The Center for the Performing Arts

Ahh, the theater. I was in a few productions during high school, and I still remember that feeling of extreme anxiety moments before you walk out on stage before you make a fool of yourself (I was a natural at that). This micro-scale theater by Aaron Newman is much less intimidating, and much more charming. The use of the fan pieces for the curtains are inspired.

The Center for the Performing Arts

Wild West

One of my favorite LEGO themes growing up was the Wild West line. I always felt it was a very underrated theme. Sergeant Chipmunk's MOC gave me those old fuzzy feelings of pitting bandits against cowboys on my bedroom floor. Love the use of colors in this MOC (some purists may balk at mixing new gray and old gray, but I think it's utilized really well here). Now I wanna make a Wild West brickfilm!

From Sunrise to Sunset

Gungan Plasma Farm

Although it's widely reviled (and understandably so), I don't outright hate The Phantom Menace. I saw it in theaters when I was 10, so I was just excited to see a new Star Wars movie. Love, hate, or just barely tolerate it, you can't deny it had really nice art direction. This awesome Otoh Gunga Plasma Farm by Inthert, although not seen in the movie, looks like it could be just off screen. There's always a bigger fish...

Star Wars Ring-worlds: Otoh Gunga Plasma Farm

Now You're Thinking With Portals

The Portal series is one of my favorite videogame series of all time. It was a very pleasant surprise when LEGO made an official Portal pack for Dimensions. Anthony Wilson made a pretty stellar moc based on the games. I love the brick-built digital readouts above the door (which sports a great custom decal), and I much prefer these Turret designs over the LEGO Dimensions version.

Portal

A Man And His Horse

Aido K has built a really striking scene of a cloaked man leading his horse through some chilly terrain. So many details in this I love: the brick-built horse, the traveler's feet creating a path in the snow bank, the flowing cape, and the little pieces of snow ontop the plants. But what makes it for me is the dynamic posing of the characters. It really brings the scene to life.

A man and his horse