Choose Your Weapon, Clumsy And Random, Or Elegant And Civilized

Builder Cole Edmonson has produced a small arsenal of Star Wars weapons for you to choose from. You can also pick the light side or dark side of the force while you're at it. I personally can't pick my favorite here, so I'll say I'd take them all and be prepared for any occasion.

Cruise Airship

What could be more luxurious than a peaceful cruise amongst the clouds in this opulent floating cruise ship by Vince_Toulouse? Lounging on the deck while a crew member brings you drinks as you watch snow covered peaks drift lazily by, sounds totally Mrs BrickNerd's speed (mine too, sign us up).

Ol' Barney

Everybody knows one, or at least has lived near one. He's the grumpy old man, and when he's not busy shooing you off his lawn, he's griping about his bad back or water on the knee. Builder Centuri shows us just what grumpy looks like, and I don't care if I can't appreciate how good I have it compared to when he was my age, I like him.

Beer Wagon

This isn't the first time we've seen Tom Daniel's classic show rod Beer Wagon in brick form, but it just might be the cleanest. Builder Norton74 knows that sometimes you just can't deliver beer fast enough.

BB-7

Droid development is an incremental process. Sometimes what seems like a good idea turns out to be a bit problematic. Take for instance BB-7 here. As baffling as it may be, the designers decided a cubic form factor would be worth exploring. Eventually as you all know things got more spherical, but this one is pretty much just as cute. Leave it to MacLane to find the corners of everyone's favorite new droid. Check out the video to see how he works.

Tinker Thinker

I have to assume with the coming advances in artificial intelligence and robotics that eventually we'll have cybernetic deep thinkers, robophilosophers if you will. I have to wonder what this drone by builder Si-MOCs is thinking. "What is the sound of one actuator clapping?"

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