We’re in the Mooooood for an Amazing MOC
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This ox made of blocks made us have a cow over how udderly amazing it is! The steaks are high so check out this impeccabull LEGO creation.
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Bionicle Reborn on the Island of Doom
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From concept to recruiting, building to editing, Island of Doom is a collab of revitalization worth your time. It brought together ambitious LEGO fans from all around the world who shared their passion, talent and artistic skills to showcase the best the Bionicle community has to offer.
Read MoreMaking Minimalism a Big Deal
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There’s an art to picking the perfect LEGO element for a model, and builder Dan Ko does it masterfully. The parts he chooses to build with transcend from their original purpose to become something entirely different and more beautiful, yet minimal and elegant.
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Black Rover, Black Rover, Send the Impeder Over!
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Despite being a year old, or from the “before times” as some members in my LUG call it, Capt. Dad’s first building foray into the land of Neo-Classic Blacktron got noticed by BrickNerd’s Message Intercept Base. I do love a good rover, and it is a great way to kick off Febrovery!
Read MoreA Bonsai Strong Enough to Weather a Winter Storm
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If you have noticed the internet being overrun by LEGO bonsai trees as of late, it is for good reason. Brickset’s Build a Bonsai Competition is churning out some amazing entries (all because of the goats for a prize, I’m sure!), and Carter Witz is throwing his hat into the ring. His elegant bonsai would look at home on the neatest desk, but there’s more to this creation than meets the eye!
Read MoreFly Casual, Chewie! This Massive LEGO Imperial Star Destroyer is the Size of a Car
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You would need 30 copies of LEGO’s newest Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer set to even come close to the 140,000 pieces in this nine-foot-long behemoth. Builder Garry King has really outdone himself this time!
Read MoreA Tribute To Trebek
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With the tragic loss of Alex Trebek last year, I wanted to build a meaningful tribute to the man and his legacy of knowledge. So I built a moving kinetic sculpture of the “Greatest of All Time” tournament and discovered that building LEGO is not too dissimilar to Jeopardy. I knew the answer of where I wanted to go, I just needed to figure out the right questions that would get me there.
Read MoreMastering the Art of Bonsai
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The art of Bonsai is an elusive one, taking years to learn, requiring careful decision-making and patience above all. In that sense, it feels a lot like creating LEGO models—which is definitely an art Marius Herrmann has mastered. Marius, widely known as steponabrick both on Flickr and Instagram has shared an entry for Brickset’s ongoing Build a Bonsai competition—an expressive and lifelike sculpture, making masterful use of a variety of elements and beautiful techniques.
Read More"Know Your Pieces" Like This 10,000-Piece Framed LEGO Painting
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Being a fan of highly detailed facades, especially most from the Oriental part of the world, I must say that the more you look at this one the more you will find. Builder Hoang Dang—known in the LEGO community as Know Your Pieces—has practically created a “Where’s Waldo” of spectacular nice-part-usage (NPU) out of 10,000 pieces.
Read MoreThe Art Of Silly Walks
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This tribute to the venerable John Cleese by Swedish builder Rikard Stensby (aka stensbylego on Instagram) tickles my funny bone, something I really need these days.
Read MoreLean Mean Sci-Fi Machines!
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I stumbled upon this gem of a dronuary build yesterday and was immediately taken by the aggressive near future military design aesthetic of the humanoid and walker style drones. Squad Sierra is a must-see. Builder ReD M is a master of high-quality sci-fi digital creations, including many that you might have seen during the height of the Hibernia Flickr community craze a few months ago. So it comes as no surprise that the latest build is another gem.
Read MoreA Minifigure's Nightmare
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Okay, I know this is a fearsome Tiki Shaman who clearly eats every part of a minifigure but the torso, but oh, those toes! Jake aka Mountain Hobbit brings us a cute, well-crafted figure - just the person to threaten your minifigures with when they misbehave.
Read More“Speeder bikes! Speeder bikes! Speeder bikes!”
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It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of building LEGO speeder bikes (LSB; a.k.a. flying motorcycles). Sometimes I even host building contests for them on Flickr in the LSB - LEGO Speeder Bikes group. The LSB contest is currently on hiatus, but that hasn’t kept people from building some really awesome speeder bikes in the meantime… and even hosting building challenges of their own! I first noticed Dan Ko (Instagram / Flickr) while adding his recent speeder bike line-up into the photo pool of the Flickr group. Here are two of his builds that really caught my attention:
Read MoreA Refreshing Splash Of Color
/I don’t know what I find more surprising about this space station by builder CheesyStudios, the vibrant color pallet or the fact that it was built, photographed and edited in under 24 hours, impressive.
Prairie Doggin'
/Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve posted, I won’t go into details why (but you can read a bit about it here). And while I’m not promising to be as prolific as I was before, I do intend to blog more. In fact, this MOC by builder JK Brickworks was the first creation I’d seen in a while that made me go “hey, that’s cool”, and I actually wanted to blog it. I’m going to call that progress. Anyway, this thing standing still is adorable, but the fact that’s it’s mechanical, and all the critters have their own personality just makes it irresistible. Check out the video below to see it in action.
Colonial Viper, MK II
/Mark Kelso’s back with a modified version of his Viper built for the VirtuaLUG Battlestar Galactica display at Brickworld 2018. He’s got all sorts of nifty custom decals, including some convincing score marks, and of course his call sign; Pookie Muffin. He also admits to modifying several parts- egad! But that’s artistic license, and it’s paid off nicely! So Say We All!
Editor’s Note: As Mark was unable to attend Brickworld that year, my son was lucky enough to reassemble it for the display, where it was positioned front and center, the sharp point of the Colonial Fleet. We also got to swoosh it around!
Riddle Me This...
/Ryan Howerter has come up with a way to keep us entertained (and occasionally frustrated) during the world-wide pandemic lockdown. Every day he presents us with a new conundrum for us to replicate on his Instagram page. My son and I have been working on them independently, and it’s been interesting to see him use parts I didn’t even know we had, and vice versa. Good luck, and don’t forget to wash your hands!
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Jam Session
/Lego 7 seems to be a man of few words, and this build certainly needs no explanation. But since most of you, I would surmise, have plenty of time on your hands, there’s lots to learn in this build. Enjoy!
Etch A Sketch
/So you’re drawing a camel, and you’re about half done when a commercial comes on for the Kenner Star Wars Death Star playset so naturally you look up and watch. Now it’s time to continue, but which way to turn the knob? You know this one does the up and down, but which way? Oh, c’mon, you were just doing it, it’s supposed to be natural by now! Ok, let’s go clockwise…GAH!
Welcome to my childhood, thanks for a dose of nostalgia derjoe.
