World of Warcraft fans should recognize this stunning new MOC by Mark of Falworth, it's Theramore Castle. It's Mark's largest creation yet, well over 6 feet in both directions and comprised of more than 55,600 pieces. There's plenty of adventure to be had within these walls.
It's here, Nerdvember 2017! I wanted to make a video to kick this off but I simply didn't have time, between traveling and a tight production schedule on back to back projects I'm stretched a bit thin, so I'll ask you to use your imagination. We hear a driving 80's beat, not unlike Jan Hammer and see multiple Miami Vice like shots of an exotic car driving through a picturesque coastal scene. Then the car stops and I step out of the car, dressed like Don Johnson. I tip down my mirror shades and say simply "welcome to Nerdvember". Now if that doesn't set the scene for a totally awesome 80's contest I don't know what does. That's right, Nerdvember 2017's theme is "80's" and everything that goes with it. Think of all the movies, TV shows, video games, music and pop culture of the 80's, and think how you could spin our mascot Nerdly to that and you get the idea.
If you're not in the know, this is Nerdly, BrickNerd's mascot, and he's bitchin'. Your task is to incorporate him into an awesome 80's mashup. Imagine him with a proton pack, singing Beat It, Terminating, whatever! If you need a little inspiration check out the entries from 2016 and 2015. And while the theme is 80's, you can also build whatever you want, we don't care as long as it's nerdy! You can download free instructions for Nerdly here.
Just join the official Flickr group, put on your Walkman, crank up the Duran Duran and start building, you have until midnight November 30th to enter as many times as you like. And just like past years we have an amazing group of sponsors with loads of tubular prizes. There's a Brick Loot box, lighting accessories from BrickStuff, a clock and watch from ClicTime, custom parts from Crazy Bricks, a subscription to BrickJournal, stickers from Cooper Works, custom printed bricks from CustomBRICKS and EclipseGRAFX and to top it all off some awesome sets from LEGO. I can't reveal what they are yet, but the theme is 80's you know (hint hint).
Update: No Starch Press has joined the sponsors and will be sending books to winners!
Rules:
Must submit to official Flickr group no later than Nov 30th 11:59pm PST
Enter as many times as you like
Please submit no more than two pictures per MOC
Tag your pictures with "Nerdvember"
Must be physically built, no digital models please
No age limit, but if you’re under 18 please ask your parents
No scale limit, build as big or small as you like
No knockoff brands (Kre-o, Mega, etc.) but third party accessories are OK (Brickforge, Brickarms, Brickstuff, etc.)
Stickers are allowed
The theme is 80's, but you don't have to follow it if you don't want to, build whatever you want, just make it nerdy.
Download free instructions for Nerdly at bricknerd.com/diy-fanart
Prizes:
Winners will be featured on BrickNerd and there will be three prize packages of various levels of awesome, first second and third. No special categories or funny business, just 1 2 3. Prizes will be shipped directly from the sponsors starting in December. Judging will be done by a small, secret committee, their word is final.
Well, halloween is finally here. Time for spooky costumes, haunted fun, tricks and treats and of course, CANDY! Builder Legohaulic has been cranking out these awesome little bundles of creepy every day, and I've been loving them all. I won't pick a favorite of all of them, but I sure like that mummy.
OK, the "nevermore" is really connected to ravens, but most people don't even know the difference between crows and ravens. Since this stunning sculpture is called "Crow" by builder Felix Jaensch, we have to assume it's a crow. Either are intertwined with Halloween, like it or not. Fun fact, all the crows in "The Crow" and it's sequels are actually ravens. According to the trainer on part 3 they're easier to train.
Markus Rollbuhler is currently one of my favorite builders on Flickr. There are many builders today recognized for their excellent experimentation and re-imagination with the typical combination of LEGO parts. Markus comes up with new techniques, but he stands out to me because each presentation is so elegant. Take this brand new model, for example. How many incredible uses of elements can you pick out? Personally, I love the use of hockey sticks, and the green feathers to create that incredible tree (one of the most interesting I've ever seen!).
My Haunted Mansion loyalty belongs to the original in California, but I'm still quite fond of the mansions in Paris and of course Florida, which is depicted here by builder TJJohn12. They find it delightfully unlivable here, and it's not because of the humidity. Now, "look alive" and we'll continue our little tour...
On Saturday, Oct. 28, the LEGO Ideas team held its first-ever U.S.-based launch for the forthcoming "Women of NASA" set, designed by AFOL Maia Weinstock, at the LEGO Brand Retail store in Manhattan's Flatiron District. A line of eager fans curled around the block for a chance to meet the designer and get a signed box ahead of the general release on Nov. 1st. Members of the New York City LUG joined parents and families for the four-hour event, which also featured a special in-store build for kids. According to Tim Courtney, Experience Manager for the LEGO Company, the event marked the first time that an Ideas set had premiered in America: prior sets had early releases in Europe.
fan designer maia weinstock (center) is flanked by tim courtney and hasan jensen of the lego company during a launch event for the "women in nasa" set oct. 28th in New York city.
The fun began early Saturday morning as LEGO VIPs began lining up, eager to meet Maia Weinstock, the fan designer who submitted the "Women of NASA" concept to LEGO Ideas last year and quickly gained the needed 10,000 votes. The set itself is available to the public beginning November 1st, but during this special event, fans would be able to snag an early copy, as well as meet Maia and have their sets signed.
As AFOLs go, Maia is recent to the hobby, telling us that she first began designing minifigures based on hr contemporaries in the science field in 2009.
THE LINE CURLED AROUND THE BLOCK WITH FOLKS HOPING TO GET THEIR OWN "WOMEN OF NASA" SET.
