle and the Beast, two mobile suits that are turning this story on it's head. I do have to wonder how it might be possible for beast to imprison her in his castle, I think she'd just kick his ass.
Many of us Star Wars nerds can agree that Solo was not the greatest movie of the franchise, however, polywen reminds us that it did bring some awesome new material to the table such as L3-37. With the sarcasm of an R2 unit, the excitement of a mouse droid, the body of K-2SO, and the charisma of a gonk droid, what's not to like? Ok, maybe that last part about the gonk droid is not totally accurate. Nonetheless I still believe that this character has a lot of potential for the future of Star Wars movies and who knows? Maybe now that she's part of the Millennium Falcon we might see a Star Wars spinoff movie where she goes on a rampage to free all the droids.
When traveling along classic Route 66 be sure to stop by Radiator Springs! I was fortunate enough to see this awesome recreation of the town from Pixar's classic Cars in person at BrickCon last year. Builder Keith Reed has faithfully recreated the entire town, from Mater's junk yard to the town hall, all the buildings are there. Need some tires? Stop in at Luigi's. Hungry? Head over to Flo's. You can spend an entire day here, you just need to get off the interstate.
Isn't it funny how sometimes a MOC takes on a life of it's own? You set out to build one thing, but through whatever magic the bricks get their way and you end up building something else. That's sort of the origin story of this brilliant AT-ACT by Ben Cossy. What started as a little Scarif scene evolved into this colossal minifig scale walker.
This entry into the 2018 Summer Joust by Grant Davis is one of those MOCs that keeps you looking. There's so many details, techniques and cool part combinations that you can stare at it for whole minutes. Grant promises a video later this week featuring construction techniques and how it was built, you can bet I'll be tuning in.
This trio of fantastic builds and shots comes to us courtesy of the mad skills of Travis Brickle, Simon NH and Ralf Langer. The task was to show a medieval building process, so the team each built one part and assembled them into a three panel triptych. The lighting in these shots is top notch, building a real mood.
“Paladins 12 and 13 we have a distance unusual sensor contact, could be Blacktron activity. Set course to 0.16 by 242 and check it out. The convoy is going to prepare to jump to rendezvous site Foxtrot 6 based on your findings.”
“Roger that Convoy Control, setting course and going in hot”
“I’m on your six Boxcar”
“Roger Lucky”
“Good luck you two hopefully it’s nothing but if not we’ll see you at Foxtrot 6”
Rob Damiano’s Nova Team story telling is fantastic. I always get excited when seeing a Nova Team thumbnail when browsing through Flickr. After a long absence he’s back with the LL-824 Paladin Escort Starfighter. I love the side by side seating that is facilitated by using the large cockpit form Bennie’s SPACESHIP, SPACESHIP, SPACESHIP. The side by side configuration has been used on a few fighters but the tandem (one in front of the other is much more common), the design choice has led to a delightfully bulky heavy starfighter. The whole build is covered in NPU but I think my favorite is the flick-fire missiles used as the core of the Photonic Missiles on the underside. Hopefully this is the signal for the start of a new Nova Team story arc. For those unfamiliar with Nova Team the recipe for Nova Team Punch is as follows:
2 cups excellent neoclassic space building
1 cup fantastic photography with top notch editing with special effects (both practical and digital)
1 cup of riveting storytelling
½ cup Star Trek Influences
¼ cup of custom uniform decals
1 Tablespoon each of other sci-fi influences including but not limited to Star Wars and Aliens
Serve over Ice and enjoy the tasty beverage
Parents out there will probably appreciate the subtle nuance of this MOC by SuckMyBrick, especially if you have two or more children. It's amazing how when something goes amiss how everyone is innocent, like the missing banana in this scene. I suppose it's feasible the frog ate it, but what's behind you back there monkey? Let me see your hand...your other hand...
Growing up in California, especially on the central coast with frequent trips to Los Angeles, we never saw much public transportation. I'm afraid the car reigns supreme here, and life in Los Angeles is next to impossible without one. This is probably why I'm so enamored with trollies, trains and cool busses, and why I find this tram by Pate-keetongu so irresistible. I also enjoy a good period or vintage build, this one is set at a time three times my age, and that's pretty old.
I'm a big Stranger Things fan, and I'm not alone. Something about that creative story telling infused with some serious 80's feels resonated with a lot of people, and the show was a runaway hit. Builder Casey M is a fan, in fact he's got an ongoing Stranger Things display for Brickworld, and this excellent collection of Brickheadz is just part of it.
Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo.
Put 'em together and what have you got?
Bippity-boppity... bones?
Nope, this is not your friendly neighborhood magician from Disney, this is "Skelemancer" by Nuju Metru and he is out for blood, or should I say out for bones? One thing's for sure, the knight here to save the day is in for a magical and deadly treat.
I won't bother to summarize Bricksonwheels excellent history of the famous Bentley Le Mans racer from 1930, but I will say that I couldn't believe it was LEGO from the thumbnail on Flickr. All that dark green! He built it like the real car, from the chassis up. He's got some nice custom stickers on there, and chrome where appropriate. There's even a rubber tarp over the back seat. Sir Henry Birkin must have had a blast!
I'm going to pretend that this lovely floating treehouse dwelling by Brother Steven is actually an AirBnB that anyone can rent, including me. And I'd like to book it immediately for at least a couple night's stay. I don't know exactly how I'll get there, perhaps I'll rig my new Airstream with dirigible capabilities (hey, if he can have a floating treehouse I can have a floating RV, it's only fair)
If I could choose one mythical creature to ride, I'm pretty sure this Bretonnian Griffon by MarcelV. would be pretty high up on my list. The techniques used for the feet are just perfect and the rest of the body gives a sense of strength and power to this creature. Also, there's just something about these majestic beasts that inspires pride and gives a sense of loyalty that very few other creatures do. Forget about man's best friend, this griffon is a knight's best friend and I can think of no other creature that I'd rather fly into battle with. Huzzah!
There's a new sheriff in town, and he's clearly not taking any crap from anyone. Meet sheriff Takamori, from builder dviddy, the law is on his side so be careful. This is a prefect mix of Bionicle, Technic and System, all coming together for a masterfully rendered character. My favorite detail has to be the opposing white bevel gears for teeth, brilliant.
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