All Roads Lead to Rome: Building the Eternal City, Part II

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All Roads Lead to Rome: Building the Eternal City, Part II

Join us for the second part of our interview with Rocco Buttliere about his monumental project to recreate ancient Rome in LEGO bricks. We discuss NPU, details, cost, Elton John... and find out what comes next!

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All Roads Lead to Rome: Building the Eternal City, Part I

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All Roads Lead to Rome: Building the Eternal City, Part I

We sit down with Rocco Buttliere, master of giant microscale replicas of real buildings, cities, and even a whole country, to get a behind-the-scenes look at his latest project: Rebuilding ancient Rome... all of it.

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10 Things I Learned by Building LEGO Skyscrapers

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10 Things I Learned by Building LEGO Skyscrapers

Building LEGO models of real-life skyscrapers is more complex than it seems. How do you get the right scale, nail the details, support the weight, and make the MOC portable!? To help answer those questions, we are pleased to feature a guest article from Deep Shen on LEGO architecture.

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The LEGO National Mall: Building and Illuminating L'Enfant’s Vision

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The LEGO National Mall: Building and Illuminating L'Enfant’s Vision

Wayne Tyler’s epic LEGO National Mall continues to grow and now illuminates the night. Find out what he has been up to and what is next for his massive “micro” MOC.

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Roanoke Handybuck and his Micro Meek Creek Village

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Roanoke Handybuck and his Micro Meek Creek Village

Many LEGO pieces like minifigure hands, frogs and paintbrushes can accomplish more than they were intended for in microscale models. One builder who “sees through the pieces” is Roanoke Handybuck who makes you zoom in to see what’s really going on.

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Many Shades Of Grey

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When asked to describe the medieval times, as you do in any normal conversation, it is often difficult to focus on a single aspect of this important historical time period. I mean making the choice between discussing knights in shining armor and the bubonic plague is terribly difficult! Nonetheless, next time i find myself immersed in medieval history I might just want to refer to this castle by Aaron Newman, which depicts a mighty fortress while retaining the perfect color scheme for the hardships of this not-so-fun time to live in.

Four Seasons

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With the blazing heat of summer here to accompany us every step we make, it becomes hard to remember a time without sunburns and a constant desire for air conditioning. Luckily for us, roΙΙi is here to remind us of all the other wonderful seasons of the year in this fantastic series of micro builds. And let me tell you, the summer micro build really floats my boat if you know what I’m saying.

Defend the Home Tree

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This delightful microscale castle makes me think of what the Ewoks would be like if they had progressed to a medieval period in development.  The microscale castle and surrounding landscape is well executed, and the sails on the boat using the newish 29119 is an excellent part choice.  The towering tree filled with tree houses adds a uniqueness to the scene that really drew me in wanting to know so much more about the story in John Klapheke's head for the people in this tree. Are they elves? Lilliputians who moved to the trees and need the walls to defend from squirrels?  One thing is sure the archers in the tree are going to have quite some range defending this castle.

Micro-Castle Island