I'm particularly fond of the facial features, as my miniland creations tend to be mostly faceless. Some nice snotting on the bodies too.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Space, the Final [Miniland] Frontier
I came across this great creation by Ochre jelly on TBB and thought it definitely needed to be highlighted here as well:
LEGO Ball Myth-busted!
Although I already mentioned this on my blog I definitely think this is MinilandBrick worthy. :)
Nathan Proudlove created a tribute to the recent LEGO Mythbusters episode with Master Model Builder Gary McIntire and the Giant LEGO ball in Miniland Scale. I think its a pretty good interpretation.
Nathan Proudlove created a tribute to the recent LEGO Mythbusters episode with Master Model Builder Gary McIntire and the Giant LEGO ball in Miniland Scale. I think its a pretty good interpretation.
Jolly old England
PhaseTwo has a nice picture of a London scene, presumably from the LEGO Imagination Center outside of Disneyworld.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hoppy April
In honor of Easter, the April build challenge in the Flickr Miniland group was entitled "Hop to it." Submissions included Mariann's Hoppy Easter, SlyOwl's Bouncing Burglar, Lino's Donny Darko and hatgurl's Cow jumping over the moon.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Thank you for the response!
Hi all,
I've gotten an overwhelming response to my previous call for help with running my blogs. If you've already e-mailed me, I'll be contacting you soon. If you've contacted me another way (e.g. leaving a comment on the blog or at Classic-Castle), please drop me a quick e-mail at bricktalesATgmailDOTcom. To all others, I'm still pretty swamped, but look forward to a reinvigoration of these blogs as we bring in fresh bloggers. In the meantime, I'm trying to do daily updates to GodBricks to get that one fully established. So check there for your daily fix of my blogging.
Bruce
I've gotten an overwhelming response to my previous call for help with running my blogs. If you've already e-mailed me, I'll be contacting you soon. If you've contacted me another way (e.g. leaving a comment on the blog or at Classic-Castle), please drop me a quick e-mail at bricktalesATgmailDOTcom. To all others, I'm still pretty swamped, but look forward to a reinvigoration of these blogs as we bring in fresh bloggers. In the meantime, I'm trying to do daily updates to GodBricks to get that one fully established. So check there for your daily fix of my blogging.
Bruce
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Help! Call for co-bloggers
Okay, I'm in over my head. I get excited about an area and create a framework for that, but now I have four blogs--VignetteBricks, MicroBricks, MinilandBricks and GodBricks--in addition to being an admin at Classic-Castle. Not to mention I'd like to do something on my own LEGO projects now and then. So I'm looking for some co-bloggers for the first three (I'm going to keep GodBricks to myself for a bit until it is fully established). This need not be burdensome - you're already checking Brickshelf, Flickr, MOCpages, etc., when you see a good MOC that's on-topic, post it to the blog. The code is really easy, so don't be concerned about that. I only ask that you try to stay with the same vision of the blog--i.e. if you're helping with MicroBricks, only post microscale creations. Also, this is not just a way to highlight your own stuff, but if you do make something in the theme that you think is good, go ahead and post it. This would probably work best if you're someone I already know from interaction on the various LEGO forums. If I had two or three partners for each blog it would be great. Let me know if you're interested at bricktalesATgmailDOTcom
Thanks,
Bruce
Thanks,
Bruce
Monday, April 20, 2009
New blog - GodBricks
Hey all,
I've continued my blog proliferation with a new blog, GodBricks. As with my existing blogs, there will be a specific theme - the overlap of LEGO building and religious themes. Religion has been at the heart of much of the great art and architecture for millenia, and LEGO building is no different. I'm going to try to feature creations such as cathedrals, mosques, minifigs based on religious figures, illustrations of biblical or other stories, etc, from all faith traditions. There will be overlap with my existing blogs, as I have already, for instance, highlighted vignettes of stories from the Book of Mormon, a microscale cathedral, and a miniland-scale Mary and Jesus nativity scene. Please check out GodBricks and let me know what you think. I've also started a related Flickr group, LEGO and God, with the same theme.
