Darth Hauder

This is the intersection of Star Wars, Spaceballs and Bionicle. Meet Darth Hauder, brainchild of builder Unijob Lindo. Now when you sense a disturbance in the force, you might want to check the Bionicle bin.

The Alien Project

The Arvo brothers are back with another stunning book. This time around it's everyone favorite xenomorph from Alien. The 220 page hardbound book is divided into four chapters, and looks like it will be a fantastic study in their approach and building methods. You can order it by emailing them.

Frasse

I love the utilitarian yet stylish design on this MOC by LEGOLIZE IT MAN. The exposed mechanics as well as the plumbing give it a very plausible look, and it seems like something that could actually be saving some poor humans a considerable amount of labor somewhere in the world.

NERDvember is here!

That's right you Nerdly building maniacs, NERDvember is here! Sure Halloween is fun, and everyone loves the Holidays, but November is quickly becoming our favorite month of the year. That's the month you crazy talented builders all over the world create some amazing MOCs inspired by BrickNerd's mascot Nerdly. Three winners will win prize packages including loads of stuff from our awesome sponsors. This year we're giving out some super sweet prizes. 

With Star Wars The Force Awakens so close, and us being such nerds, we thought we'd put an emphasis on MOCs from the Star Wars universe this year.  Of course, if you have any ideas on how you'd elaborate on Nerdly, go right ahead, it doesn't have to be Star Wars related. If you need some inspiration, here's last year's incredible creations.

Head over to the official Flickr group, read the rules, join up, download Nerdly instructions if you need them and get building. We can't wait to see what you create!

Huge thanks to all the awesome sponsors for this year!

KLUNK

Builder m_o_n_k_e_y is back with another brilliant robot. Meet KLUNK, I don't know what his primary function is, but he looks really cool doing it. He kind of reminds me of a cross between  Iron Giant and Chappie, and that's ok with me.

Neo Classic Space Bridge

Isn't this awesome?!?  The lighting, the work stations, the chair; it's such a great combination of all the sci-fi sets we know and love.  Somehow you get a sense of the mass of the rest of the ship in this shot, and the crew's anticipation of what's about to happen.  Is it an alien ship, or a dangerous spacial anomaly?  Hopefully Peter Reid is working on a story line of NCS adventures.

Water Skimming

One of the most jaw dropping moments in the teaser trailer for Star Wars The Force Awakens (which I was lucky enough to watch at Star Wars Celebration) was the shot of the new x-wings skimming the surface of a lake kicking up a huge rooster tail in their wake. Speaking of jaw dropping, check out this MOC by Miro78 recreating that very moment.

Trick-Or-Treat!

Yes, Halloween is finally here. Time to decorate the house (if you haven't already), put on Monster Mash, put the heaps of candy in a bowl and wait for all the parents all over town to drop their kids in your neighborhood (at least that's what they do here). I can only hope I get some trick-or-treaters tonight that look as good as this lot by Takamichi Irie. I better go get more candy...

The King Under The Mountain

It's been said that wealth corrupts, and there are few stories of wealth corrupting more than the story of Thrór (albeit fictional). With the accumulated wealth of the dwarves mines and his beloved Arkenstone there were few richer in Middle Earth, and few more mad. Builder Pate-Keetongu brings us this brilliant brick-built version.

Orc Fort

Orcs are a very misunderstood creature, often thought of in lore as evil, dirty, and generally not all that nice! But just because they prefer the freeness of loin cloth over a nice pair of pants doesn't make them evil. Sure they pillage the villages of the various, hapless, fantasy realms from time to time and maybe they enjoy "man-flesh" a little bit too much. And who knows what do-gooder they captured this fort, created by builder Christophe, from? In the end maybe these "evil" deeds are just a cry for help. So, the next time you run across a pillaging orc in your village, go ahead and give him a nice big hug, just watch out for the spiky armor.

The Ring

I don't watch very many scary movies (It's not that I'm afraid, it's that I find most of them terrible from a filmmaking standpoint) but I did see The Ring. I thought it had some creepy moments, but mostly pretty corny. But the big reveal coming through the TV was legitimately cool. This MOC by  paddybricksplitter is just as awesome and unsettling as the movie.

Techniksphäre

Check out this little bipedal greebly ball of goodness by Si-MOCs. When this clear sphere appeared in the Jurassic Park sets earlier this year, I was certain there would be a flood of MOCs including it, but so far not many have surfaces, at least not any as cool and eye-catching as this two legged robot. 

Tiny Hot Rod

This is pretty clever. I almost just scrolled right past this MOC, I suspect you almost did the same, but take a closer look. The roof and back of the cab is a book, and the windows are pail handles. The bottom of the cab is actually inverted, somehow the gap between the cab and the trunk is perfectly filled by the book half and I have no idea how this whole thing is held together. There's actually a lot of really slick building in this tiny hot rod by grantmasters.

Strike Any Key When Ready

This brings back memories. The first computer in regular use in my life was my wife's college computer, a Packard Bell 386, not unlike this brilliant MOC by powerpig. Among it's many impressive specs was a whopping 20MB hard drive. Yes, that was cutting edge back then, about the size of three mp3's these days. And what's amusing is we wondered how we could EVER fill it.

Vampires

Some reminders as we get closer to Halloween. Vampires can only enter your home if invited. Vampires can be dispatched with a stake through the heart, not to be confused with steak. Garlic is delicious, if you're not a vampire. VAMPIRES DON'T FRIGGIN' SPARKLE (knock that crap off this instant). And vampires built in LEGO by vitreolum get blogged.

Mini Minimoog

No 70's rock band worth its salt was complete without a Minimoog.  They were created to take the synthesizer out of the studio and on the road.  Originally produced from 1970 to 81, they were so popular and sought after, Robert Moog redesigned the instrument for sale in 2002. 

So when I saw Grobie's LEGO version of the classic keyboard, it was time to crank up the Miami Vice theme!

Fresh Blood

Inspired by the stunning Rivers of Hell collaboration of Mihai Marius Mihu & The Deathly Halliwell, onosendai2600 has crafted a castle of nightmares. With it's gaping maw bridge and crimson base, it's an intimidating structure to say the least. But I have to admit despite it's menacing appearance, I find myself irresistibly drawn to this, perhaps it's my darker side?

An Altered Fate

Although I hadn't heard of the Echoes of Imara book series, I recognize an awesome build when I see it.  David Frank's been busy creating this magnificent scene from the book An Altered Fate, by Claire...Frank... Hey!  Turns out he built this in honor of his wife's novel.  What a guy!

Impressive details throughout, from the landscaping to the architecture, it just keeps going.  The battle looks pretty cool, too.

My guess is, after all that work, she'll cut him some slack the next time he leaves the seat up.

Hiro's Workshop

Sharp eyed fans of Big Hero 6 might recognize this creative space by builder Legopard. It's Hiro's workshop, where so much robotic goodness happened. I strongly encourage you to click through and view this picture at high res to see all the lovely detail.and after then check out even more pics on his MOCpages.