Spacastle

Space and Castle, two of the most iconic LEGO themes ever created, have always been in stark contrast  with each other. Space has been about squeaky clean starships with smooth lines and rocket boosters. Castle, on the other hand, has focused on the nitty gritty sword-and-sorcery struggle between the king and his subjects against some evil faction bent on their destruction. The two have never been crossed before. That is until today! Paul Vermeesch has rocketed the castle theme from planet earth and dropped it on some unknown planet creating a vision of what late-middle-ages on an alien planet would look like.

Monolith

Smoke, Wings And Escape

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.

(LCC) From Doom to Victory!

Serpentine Hall

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.

Serpentine Hall

An Explosive Experiment

KA-BOOM!

And here I was just trying to enjoy a nice, evening dinner with guests when that old wizard decided to cook something up that wasn't on the menu. Ah well, at least the explosion livened up the dinner conversation a bit.

Excellent work here by Digger1221. I always appreciate a good fireball with corresponding smoke trail. The rest of the build has some great details and wonderful contrast between the Wizard's lab in the basement and the dinning room on the main floor.

CCCXI-An Explosive Experiment Main

Longshanks' Death

Every year Castle-Castle.com runs their Colossal Castle Contest which includes some great prizes for the winners including some rare vintage castle sets. For the Castle LEGO lovers among us this means being treated to some excellent Castle-themed MOCs and this year is no exception. Some of my favorite castle builds that come out of this event are the interior creations as they tend to feature more intimate scenes. Lukasz 'LL' Wiktorowicz recently posted his interpretation of Longshanks’s death that includes some never before seen building techniques. This creation is totally worth pouring over the details.

CCC XI Longshanks' death

Dancing Bear, Hidden Dragon

Initially I was drawn to this build because of the excellent tile work and motorized dancing bear. Upon further inspection I discovered that it actually tells a wonderful story, as well. On one side of the MOC you have what appears to be a very silly Lion king being entertained by the peril of others. While on the flip side we join the Dragon Knights in the midst of their plan to assassinate that same king. This is creation is a great example of quality that we have come to expect from zCerberus over the years and look forward to many more.

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Dancing Bear, Hidden Dragon