I've continued my blog proliferation with a new blog, GodBricks. As with my existing blogs, there will be a specific theme - the overlap of LEGO building and religious themes. Religion has been at the heart of much of the great art and architecture for millenia, and LEGO building is no different. I'm going to try to feature creations such as cathedrals, mosques, minifigs based on religious figures, illustrations of biblical or other stories, etc, from all faith traditions. There will be overlap with my existing blogs, as I have already, for instance, highlighted vignettes of stories from the Book of Mormon, a microscale cathedral, and a miniland-scale Mary and Jesus nativity scene. Please check out GodBricks and let me know what you think. I've also started a related Flickr group, LEGO and God, with the same theme.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Japanese event
Xtcbz has posted pictures from a LEGO event in (presumably) Japan. I recognize a display by the AFOL group Brick Fan Town, but there are also some creations that are definitely by LEGO, presumably including this large miniland display. Does anyone know more about this event - where/when it was and who was involved?
Thursday, April 2, 2009
It's a duck blur
While AFOLs in the US were gathering for Brickfest, our Austrian counterparts were celebrating Wunderwelt Modellbau. Doris and Manfred Feichtl brought a wonderful Ducktales layout, with Donald's house and Uncle Scrooge's money bin with all the familiar characters, including the Beagle Boys trying to break in. Photo credit to Brainbike.rider.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
BrickJournal
I recently picked up BrickJournal 4 Vol 2 at my local LEGO store. I know, I'm behind - issue 5 is coming out already. Anyway, there are a couple of items for the Miniland Fan. Didier Enjeray wrote an article with instructions on how to build a pair of miniland figs. There's also a feature article on the builder MonsterBrick that includes his Tinkerbell. Hmm, does this actually count as miniland? It's miniland building techniques, but since she's a pixie, it's pretty much built at a 1:1 scale.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Table full of Lino
BrickFest is on this weekend in Portland. It looks like Lino Martins brought a ton of miniland vehicles, many of which have been previously featured here. Photo credits to Bill Ward of the Brickpile.
Some miniland reading
Three years ago Allan Bedford published the Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide. It's a great entry into learning how to build with LEGO, and at least at one point was sold in the official LEGO stores. Thanks are due to Didier Enjary, who pointed out that you can download and read Chapter 4: L'ECHELLE MINILAND: UN MONDE ENTIER EN MINIATURE for free. That translates to "Miniland Scale: A Whole World in Miniature." As you may have guessed, this chapter is from the French translation of the book, but even if you do not parlez Francaise, I'd still download the chapter as there are many pictures that will help you with building at this scale. Better yet, follow the link and buy the whole book.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Happy Birthday to Legoland
Legoland California recently celebrated it's 10th birthday with the world's largest birthday cake, depicting scenes from around the park, including miniland figs visiting a Miniland scaled to miniland scale and a scaled version of a lifesize sculpture found outside of various LEGO stores. This cake is on its way to Brickfest this weekend, so we'll probably see more pics as people start posting galleries. Thanks to Model Building Secrets and Brick Star for the heads-up and photo credits.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Lovely
Edulyoung presents a pair of Lovers. These would have been perfect for the Flickr Miniland build challenge 1 - romantic couples.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Happy Saint Patrick's Yesterday
Oops, I'm a day late on this. Blame it on the green beer. Every month there is a free event at official LEGO stores where kids are able to build, and keep, Monthly Mini Models. This month, the model was a Leprachaun, designed by Erik Varszegi. Thanks to Dave Shaddix for the photo and Mariann of Model Building Secrets for the heads-up.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Box o' blocks
At the recent Toy Fair, LEGO showed off their 2009 products to retailers. All of the big news seems to be about upcoming sets in the various themes like Star Wars, Castle and Indiana Jones, the upcoming new Space Police line and an announcement of a partnership with Disney for new licensed themes. Perhaps less prominent were some back-to-the-basics Creator sets of simple bricks. Their display shows you don't need fancy specialized pieces to build miniland figs.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Og go fast now
For the What a concept challenge on LugNuts, Nathan Proudlove made Og on the very first concept car.
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