Punch It!

Sometimes you just need to put some holes in stuff. Deadpool uses pistols, Dr Who uses a TARDIS (in time and space, get it?), Venkman uses a proton pack, and from time to time I use one of these. It's a classic three hole punch, expertly recreated in bricks by One More Brick.

Kongou

Builder Mike Dung is back with another Fleet Girl MOC from the Kantai Collection web game. This time it's Kongou, who possesses a battleship apparently. I'd like to say I understand any of it, but I don't. But I do know she's beautiful, expertly crafted and is packing some serious firepower.

The Key To Good Building

Sometimes the key to good building (ok, sorry for the pun) is to mess with people's minds, or at least scale. At first it's impossible to tell how big this MOC by Legopard is, or that it's even a MOC really. But it is indeed brick-built and perfectly crafted. And once you study the picture for a bit, you realize just how big this thing is. I'd hate to see the door it opens.

Ski Chalet

I'm not a skier, I haven't been skiing in 30 years, and I wasn't good back then, in fact I was terrible. But one of the things I did enjoy about the experience was sipping hot chocolate in the warm and cozy lodge after the day freezing and face-planting on the slopes (I won't go into details about the rescue sled incident, but it wasn't pretty). I doubt I'll ever strap on skis again, but seeing this wonderful chalet by builder SEBASTIAN-Z sure makes me crave hot chocolate and a warm fire while the snow falls outside. Meanwhile I'll enjoy the 81º weather here in California.

Plumbers On A Mission

I've played Mario and his brother in many of their adventures. The stand outs are Super Mario 64 and Luigi's Mansion of course, but there's been a lot of mischief these plumbers have gotten into. Interestingly enough, Mario actually started as a carpenter, and he only had a mustache because the limited pixel graphics of the age made it difficult to make faces. But even with the limited ABS voxels of today, builder 2 Much Caffeine managed to perfectly capture these two intrepid turtle stompers.

Unplanned Maintenance

I really like this shot!  It's one of those scenes where it seems like just another day at work, but you know that something horrible is about to happen.  It reminds me of the beginning of an old X-Files episode, for those familiar with Fluke Boy.  Conspiracy theories aside,  Justin M Winn has been experimenting with a Brickstuff lighting kit, and I'd say it's been a success.  Can't wait to see what happens next!

Deadpool Loves You

Builder Powerpig is back with just the thing for those lonely hearts out there, some sarcasm and a chimichanga. It's Deadpool, and he's awfully fond of you. That is if you're not a bad guy, in that case he's gonna open a XL can of whoop ass on you, with love of course.

Clockwork Heart

Little known fact: the human heart, pictured here in a model by JK Brickworks, has at least 16 gears, a choo choo mechanism and in some cases an escapement. This is all kept running by a small reactor located in the lower abdomen and lubricated by Bio Lubrication OOzing Dilution, or B.L.O.O.D. This explains the age old tradition of giving a heart shaped box full of mechanical parts (later changed to chocolate) to loved ones.

Nornfang

The bard of brick weapons Nick Brick is back with another stunning MOC. This time it's the Nornfang, a specially tuned SRS99-S5 AM sniper rifle from Halo 5. It's working features include removable magazine, moving trigger, sliding bolt/charging handle and the ability to widen the eyes of anyone who views it. In the game this thing will drop a Spartan in one shot, in real life it will drop jaws all over the internets.

Beauty On A Beauty

There's been a long time and somewhat baffling fascination with combining the photography of cars with women. I sort of understand it at a "primal man level" (lowers brow, grunts, shiny car, pretty girl). But in the end the practice does neither subject justice if for no other reason than size discrepancy. Back far enough to see the car, can't see the girl, and vice versa. None of this applies to brick-built silhousaics though, like this latest masterpiece by Bricks Noir.

