Saturday, March 20, 2010
Store models
It's frustrating getting pictures of the miniland scale models on display at official LEGO stores, since these are behind these little round windows and it's hard to get close-ups with good lighting. Notenoughbricks apparently works at a LEGO store, and assembled several of these models, which are based on a design provided by LEGO. Does anyone know who designed the originals?
Friday, March 19, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Crawford Residence
I don't usually post works-in-progress here, but making a whole building at Miniland scale is such a massive undertaking that this will merit coming back to a couple of times before it's complete: Stapelaar's Crawford Residence.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Olympic spirit
Okay, I've been bad about blogging lately. While I was slacking off, the Winter Olympics came and went. Hippotam and Shurik* celebrated with Justyna Kowalczyk and a speed skater, respectively.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Skylark
Lino Martins brings us another great car at miniland scale with his 1953 Buick Skylark. I love that curved pinstripe down the side, but also be sure to check under the hood.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The King has been bedazzled! Well okay, not really. :)
I originally designed a LEGO Elvis as part of Miniland Las Vegas several years ago. In that one I used decorated tiles but when I decided to rebuild him I thought that adding rhinestone stickers would be much more accurate.
You can read more about this on my Model Building Secrets blog.
I originally designed a LEGO Elvis as part of Miniland Las Vegas several years ago. In that one I used decorated tiles but when I decided to rebuild him I thought that adding rhinestone stickers would be much more accurate.
You can read more about this on my Model Building Secrets blog.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Happy Birthday, LB
Ian's (Ochre Jelly's) blog The Living Brick celebrated its first year a few days ago. Stephen Hawking was partying like it was 1999.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Gone Fishing
Here’s my latest creation. Father and son have gone down to the old fishing hole for some bonding time. Looks like junior is having a lot more luck than his dad.
I had been thinking of doing a fishing MOC for a while. This model evolved as I built it going from a single fisherman to a touching scene between a father and son. You can read more about this model on my Model Building Secrets blog.
I had been thinking of doing a fishing MOC for a while. This model evolved as I built it going from a single fisherman to a touching scene between a father and son. You can read more about this model on my Model Building Secrets blog.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Ring-ting-tingling, too
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you. I've been enjoying briXwerX's gallery. Most of the MOCs are large scale sculptures, but a few of them are at miniland scale, like this one created for this last Christmas.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
A tight spot for Agent Janus
Lino Martins has continued the saga of Agent Janus. You'll have to read the whole story to find out what's going on in this scene.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Legoland Florida
I've blogged the rumor before, but it is now official. The next Legoland park in the US will be in Florida, at the site of the now-closed Cypress Gardens theme park (30 miles from Disneyworld). Along with projects currently underway in Dubai and Malaysia, we're seeing a nice growth in these parks.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Elvis is everywhere
I've been remiss in blogging lately, an oversight I intend to correct in the new year. Anyway, a couple of days ago was the 75th anniversary of Elvis' birth, so I wanted to feature an older MOC by BaronSat, the Comeback Special. Like a lot of people in my generation, I had a fairly negative view of Elvis, probably based on an image of the 'fat old Elvis' in a white jumpsuit and lots of bad impersonators. Then I saw footage of this special, particularly the MTV Unplugged session*. Dang, that guy was good. Watch for yourself.
*Of course, MTV Unplugged is probably ancient history to many of my readers in the same way Elvis was ancient history to me. Dang, I feel old now.
*Of course, MTV Unplugged is probably ancient history to many of my readers in the same way Elvis was ancient history to me. Dang, I feel old now.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Here comes the Bride and Groom
As I'm sure many of you know, I've been making Miniland figures for many years, ever since I worked at LEGOLAND California. My newest creation is this Bride and Groom Wedding Cake Topper. No, I'm not getting married. I'm selling the models for those who are.
The great thing is that I can customize the figures so that they look like the bride and groom by changing the hair style, dress and skin tone.
You can read more about it on my Model Building Secrets blog.
The great thing is that I can customize the figures so that they look like the bride and groom by changing the hair style, dress and skin tone.
You can read more about it on my Model Building Secrets blog.
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