Mark of Falworth brings us this excellent MOC with a twist. If you look closely you'll see the entire thing rests on a footprint of 8x8 studs, which is one of the categories of the Classic Castle Global Challenge VI. It's also part of a bigger story which I actually don't know anything about, but from what I gather after reading the description it's an epic tale.
Tested should be familiar to all you fellow nerds out there. It's basically the online home of the Mythbusters and friends. Well, they have a little segment that's fairly new called the LEGO Mystery Build, where they put together a small custom kit. Carlmerriam's latest MOC is their logo, and it's spiffy.
Within the LEGO community we tend to glorify new part usage but not always unique MOCs that fall outside of the normal LEGO themes of space, castle, city, Star Wars, etc. Builder robuko has succeeded in both NPU and building outside the box with his latest creation, Serpentine Hall. While technically a castle build for the ongoing Eurobricks Guilds of Historica building challenge this structure transcends the classic castle theme and really puts it into a class of its own.
6kyubi6 and oLaF LM continue to battle it out with the hemisphere seed part in their Duel of Pirates over at Brick Pirate. Here they become classic skate wheels, but the real star of this MOC is that board. The curved ends and brick-built graphics are awesome.
While wandering through Designer Con back in November, Guy Himber (V&A Steamworks) and I stumbled upon an artist named Jason Chalker. He had some great pieces on display and his Pimp2-D2 caught our eye. Now Guy has recreated this masterpiece at minifigure scale.
The people behind the book LEGO Space: Building The Future continue to amaze and please us with enticing little shots that didn't make the cut. I was privileged enough to experiment with photographing some of the fabulous MOCs in this book, and I truly wish I could have been there for all the shoots. If you don't have this book yet you're missing out.
It's one thing to instantly recognize an object, it's another to realize it's much, much bigger or smaller than you first expected. I think builder Carlmerriam is just messing with us, playing with scale as well as expertly building. Not only is this toothbrush crazy realistic, it's colossal. It's a total mind-bender.
Hey BrickNerd readers, we're counting down for our first ever BrickNerd Live Build. Join BrickNerd Nerd-In-Chief Tommy Williamson as he builds set 70809 Lord Business' Evil Lair live. The event starts at 12:00 PM PST and goes until 2:00PM PST. This is our first live event and should be something like watching a train wreck in extremely slow motion, how can you resist?
Update: That was fun! Thanks to everyone that stopped by to say hi and make it a good time. There will be more. Here's the replay if you're really bored and/or into self torture.
What better way to show your love for LEGO Classic Space than with a custom spacer leather jacket? Windell at Evil Mad Scientist did just that, and he shows us how he did it step by step. Click through for an excellent tutorial.
Thanks to Pete for the head's up
This shot by samsofy speaks to me. I've spent SO much time in the past 25 years on green screen stages, but never with a group of Sith lords. I love that this is lit, not only with some cleverly built Lifelites, but that there's a grip holding a reflector, classic. Now, what are we going to do about that heinous green spill on that helmet?
Don't you just hate it when an all-powerful supernatural being tries to take over the world? Meet Sauron, from Middle Earth. He's the tall, dark and ambitious type, with big plans for Mordor and whatever else realms he might just, you know, take by force with an orc army. This version by Legonardo Davidy doesn't pose much threat though, you could just pop that one ring off and poof, he's back in the parts bin.
I feel like I am breaking some sort of unwritten rule by misquoting one movie to describe another unrelated movie for this post's title. But who cares when it fits so well, right? right?
Anywho, what a great build featuring one of the iconic scenes from Back To The Future? Seriously, this build has it all including many of the minor details from the original movie set such as the plutonium storage container easter egg.
The Snowspeeder from The Empire Strikes Back is one of my favorite Star Wars ships. I've always found the faceted design and back-to-back cockpit really appealing. And it's just cool, ya know? This Technic design by drakmir rivals the UCS set for sheer awesomeness. Let's all back it on Cuusoo and get it into our hot little hands!
Here's a pretty cool little contest going on Flickr. It started as just a private little contest on a small Facebook group, but now it belongs to the world! The concept is pretty simple, build a bit of hardware or a real world object. There's no prizes but who cares, it's awesome!
The holidays are over, but there's still some Christmas cheer to spread around. TBB's own Nannan Z. has conjured up a charming little story of Santa's visit to the Ninjago dojo. The sticker use here is brilliant, and I love a MOC that tells a story. One glance and you know everything that's going on here.
WALL-E is one of my favorite Pixar movies. Not only does it have a charming story with lovable characters and laughs as well as tugs on the heart strings. But one of the things I love the most about it was it was different and risky. And while I can't say this MOC by Legohaulic is risky, it has everything else going for it that the movie does, it's awesome.
Will Smith's Wild Wild West was sadly mostly forgettable, but there were some memorable, if not fairly silly, shining moments. Arliss Loveless' giant steampunk tarantula was certainly a show-stopper, and I suspect this MOC by Imagine™ is going to have a similar impact wherever it's shown.
Little known fact, I can sew. It's a dying art but I actually took sewing in home economics and had a grandmother that sewed. I've actually made my own costumes and repaired my family's clothing before. So not only is this miniland scale MOC by Pepa Quin charming and clever, it's of a real man, because real men sew.
The creativity that a simple seed part inspires always amazes me. oLaF LM and 6kyubi6 have been squaring off in a challenge from BrickPirates. The part is the ball turret hemisphere and it's the catalyst of both these brilliant builds.
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