Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Pwn3d
Classic-Castle is conducting a Checkmate Chess Contest. Most of the entries are minifig variants, but Draugaer has thought out of the box with this blue pawn.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Greatest Olympian since Zeus
Recently featured former Legoland Master Model Builder and now free-lance LEGO professional Mariann Asanuma has started a new blog, Modelbuildingsecrets's Weblog. One of her first entries is her creation of Michael Phelps, in honor of his great achievements in Beijing.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Samba!
Scandell has built an awesome rendition of the VW Samba-Bus. Though no Miniland-scale figures are present, I can easily see a few hitching a ride in this crazy thing. The attention to detail is fantastic; check out the seats and rear engine!
(Via The Brothers Brick)
(Via The Brothers Brick)
Friday, August 15, 2008
Brick Science Contest
Chris Doyle, of Reasonably Clever is hosting a Brick Science contest and Shane Larson and myself are guest judges. The connection? We're all scientists. That's right, with fancy degrees and everything. Build something inspired by good or evil scientists, real or fictional to win fabulous prizes. Here's Steve Bishop's Professor Hubert Farnsworth for some inspiration.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Gary again
Okay, I'm done for now plumbing the depths of Gary McIntire's photostream for miniland stuff. I'll finish up with his Ariel and boat/card holder.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Dreaming of Tosche Station
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Sacre Coeur
I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure this Sacre Coeur in Anatiasyran's Flickr stream is from Legoland Windsor.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Builder search
Friday, August 8, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Catches thieves just like flies
To be honest, most of these are at the wrong scale to be on this blog, but Tananavalley's Spider-man fits well into Miniland.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Building fun
The Ambassador Membership at Legoland California is a lifetime of goodies (though at a pretty steep price - get one for your kid so they can reap the benefits for the next 80 years and the price averages out quite nicely, though). One of the exclusive benefits is an annual building day with the park's Master Model Builders. Jljm is a member, and here are some people he built.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Red Circle
This display is, I believe, from the LEGO Imagination Center outside of Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida. Thanks to Snowbies for the photo.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Builder focus
Gary McIntire (aka MrGSnot) was a finalist in Legoland's national search for new Master Model Builders. While he didn't win the contest at that time, he later got an opportunity to work there anyway. This article from the Deseret News has some details about life at Legoland (found via ULUG and Based on a True Story)(hey, Nathan, why didn't you post this here?). Below are some Oompa-Loompas Gary built as a gift for another Legoland employee and his finalist entry from the Master Model Builder search.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Life after Legoland
Mariann Asanuma is a former Model Builder from Legoland California. Last year she left to become a freelance model builder (hmm, oddly her Legoland page is still there). She's written a book called How to Build a Round Ball with Square Bricks! and you can contact her to commission a model. Here's her Brickshelf gallery for more of her work, including this snowman.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Where's the fire?
James Lee has a fire brigade at miniland scale. The engine is a 1970s Dennis F109 from London Fire Brigade.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Come tumbling down
You don't see miniland scale mixed with fig scale very often. Here Nick Dean uses miniland building for a statue that's being pulled down in the context of announcing a RAMM building contest (follow the link for more on that). Thanks to the Brothers-Brick for the heads-up.
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