Me 109

The messershmidt Bf-109 is as iconic a WWII aircraft as you can get. I don't want to glorify war, but that was a golden age of aviation, and both the axis and the allies both stepped up with some major innovation. This version, and updated model by Daniel Siskind, can actually be yours in the near future from Brickmania.

Best Idea Ever

What better way to spice up a summer gathering than severe food trauma? Yes, it's Jarts, or lawn darts! Oversized, weighted lawn missiles with sharpened steel tips, what could possibly go wrong? My family actually had these when I was a kid, they were fun and terrifying at the same time. Between these, my dad smoking in a closed car, no seatbelts and pop rocks and Coke, it's amazing we made it out of the 70's alive. Thanks for the nostalgia JT!

Callisto

This is one of those "wait, that's LEGO?" MOCs. One that's so unusual and slick that you pass right over it in Flickr, and one so beautifully sculpted it defies logic. This is the Callisto from Legohaulic, and it's absolutely gorgeous.

Y-Wing Evolved

There have been a great number of entries for FBTB's Star Wars Evolved contest, but few have made me go "whoa" (I should share that FBTB's own Don Solo was standing behind me, and had the same reaction). It's Y-Wing heritage is clearly visible, but the split nacelle mech action gives it an almost droid fighter feel. Nice work space_e!

Poe Dameron's X-Wing

In case you didn't get the memo, a new Star Wars film came out last month (which not too many people saw, sadly). The character Poe Dameron was one of my favorite things about the film, and Quy Chau did a brilliant job recreating his X-Wing fighter.

Nuts For Nuts

Fans of Dreamworks' Ice Age films should recognize this guy, it's the saber tooth squirrel Scrat! Scrat was by far my favorite character from those films, he has so much screen presence and is so funny yet never speaks a word. This version in bricks by captainsmog is just as full of character.

Bridge Of Lost Souls

Built for Brickvention in Australia last year, Nick Runia is offering up the final photos of his Bridge of Lost Souls creation.  So, he's got the Light on the left side, Dark on the right, and of course the bridge with Death in the middle.  Peruse his photostream to appreciate the architectural intricacy and organic flow of the rock work and landscaping.  Nicely done, Nick!

Room With A View

This interior by Vitreolum is positively oozing with contemporary abstract sensibilities and style. Everywhere you look there's something to love here, from the eye catching windows to the furniture and from the lovely little details to the Mondrian inspired art on the wall. Oh, and there's a half naked lady too.

Lady Sharpe

I must confess I haven't seen Crimson Peak yet. But I'm a huge Del Toro fan and will watch it when it comes to home video. But not seeing the film doesn't diminish my appreciation for this stunning MOC by Deathly Halliwell. It may be grisly, it may be shocking, but it's undeniably beautiful in it's own way.

Bricks LA Is This Weekend

If you're in the Los Angeles area and want to see some awesome MOCs, meet some excellent people and maybe, just maybe score some BrickNerd swag (hunt me down like an animal) then get to Bricks LA in Pasadena!

Ice, Ice, Baby

Sometimes the best builds are the ones with that tiny little detail most people wouldn't notice, one that makes FOLs like us say "Dang, that's an NPU!"  In this case, it's that lovely little cupcake acting as the ice brush on Tyler Sky's excellent Zamboni. He shoots, he scores!

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Lime Explorer

Builder Rogue Bantha continues his exploration of color, and things are getting interesting. Not that I have anything against some classic grey, blue and yellow, but seeing some splashes of unusual color, combined with his spectacular building style and skill, makes for some eye popping MOCs. The overall shape is unusual, the greebs are nice and the build is clean. This is pretty awesome.

Kerbal Space Program 1

I know next to nothing about this game or the concept. But the characters look fun, the game looks fun and the premise looks fun, so I'm interested. From what I gather you help these little definitely not minions guys start a space program and conquer the final frontier. Builder grubaluk seems to have a grasp on what's going on, or at least how to build some fun little characters.

Inside Every One Of Us There's A Skeleton Dying To Get Out

Fun facts about bones

• The adult human body has 206 bones in the skeleton. These bones are grown together from about 300 bones at birth.
• The longest bone in the body is called the femur, which connects the pelvis to the knee.
• Bones are broken down and remade constantly, just like skin. In fact, all of the bones are slowly replaced until they are new bone once every 7 years!
• The human skull contains the brain, at least in most humans.
• The lower arm contains two bones called the radius and ulna, there used to be three, but you know, three's a crowd.
• Bones are made of calcium, ice cream is rich in calcium, ice cream is made of bones.
• Building a skeleton in LEGO is not easy, but umamen did it, what have you done today?
• "The bones song" was originally about the Los Angeles freeway system, but not as fun.
• Bones is a good character on Star Trek

Full Metal Fetus

Well, this is disturbing on just about every level, but it's also oozing with style. Leave it to builder D-Town Cracka to paint a dystopian future where even the newborns are mechanized, and put to use collecting body parts. But it can be argued those body parts aren't going to collect themselves...that's a totally different dystopian future.

Far Out, MOC!

Sometimes, a good backstory along with a quality MOC from an established builder is just too hard to pass up.  Stephen Pakbaz -- who previously designed NASA's Curiosity rover for the LEGO Ideas line -- has come up with a great one here in Pieceout, "a civilian scientist researching alternative energy on the planet Cybertron."

Hippie Transformers out to make the world a better place? Love it! Transformer MOCs that actually transform?  Excellent!  Clever moniker playing on the themes of that era while simultaneously paying tribute to the very hobby we all love?  Just plain awesome.

Where The Wild Things Are!

Wild indeed!  Luke Watkins Hutchinson has been a busy guy.  In fact, he's announced a project with Bricks magazine where he'll be demonstrating, month by month, how he builds these amazing scenes.  That's why he's only posted the one pic, you'll have to get a subscription to see the rest. 

Both Bricks and Brick Culture are high quality publications, and for those of us in North America, not particularly expensive, even with the postage.  Definitely worth checking out!

Nick Wilde

Jordan Schwartz has built this fantastic fig of Nick Wilde, a sly fox from an upcoming Disney movie entitled Zootopia.  What I really appreciate is how Jordan captured that smarmy, con artist expression.  I figure since this turned out so well, he's going to be creating the entire cast--Hint hint!

Light Cycle

I personally didn't care for the sequel to Tron, at least not the movie as a whole. I still listen to the soundtrack, it's brilliant. And the art direction was top notch, the movie is an end to end eyegasm.  One of the stand out designs was the new light cycles, like this outstanding rendition by MortalSwordsman.

More Than Meets The Eye

Your mileage on the Bayformer movies may vary, but this Bumblebee moc by Jonas is a great, faithful recreation of the character in brick.