STACKS AND STACKS AND STACKS OF SET #21312, READY TO BE SOLD AND SIGNED!
Store manager Carlos Fernandez and a team of about 12 employees got the store ready, setting up rows and rows of set #21312 and ensuring that once inside the store, fans would be able to quickly pick up their sets and get into line to meet Maia. As a courtesy to the hometown LUG, several members of the New York City LEGO Users Group -- yours truly included -- as well as correspondents for AFOL publications were given early access so they could wrap up interviews with Maia and Hasan before the doors opened at 10am.
Tim pointed out that previous LEGO Ideas launch events were held outside the US in cities across Europe. However, with the amazing turnout for the Flatiron launch of Women of NASA, there's little doubt that we should expect many more events like this stateside.
the designer, being interviewed for a feature in scholastic magazine as the line outside the lego store patiently waits
maia talks with enthusiastic young fans, helping to mold our future stem leaders!
ALL TOGETHER NOW | MEMBERS OF NYCLUG, I LUG NY, AND CORRESPONDENTS FROM BRICKNERD, BLOCKS MAGAZINE AND BRICKJOURNAL PROUDLY POSE WITH THEIR "WOMEN OF NASA" SETS!
OBLIGATORY. set designer maia weinstock poses for a group selfie at the flatiron lego store in manhattan oct. 28.
And in a reminder of how LEGO brings folks together, one attended shared, via Twitter, the very special reason why she showed up to get a copy of "Women of NASA."
When your dad worked for Margaret Hamilton, later worked at @NASA, and loves LEGOs, you are REQUIRED to get him the new @LegoNASAWomen set! pic.twitter.com/zQB0SrHvq0
— Bella Norvig 👩💻🎭 (@bellarose) October 28, 2017
In all, it was a great day. We hope the event's success encourages LEGO to hold many more just like it.
It's getting super spooky on Flickr these days, almost as scary as last night on the streets of San Francisco (I've never been here for Halloween, they do it right here in "the city"). This rendition of everyone's favorite blood sucker is the first Halloween build build from vitreolum, and hopefully not that last.
According to builder d' Qiu Brick GatotKaca is an "Iron boned Ashura Hunter Inspired from Indonesia Wayang kulit performance, Gatotkaca is a half blood Ashura who had been born with the body of an adult. He can fly across the skies like lightning and hunt down is enemies the Asuras". I don't know what else I can add except "wow!"
Mischievous mechanical genius JK Brickworks has something special in store for the kids this Halloween. All you have to do is tap the pumpkin, and you'll get a delicious treat...or at least it seems that way. Check out the video to see how this clever little bit of spooky fun works.
If the style of this seems familiar, it's intentional. Builder Grantmasters decided to take a crack at mimicking the style of American street artist Keith Haring, and the results are pretty spectacularly successful. While Keith's work may have been considered subversive, you can't deny the style and impact, and this MOC is just as eye grabbing.
Air power changed the face of war as we know it starting with WWI. Since then the world's superpowers have competed with each other to create the world's fastest and most maneuverable fighter jets to achieve air superiority over their enemies. While the United States has dominated in the development and production of fighters, Russia has never been that far behind. Development of the Su-30 may have began in communist Russia, but it wasn't officially put into service until 1996, years after the Soviet Union had been dissolved. New builder Tino Poutiainen has treated us with a detailed microscale version of the Su-30. Let us all hope that this is just the first in a series of unique airplane builds from him.
Yeah, Benny is well known for his spaceship preoccupation, but did you know he was an intergalactic superstar? Here he is rocking out with the J.E.T.S. which includes Glam Metal Batman on guitar, Blacktronica on bass, J-Bot on the keys, Beats by M-Tron on the drums and The Galaxy Explorers backing them up. Nice build justin_m_winn.
Halloween is a mere four days away, and builder Legohaulic is getting seriously into it. Every day for nearly a week now we've been...treated...to these spectacular and charming little spooky portraits. Most of the traditional mainstays have been covered, what could be left? I'm waiting for a creature from the black lagoon, or maybe a hockey mask, or perhaps a mummy...
WARNING, the following images may be unsuitable for some viewers
In late 1978 a crime was committed that the world has never quite recovered from. I can tell you as a first hand witness to this heinous event, I was scarred for life. I am referring of course to the Star Wars Holiday Special which aired November 17, 1978...a day that will live in infamy. Builder storm_tk431 has brilliantly recreated just one of the many scenes of this crime, so that we many never forget.
This is a living room I'd like to hang out in. You know, play some Cards Against Humanity, watch a movie (let's say...Without a Clue, a really underrated film) and have a fun cocktail with friends. The cool retro modern style is so inviting, like a time capsule of the 60's combined with contemporary sensabilities. Nicely done terez trz.
The 2017 holidays seem to be in a hurry to get here. There was stuff in Micheal's a month ago, my truck insists on playing Christmas carols on my iPod and now here's a gingerbread train from builder Swan Dutchman. Yes, it's a bit early, but just look at this charming little train, you can practically hear the sleigh bells and smell the gingerbread.
I've said it many times, the 70's weren't pretty, but there was an unquestionable earnestness to the era. The Gong Show was a thing, disco was on the radio and let's not talk about fashion, but it was all done with a brash energy and unapologetic gusto. Cars weren't pretty back then either, but they were necessary and everywhere. This scene from 1979 Sweden by builder LegoJalex captures the working class vibe perfectly, and feels so very 70's I wouldn't be surprised to see it's on a Thrifty "Twin Pic".
Time, there's never enough of it. Every day I find myself racing one of these for some reason or another, I just have too much I want to accomplish. And now in a true twist of irony, here's something else I don't have time for, building a steampunk clock like Zilmrud. I'll just have to admire his, but not for too long, gotta get back to work.
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