Spooky TV

If you happen to have a cathode ray tube television in your house, especially one with rabbit ears, it's most likely haunted. We are providing this information not to alarm you, but just to make you aware. Even though you should already be aware since analog broadcasts are a thing of the past and your TV sucks. But now there's a ghost in it, so really, get rid of it. Oh, and ditch that VHS VCR too, just sayin'.

This has been a public service message from all HDTV manufacturers

Mystique

Character builder extraordinaire Iain Heath is back with what may become the first in a series of Jennifer Lawrence tributes (see what I did there?) The first is everybody's favorite blue-skinned, red-haired and let's face it, naked mutant, Mystique.

Hammond P2011

Titanfall has inspired more full-sized weapon props than any other game in recent memory, and I can see why. The design in the game is top notch, movie-level stuff, and what could be more inspiring? This pistol is by Cyan Madness, and like all the rest it's pretty awesome.

Last Days

I like the small town life. I've lived in Los Angeles and London, and I've spent time in NYC, Philadelphia, Tokyo and many more metropolises. The allure of the big city wears off really quickly with me, and it's not long before I can't wait to get back to a quiet little town. Then there's the threat of annihilation from an alien attack, as visualized by Tim Schwalf here. I seriously doubt they're going to target my house.

Tanniyn

This magnificent snow dragon comes to us from Ecclesiastes. The whole image, from the mysterious white cloaked figures, to the perched dragon, implies a larger story. I find that fascinating, how a single image can evoke a larger world, a background, events to come as well as history.

Steamy

If you've built or even seen Metalbeard's Sea Cow, you know what a fantastic abundance of steamy goodness it is. Well, here is some proof, Dwalin Forkbeard's Steam Locomotive. I see a lot of Sea Cow parts in here, used to great effect. I especially like the use of the giant turbine on the side, quite iconic. And the cab is quite lovely.

Segway

I've had a few opportunities to ride a Segway, by far the coolest was tooling around EPCOT before public hours (except maybe the part where I flung myself off of it). This version by inquisitor88 is pretty perfect, from a thumbnail you'd swear you were just looking at a Segway. 

These Guys Aren't Playing Around

The Iron Builder between 6kyubi6 and Onosendai2600 continues and if you haven't been watching, you're missing out. I mean, check out the trash talk and supremely excellent MOCs in this thread, Epic.

The Return Of Commander Bear

Like all the photography from LEGO Space: Building The Future, this shot by the team behind the book just leaves you yearning to step in and share in the adventure. It's like a scene in a movie. Can't you just hear the rumble of the ship? The footsteps echoing off the walls? The whine of an unseen machine? And of course the contemplative tones of the orchestral score.

Demonic Lock

It takes a lot of effort and thought to develop a style. A method of design, construction, aesthetic and photography that makes your MOCs instantly attributable to you, and it can take years to develop. Builder mihaimariusmihu has made that leap, I'm now sure if it. As soon as I saw this MOC, I knew who's it was, and that's the true test of style.

It Can't Be All Action All The Time

Following up last week's brilliant Batman vignette, MacLane is back with what I hope will be a long series of super heroes' lighter moments. From enjoying a scotch to watching some TV, it's nice to see these guys getting a little break. 

Leafeon! I Choose You!

Retinence is back with another beautiful and masterful Pokemon MOC. This time it's Leafeon, who certainly looks pretty, but is kinda useless in a fight. I mean c'mon, chlorophyl? What good is that? And after spending all that time raising and evolving Eevee! I'm going back to the gym, I see you guys later.

Speak Softly And Carry A BIG Gun

According to the description this automata by Izzo's LegoStyle is approximately 6 feet tall. That would make the gun somewhere between 7-8 feet long. That makes this thing essentially a walking tank.

This Thing Will Haunt My Dreams

This scary beautiful creature was built by legoalbert, specifically to keep me awake at night (ok, not really). It sort of reminds me of the land striders in The Dark Crystal, combined with the Nasgul and that horrifying DARPA robo-dog thing. One thing is for sure, it's stunning.

Wildcat

I spent a great deal of my adolescence building balsa and tissue models of WWII warplanes. You know, the ones you spend endless days irretrievably gluing your fingers to the cardboard surface and pins you're trying to use. Not to mention the full day you spent high as a kite from the dope covering. Anyway, I had a few favorites as a kid, and this plane was one of them, the Grumman F4F Wildcat. This version by Mad physicist is faithful right down the the folding wings for storage on the aircraft carrier, brilliant.

Mind Blowing Star Destroyer

Holy moly this thing is fantastic! I've been watching this super-sized MOC from Jarac take shape for ages on Flickr, now it's here and it's jaw-dropping gorgeous.

It's so incredibly and painstakingly detailed you could practically put this thing on a pylon and point a movie camera at it.

many thanks to elbarto for the head's up

Dream

Yet another fabulous bust from The Deathly Halliwell. This one is the protagonist Dream from the Sandman comics. This is a really impressive piece, from the light up eyes to the intense expression it's very well put together. And that hair just puts it over the top, fantastic. I wish I was able to go to BrickWorld and see this in person.

GORYOU

Builder kwi-chang has a new addition to his impressive robot army, LHB-ZT-005 GORYOU, but I'm going to call him Mr. Bendy Arms. Mr. Bendy, Arms (or just Bendy to his friends) would like to give you a hug. A nice, big, totally disabling your mech and achieving final victory hug.

SMC & IC On A PCB FYI

That stands for surface mounted components and integrated circuit on a printed circuit board for you non-electronics nerds out there. If you've ever tried to repair a camcorder or modern device, you probably took one look at this stuff and went "yeah right". Here they are recreated at 20:1 by vir-a-cocha. 

The Part Challenge

This is a two part post. The first order of business to attend to is this fantastic MOC by Peteris Sprogis. Brick built lettering can be difficult, especially if you want some panache to it, but Peteris pulls it off beautifully. Although it is important to point out that this is the second iteration of this MOC, because sometimes a "P" can look an awful lot like an "F".

The second order of business is to bring up what this MOC is actually promoting. It's a Flickr group called, you guessed it, Part Challenge. It's sort of like Iron Builder for the rest of us. Check it out and get building!