Stardust

I so love it when I'm scrolling though my Flickr feed and with no conscience decision find myself going "oooooooooh". When this happens you can bet it's a unique or particularly stunning MOC, and this craft by The /\rchitect is both of those, and more. It's simultaneously gorgeous and baffling, as your eyes and brain try to make sense of it. It's like the illegitimate love-child of the Slave One and H.G. Wells, and it's spectacular.

The Life Tree

Builder Fraslund continues to amaze with his tribute MOCs to the novel To Whatever End. This one is the Tree of Life, and it's stunning. According to the novel it's carved in stone but appears to sway and move, and those standing near it feel a gentle current of peace and healing. I think we need one of these in every city, and at least a dozen in Los Angeles.

Construction

Yes, this isn't exactly realistic, and I think it's too bad. Watching a building go up while all the disciplines required worked simultaneously would be really cool! This is almost like a moment in construction and a cross section put together. Although I have to ask, where's the foreman? There should be a guy walking around with a foam cup looking important.

RED

A lot has been written recently about the dangers of artificial intelligence and robot autonomy. You know what the biggest danger of having awesome beasts like this fire fighting MOC by Onosendai2600? Dorks like me continually pulling the fire alarm just so we can see it show up.

G2 Repair Droid (Goose Droid)

You all know what a Star Wars and Disney geek I am, so where those two met always had my attention (and now they're one and the same, I'm doomed). When Star Tours opened in 1986 I was blown away. The ride was fun, even if it always made me a little queasy, but what I always enjoyed was the queue, especially these little guys. What you may not know is the basic structure of the Goose Droid is actually a repurposed animatronic frame of a goose from America Sings, hence it's nickname. Joe Meno has crafted three of these little guys, the largest being animated with LEGO Mindstorms robotics. Cue Star Tours public announcement tone.

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Oni

So I'm scrolling through Flickr this morning like I do every day, and I see this phenomenal MOC by Deathly Halliwell. It's on par with pretty much everything from this very talented builder. Then I read the description and find out this was built in ONE DAY, nine hours in fact! I'm gobsmacked.

Money Shot

You smell that? That's a hint of gasoline, a waft of tire rubber, the pungent sting of exhaust. You hear that? That's the deep, guttural rubble of a V8, the chirp of tires losing traction for an instant. You see that? That's The Money Shot from _Tiler, and it's gorgeous. 

The IMR

When it comes to big things that go bang bang, there's really nobody better than Nick Brick. His latest offering is the Integrated Munitions Rifle from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and it's a beauty. Not only is it stunningly accurate, it features printed tiles and lighting features.

Chores In Spaaaaaaaace

Here's a fun fact, I can't stand the sound of vacuum cleaners. I think it's because my mom was a bit of a clean freak and I woke up to the sound of one all the time as a kid. I can't imagine what one would sound like in this futuristic hangar, but I think I'd be too distracted on how completely AWESOME it is to care. Not only is the construction of this MOC by Wami Delthorn utterly gorgeous, this shot is brilliantly composed. I'm smitten.

Ignatius Bartholomew Pompus XXXVII: Archduke of Arrogance

You are cordially invited to the splendid dwelling of his most gracious host, the Archduke. Please understand that whatever attire you don will pale in comparison to his, but formal attire is requested. The food will most certainly be the best you've ever consumed. And the Archduke requests that no housewarming gifts are brought, nothing you can bring is better than what he has already.

Drop a Dime

When I was a kid and we were out and about, a dime in the pocket and one of these devices was how we got in touch with someone. If we needed a ride home, we found a pay phone. I wouldn't say I'm particularly nostalgic of this antiquated technology, I don't miss them at all. But I can appreciate a perfect reproduction, and this MOC by Siercon and Coral is just that, perfect.

A1 Assassin Drone

It's been a while since we've had a cool little mech-type MOC, and this one caught my eye this morning. It's got a cool squat design and proportions, and of course a really big gun. But I think it's the pose, photography and editing that really grabbed my attention, well done.

Death

Builder Deathly Halliwell is back with another brilliant character from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, Death. Death is one of the seven Endless, and with three of them already built, I'm starting to suspect that Deathly Halliwell is the secret eighth Endless, we'll call him Deviceful.

Disaster News

What goes better with death and destruction than minifigs? BrickNerd Studios, in partnership with SpastikChuwawa was recently tasked by The School of Life to do exactly that, and this is the result. We had a great time producing this two minute short, and we're pretty proud of how it turned out.

Shaun The Sheep

How can you go wrong with Aardman, stop motion and wool? Shaun the Sheep is finally getting his own movie this year, and builder ArzLan is celebrating with a lovely little MOC of the title character. Not baaaaaaad sir, not baaaaaaad.

Holy Avian Doppelgänger Batman!

Well, he won't fit in the Batmobile, and cleaning up after him is going to be a nightmare, but imagine how handy it will be to have flying ability without the Batwing! Builder Cake in Milk has reimagined one of LEGO Idea's latest offerings as a super hero sidekick, and the results are remarkablarious. 

HARDnuary 2015

If you haven't already heard, HARDnuary is once again underway. What's that you ask? Well, quite simply it's a building challenge for hardware and everyday items, sort of the mastery of the mundane. There are no prizes, but you wouldn't know that by the enthusiasm of builder KOS brick, who has committed to a MOC every day in January, and so far it's been impressive.

The 70's

I spent my formative years squarely in the 70's, and they weren't pretty. Bellbottom jeans, disco, The Gong Show and avocado appliances are just a taste of some of what that age of excess had to offer. It wasn't all bad though. The 70's also gave us Star Wars, micronaughts and Atari. There were some pretty groovy interiors back then too, as expertly demonstrated by builder eyescream54. I'm pretty sure one of those records is Meco Star Wars too (ok, just wishful thinking).

Iron Builder Rages On

As predicted, this Iron Builder is epic, with all builders competing in fine form. We've already seen several entries and I'm positive that it's just going to get more and more insane as the month goes on. Here's some of my favorites so far.