Love, Space and LEGO: A Personal Journal
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How can LEGO bring family and friends together? Read this personal journal about how a spaceship did just that.
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Building Spaced Out LEGO Optical Illusions
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Follow a golden-visored space traveler through four mind-bending LEGO illusions by Shiutoku, where flat tiles come to life with nothing but a little perspective.
Read MoreA New Take on LEGO Space
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Space MOCs usually have a very defined look and feel, but what can you do if you image LEGO space as a near-future colony on a colorful alien planet instead? Kimberly Giffen takes us on a tour of her take on LEGO Space.
Read MoreRock Raiders Is a LEGO Space Theme
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Should Rock Raiders be considered a long-lost LEGO Space subtheme? BrickNerd guest contributor R.R. Slugger dives deep into the 1990s to rock out and take a close look at all the evidence.
Read MoreFalling Down The Gravity Well: Orbits of the LEGO Orrery
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Come for a ride as we spin through the orbits and gearing systems of the LEGO Technic Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit set, checking how close it comes to being accurate.
Read MoreLet’s Light This Candle! Launching the LEGO NASA Artemis SLS
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Are you ready to launch into an adventure exploring the NASA Artemis SLS set and the history of brick-built LEGO launch pads? Lift off in T-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…
Read MoreThe Lost Themes of LEGO: Sets That Could Have Been
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Did you know that there are photos of entire LEGO themes that never were released as products? Join us as we take a deep dive into these lost themes from space to European architecture and beyond!
Read MoreSets vs Parts: What Kind of AFOL Are You?
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When it comes to collecting LEGO, do you build and then keep sets together or do you part them out into pieces? Or do you fall somewhere in between? Between sets and parts, what kind of AFOL are you?
Read MoreCosmic Adventures: An Interview with a Cardboard Spaceman
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LEGO’s latest Gift With Purchase (GWP) set “Cosmic Cardboard Adventures” captures the whimsical adventures of a space-obsessed childhood. Join us for a quick chat with its fan designer, Ivan Guerrero, also known as bulldoozer.
Read MoreCowboy Bebop: I Think It’s Time To Blow This Scene
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Cowboy Bebop MOCs are hard to pull off, but newer builder samythril on Flickr has tackled all three iconic ships in excellent detail. We sat down with her to get to know her a bit more and talk about LEGO and anime!
Read MoreThe LEGO Space Race: Behind the Scenes of Brickmania's Custom Kits
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Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Brickmania designers Austin “Camera Guy” Granger and Amanda Feuk created these Titan II GLV and Gemini Spacecraft models and discover what is the biggest challenge of creating custom LEGO kits.
Read MoreBlack Rover, Black Rover, Send the Impeder Over!
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Despite being a year old, or from the “before times” as some members in my LUG call it, Capt. Dad’s first building foray into the land of Neo-Classic Blacktron got noticed by BrickNerd’s Message Intercept Base. I do love a good rover, and it is a great way to kick off Febrovery!
Read MoreA Refreshing Splash Of Color
/I don’t know what I find more surprising about this space station by builder CheesyStudios, the vibrant color pallet or the fact that it was built, photographed and edited in under 24 hours, impressive.
Bob's Kabobs
/This looks right out of 5th element or maybe Blade Runner, so naturally I’m instantly smitten. Welcome to Bob’s Kabobs, a hover equipped food truck by builder lokiloki29. This solves one of the main problems I’ve seen with food trucks (besides them never being where you are when you’re hungry) is sorting out where to park.
The Razor Crest
/Everyone knows I’m a big Star Wars fan, and of course I was waiting with anticipation for the debut of The Madalorian ever since the unveiling of the trailer at D23. And of course like all the Star Wars stuff coming our way these days I was cautiously optimistic. Well, I’m here to say it’s absolutely awesome so far, I love everything about it, the characters, the music, the story, the locations, and of course his ship the Razor Crest. Builder jhaelego has done it justice with this very impressive rendition, which includes all kinds of excellent details and features. Click through to see some interior and lighting shots, it’s pretty awesome.
Space Station
/This is definitely a case of better late than never. Builder Proudlove started this awesome space station for SHIPtember but didn’t get it done in time. Thankfully he persevered and we get to appreciate it. And while it wasn’t done in time for that it was finished in time for Brickomanie 2019, and attendees were able to see this lovely creation in person (and I’m a bit jealous).
Corellian Corvette
/I’ve always had a soft spot for the Pirate Ship…I mean Rebel Blockade Runner..I mean CR90 Corellian Corvette. Yes, this ship started as Han Solo’s ship (albeit with a different cockpit) but after someone noticed a more than passing resemblance to the Eagle from Space 1999 it was decided that it would be reworked and the “pork burger” was born (you know, the Millennium Falcon). Builder Ben Cossy crafted this mini version of the first on-screen ship of the Star Wars saga.
Fastest Hunk Of Junk In The Galaxy
/About a year in the making, this incredible rendition of the “pork burger” by Rogue Bantha is at 1/72 scale, and from what I can see looks pretty darn accurate. Yes, there’s two official sets at about this scale (well, quite a bit bigger), and you may have been temporarily confused when you saw this, but this one is hand crafted by a fan, and I’m a fan of that fan.
Cornucopia
/I know I’m a VFX geek, I’ve come to terms with that. Even though I’ve spent the last 30 years working on movies, I’m still a total spaz for it. So my first instinct when I saw this awesome cargo ship by ZCerberus wasn’t a desire to swoosh it and wasn’t a desire to make the cannons go “pew pew”, it was to mount it on a pylon in front of a green screen and do some motion control shots. What’s wrong with me?
Aegis
/If you didn’t know BrickCon is going on right now in Seattle WA and I’m there. This means I get to see loads of really cool builds in person and even better I get to meet (or be reunited with) the builders behind them. Yesterday I was thrilled to see this beast with my own eyeballs and chat with its builder Rphilo004. While the pictures are awesome, nothing compares to standing in front of it and gawking.
