A couple days ago builder Grantmasters posted his brilliant little minifig scale ED-209, the much revered (if ultimately flawed) enforcement droid from RoboCop, to the collective mindblow of the AFOL community. Now builder Sparkart has 'modernized' the design and shared the LDD model with everyone. We can all have an enforcement droid guarding our bricks!
Chris McVeigh is back with another brilliant little build. For the seasoned reader you'll recognize this classic camera style, you know, the kind you had to load film into and didn't see your pictures for days, if not weeks or longer. He was also kind enough to share a building guide for it on his website. You can also order it in kit form in several colors, how cool is that?
Yellowjacket has returned from the Microverse! How will Ant-Man defend himself?! It appears by attempting to have Yellowjacket and his friend step on a LEGO brick! I'm not sure how well that is going for our hero. . . LEGO 7 has brought us a small, but fascinating vignette depicting what possibly could happen if Yellowjacket would return. Though the insect build is the obvious focus of this creation, my favorite part is the miscellaneous LEGO bricks made (ironically) with LEGO elements. I haven't seen too many Ant-Man builds, but I hope to see many more in the future!
Andrew Tate's Top Slice Bakery is a really fun design that's bursting with character. My favorite detail is the kiosk shaped as a cuppa joe. I kinda wish it was a real place so I can go grab some breakfast there!
Can a MOC center you? I'd argue this one can. Ancient growing and pruning techniques meets skilled building techniques in this bonsai by Emil Lidé and the results are stunning. From a distance you'd swear it's just a little plant, but up close it's a marvel of construction. You really can't appreciate how this is built from these images, I encourage you to click through and check out the high res images.
In my real life I work on the railways in the UK and part of my route is the East Coast Main Line, home of the world famous Flying Scotsman. Just recently this locomotive has returned to the rails after a multi-million pound rebuild (how much is original is debatable, you take something apart enough times, when you put it back together there is enough to build two!) This incredible model by Ryan McNaught is the largest I've ever seen of the iconic steamer. At over 3 metres long, this is one serious "Kettle"! (thats what we call a steam loco).
Builder Pate-keetongu is back with another gorgeous vixen. Meet Adela, who's motivations are mysterious, but beauty is undeniable. And just as lovely as this build is it's also impressive from a number of standpoints including technique and pose-ability. Eero also has a lot of the story behind the build and decisions made during it on his newly revamped website, I recommend giving it a read.
The NASA space program is arguably one of the greatest engineering achievements of the past millennium. It put men on the moon, for goodness' sake! This build by Lia Chan showcases one of the famed space shuttles that regularly sent humans into orbit. I know, LEGO space shuttles have been built many times before, including in at least three official sets. But this build shows the shuttle with its launch facility and transportation vehicle, all recreated in great detail. This is one of those super realistic creations that makes you do a double take and say, "Wait, that's LEGO?!"
It's been a long time since I've built a Technic set, at least a big one, but it was worth the wait. The Technic Porsche 911 is a phenomenal set, and I could go on and on about it. But I just shot a video instead. Check it out!
Ordo makes a good photo and a good point about where the relationship between technology and social interaction has gone. My dad calls smartphones "the electric bellybutton" because everywhere you go you see people looking down and constantly fiddling with their fingers. The smartphone really is a double-edged sword.
The brick-built phone isn't the only impressive model here--it's an ensemble. The tiled wall, the electrical socket, and the phone's charger look real to me and sell this photo.
This extraordinary guy is born from the awesome imagination of Dave Foreman. Matteo is made from Bionicle LEGO pieces and is packed full of detail. I can imagine Matteo skulking the streets of Victorian London late at night, hiding in the shadows as he makes his way to deliver a potion. He carries a gas lamp and a messenger bag - which contains books, a magnifying glass, medicine bottle and syringe. His cane is topped with a red spider eating a snake and he wears a bat pendant and pocket watch. Matteo's cape and hat make me think he's quite the gentleman . I wonder what the keys on his belt are keeping locked away...?