Cylon Raider

My US contemporaries will remember the Sears Wishbook. That venerable catalog of all things Christmas that we waited for every year and wore out well before the holiday ever came. Well, when I was about 10 years old I noticed an error in the wishbook, they had accidentally swapped the name of the Cylon Raider, as seen here in this marvelous MOC by builder 2 x 4, and the Colonial Viper model kits. Well, I wasn't going to stand for that and wrote a letter to Sears. Flash forward a few months and I got a package in the mail along with a nice letter. I can't remember all the details, but an executive from Sears explained that clearly some of the staff wasn't as big of a fan of Battlestar Galactica as he and I were, and to enjoy both the models for free. I was very happy.

Adventure's End

I instantly thought of two things when I saw this absolutely brilliant MOC by Paddy Bricksplitter, the old Adventurer's Club at Disney's Pleasure Island in Orlando (kungaloosh!) and one of my favorite all-time jokes which I won't tell here (it really needs to be heard, not read). There's so much to love here I don't know where to start, I'll just invite you all to take in all that detail and backstory, there were some excellent adventures indeed.

LEGO FairlightCMI 11x

Our buddy Iain Heath, harkening back to his Disco Days, was inspired by grobie's ongoing series of classic synthesizers.  "Launched in 1979, the Fairlight CMI was the first commercially viable digital sampling keyboard. It ushered in a new decade of musical experimentation at the hands of artists like Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Mike Oldfield and the Art of Noise."  The only thing missing is a pic of Iain with some nice sideburns and a pair of bell bottoms--Funky!

What's Cooking?

You'd swear by looking at the thumbnail for this MOC by One More Brick that you were looking at a photograph of someone's pristine kitchen, but it's in fact an artfully crafted LEGO masterpiece. Just the latest in a series of fantastic MOCs as he battles with Legopard in the latest Iron Builder.

Off To The Ego Races

Builder monsterbrick is back with a fun series of racers with big heads he calls El Ego Racers. What a clever and fun way to utilize the large figure heads with minifig bodies. If you ever wondered what event could possibly bring together this diverse group of heroes and villains, you've found it. Click through for many more of these marvelous cars.

Leisure Suit Larry

A perfect evening for me and the future Mrs BrickNerd in the late 80's early 90's would be a yummy dinner, some pretzel sticks and ranch dip and a classic adventure game. The one that inspired this brilliant MOC by Vitreolum was one of our favorites, Leisure Suit Larry. The whole point of the game was to try and get poor hapless Larry a little bit of action, and it wasn't easy, but it sure was funny.

LEGO Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0

I've always been a Porsche fan.  My dad had a 356 Cabrio when I was a little kid, but you guessed it, mom made him sell it and get something "safer."  Rats!  But that was a long time ago, and Porsche has come a long way, not only in its production cars, but in its racing division.  What's great about the brand, though, is that after all these years, Porsche design cues are still immediately recognizable.  Fast forward to 2016: Malte Dodowski is clearly a fan as well with this flawless 911 GT3 model. Check out his photostream for all the detail shots!

Blurred Vision

I feel the need, the need for speed!. One of things I love to see is great Lego photography.  granada_tunier blurs the background to give the impression of high speed movement, almost like being in a wind tunnel and the rover looks like its been driven straight off of the next "Rescue Matt Damon" Space Adventure! Built as part of the Febrovery 2016 build challenge, this will take some beating.

"Give Me A Hand With This Trestle"

At some point I will write about something big, but for now I write about something big on details! There are so many wonderful features in this vignette from Tim Schwalfenberg  Built as part of an Ironbuilder challenge, (the metallic silver pin thing is the seed part) and simply called Choo Choo! Just feast your eyes on that train, the village, the windmill, the trees, so much in such a small space!. My favourite bit is the trestle bridge, made of Mini-Figure hands.

Spectrum

I like to think of myself as a curator more than some sort of journalist, and it's MOCs like this one from lisqr that make that designation arguable. The flowing curve constructed of stark geometric shapes is in itself a study in contrasts, while the beautiful spectrum of color transitions effortlessly from top to bottom. Absolutely gorgeous.