I always believed that my hero David Bowie would live forever and ever. I was devastated when I heard the news in January that he'd passed away. Luckily, LEGO does last forever and thanks to Centuri he lives on in the form of Jareth the Goblin King. Labryinth is one of my all time favourite films and this build brings Jareth to life. I love the fact that if you look closely, you can see a minifig head used for the skull on Jareth's shoulder piece and chest lids for his boots. Now, what kind of magic spell to use....?
Well this MOC by Julie vanderMeulen makes me wanna lace up my skates and get on the track! These 1:1 scale Riedell R3's use a combination of standard LEGO bricks and Bionicle pieces. Roller derby players agonise over sourcing the right components and settings for their skates, and Julie looks like she's done just the same for this pair, which are kitted out in her Hammer City Roller Girls colours. Unsurprisingly one of the most important elements of the skates are the wheels, and players use a combination of durometers to optimise performance - this can be seen with the use of different colour wheels on this build.
You can see me in action in my Riedell She Devils in the bottom pic. Keep calm and skate left!
No, I'm not apologizing. Puns are awesome. Anyway, I love me some good microscale, and this tiny winter village by Sad Brick is a fantastic example. Creative parts usage is a must for a good micro build, and this is no exception. From the minifigure chicken wings as clouds to the cheerleader pompoms as snow-covered trees, there's a lot of really clever and unorthodox pieces here. And I think that sun is the back of a Simpsons minifigure head. Nicely done, sir, nicely done.
Welcome to OCP Headquarters, or should I say Dallas City Hall? Yes, that towering symbol of corporate greed is actually a government building, and not even in Detroit. That's the magic of visual effects. And while I'm sure plenty of Dallasites went "heyyyy..." when they saw RoboCop, but the rest of us were just thinking "cool building". Just like you LEGO fans might be looking at this MOC by Grantmasters and thinking "where's the top of the building?"
This microscale village by -Balbo- shows off some lovely techniques. My favorite is the way he's built up the shoreline: the layering of angled plates makes for a very cool, non-blocky look. The water is really well done as well, since its dark coloring is much more realistic than the bright blue so often seen in landscape builds. Also, the technique of clear bricks laid sideways allows for a really cool reflection which adds a lot to the realism of this scene.
It's not hard to imagine this lovely deep green and black beauty by Moko chuffing down the tracks in the Victorian era. The design aesthetic is absolutely gorgeous, with just the right balance of classic lines and splendid steampunkery. I would love to climb aboard this steam powered wonder for a cross country tour.
I don't know enough about tall ships to speak with any authority, but there's definitely an asian influence to this vessel by W. Navarre. Judging by the size and ornateness of the captain's cabin and the number of guns, I'm guessing this a fairly successful privateer.
Aside from the official Mines of Moria LEGO set, I don't think many people have built Balin's tomb chamber (or the Chamber of Mazarbul for all you book nerds out there). It's a really cool scene that hasn't seen much LEGO treatment. But this build by Dunedain98 remedies that. This is a spot-on recreation of the scene in the movie. Lots of attention to detail here, from the layout of the room to all the scattered books. And it's full minifig scale too, instead of that tiny version in the official set. Beautiful work all around: the texturing is fantastic.
Here at BrickNerd we like to reminisce about the past. . . This time in Middle-earth!
"Splashes and splashes, precious! That's a meaty mouthful!" Thanks to Iain Heath (Ochre Jelly on Flikr) we have one of the finest recreations of Bilbo Baggins and the infamous Gollum I have ever seen. Iain never ceases to amaze with his outstanding characters built out of LEGO elements, and these two are no exception. The shaping of Gollum is well executed, and I especially like the loincloth and eyes. Bilbo's clothing is also represented so very well with simple elements! For lack of a better word, every creation Iain produces always has character. The posing and emotion he is able to capture is truly inspiring. I hope to see more builds like this in the future! Iain's Gollum creation is also briefly featured in the LEGO Brickumentary.
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