Anatomy of a Ship.

Consider my mind blown - Peter Reid (legoloverman)has done it again with a fantastic new Space creation...but with a twist. Here we see a Neo-Classic Space vessel under construction, appearing as if it just needs the metallic skin to cover its innards.

Dr. S.

Teleportation Demonstration

I don't think there is any way humanely possible for me to not blog Sir Nadroj's awe-inspiring MOC straight away. It's just too cool. Based on Disneyland's 'Alien Encounter: The ExtraTERRORestrial' attraction, Nadroj (Schwartz)'s latest Lifelite masterpiece includes a great smoke machine as well. I can't put how amazing this creation is into words, so here is the video Schwartz made to accompany the MOC:


And, to cap it all of, the title rhymes. You can't get much better than that, folks!

Landing Lights

Landing Lights
Originally uploaded by 'John
Check out this awesome creation by Brickspace's very own John! I love the way he's played with the light, by shining it through transparent bricks in the floor. There are many more cool pics including one of how he made it so make sure you check out his photostream.

-Luke, editor

LEGO Monster lives up to his name!

The LL-998 "Sapphire Condor" is an immense ship - and I should know, I had the pleasure of spending several hours in the company of the vessel and its creator Ed Diment (aka LEGO Monster) today to take these photos, and make a cool video of its secret feature...



The craft is really heavy, and massive, but still easily swooshable with the inclusion of two "handles" atop the main superstructure - these handles run down through the framework of the ship, making it quite safe to pick up and blast the enemy!

Seriously, check out the photos, there's a LOT of lovely detail here...

Rail-y good!

If anyone else has ever come up with as innovative a use for curved rails as this fantastic spaceship by Stuart Crawshaw - then I've yet to see it. The craft, part of the Neo-Classic Space March event, just oozes yumminess all round, from the beautiful engines to the main hull, and of course those awesome wings. Top marks!

It's finally finished... Zero Hour on Highway 44!

That amazing MOCer and AFOL Keith Goldman has, just yesterday, released pictures of the amazing Zero Hour on Highway 44 project. It is a huge diorama (Keith says it's bigger than your mum with diabetes) with loads of cars made by all your favourite MOCers, including Chuck Citrin and Nannan Zhang too. So I'm delighted to show you a few pictures, but if you want to see it all, check out the MOCpages article here. Wow.

Oh, and so you know: It's much MUCH bigger than you think it is.

A brilliant idea!

One of my favourite parts of the whole Diorama: the lighting on this is excellent.

Peaceful Lego

 

Last week, by friend Brent (Thwaak) and I started a new group on Flickr.

We are both old enough to remember a time when LEGO was a violence-free toy. Before Star Wars, Cowboys and Pirates, before even the Yellow Castle.  

It was a time when LEGO made fire engines, passenger planes and little gas stations. When the first minifigs appeared, they were firemen, bus drivers, doctors and astronauts, peacefully exploring space (or just the moon, Classic Space looked as if it was all on the moon).

When I think about it now, my friends and I could play for weeks with LEGO and never feel the need to stage a battle between our minifigs.

Today, however, it's different. Knights need the trolls and the undead, the astronauts are plundering Mars and waging a war on the indigenous population, the good Exo-force boys fight the bad robots, the Agents are trying to stop the evil plans of their own stereotypical nemesis... And there are the Clone wars, of course.

When I look at my own Flickr protostream, I see quite a few of the gray metal MOCs and armed minifigs. On the other hand the forums are full of beautiful creations, where no-one is pointing anything at anyone. Hence the Peaceful Lego.

Feel free to add your peaceful creations. Adrian Florea just added this adorable cadet Stimpy.

Neo-Classic Space Supply Ship.

This fantastic supply ship by Serrater in Classic Space livery features a unique double cockpit design and a detachable magnetic cargo pod - just the sort of thing our boys on the front lines of exploration need to keep them going! Check out the massive bank of engines at the rear.

Classic Space: Perimeter Patrol Ship

As part of the new NeoClassicSpace campaign, Flickr user nnenn has brought us a modern-day remake of a Classic Space set. The Perimeter Patrol ship is a marvel of modern building techniques, with the cleverly designed cockpits and beautiful curvy shape. And don't forget the vents!

Another interesting fact about this MOC: the front cockpit's windscreen is actually a clear windscreen painted with a yellow gloss, to match the Classic Space colour scheme.

Hello there!

Hello everybody! I am finally online, thanks to John's diligent assistance. And here is a lovely Powerdozer by Flickr user Jerrec. I think it's got the perfect combination of nitty-gritty and space hi-tech, don't you? He promises this is not his last creation in this style. Good.

Star wars: Revenge of the Brick

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Gigantic Train Station

Wow! Check out this amazing Train Station, exhibited at a Convention in Berlin! Made by Rainer Brendler , this creation is really immense! 8 metres tall, 5 metres long and made with 1,400,000 Lego bricks, I think this has to be the largest creation we've ever had here on Brickspace. I'd love to blab on about the architecture and the clever use of minifigs in the building, and creating curved surfaces, but this is based on an actual train station - Frankfurt train station - so I'll leave the marveling at the architecture to non-Lego-architecture fans. Ah, well.

For more pictures, either check out the Brickshelf gallery here, or Rainer's gallery here . Before I go, here's a behind the scenes pic. Just the light glittering off all those shiny new beige Lego bricks makes me want to faint.

Many thanks to Every Boddy for suggesting this to me, and providing the stats and links.

Psycho (Flicks)

A man hides behind giant letters, ready to pounce on an unsuspecting showerererer(ererer). Seriously, is that even a word?

Yes, it's not other than Hitchcock's classic film, Psycho, created in Lego by Alex Eylar . Check more pictures of film names in giant Lego letters in a scene from that film (or, er, POFNIGLLIASFTFs) at Eylar's Flicks page here . Enjoy!

Lime Miner

Well, this creation is the start of a whole new generation of MOCing: lime green MOCing. Taken from pieces of a new Power Miners set (wow this guy can buy stuff quick!), this simple MOC is instantly one of my favourites, I am a big fan of Power Miners, and I can't wait to see whether this Power Miners craze will turn into something as big as the Post-Apoc or Vignette cultures. Creation by Zack NewRight , more pics here .

70's: The Genesis

This creation looks absoluuely great, the only thing that spoils it is the harsh white squares around the "gominimango" and "30 years" logo's, it spoils the picture and he should have used the ones with a transparent background. It was created by dabol_t and you can view the picture on flickr by clicking here.


-Luke, editor

The past is now behind us

This entry for the 2000s category of the Go Miniman Go Contest was created by "Model Gal" and you can see it on flickr by clicking here. I love the way they are arranged, and the lighting & camera angles are good. This is a good example of how a relatively simple design can be made good by following the basics (lighting, camera angle, plain background, matching colours etc.)

-Luke, editor

Spider-Man, The Peril of Dr. Octopus

This Video by "Spite your face productions" is absolutely excellent. The lighting and camera angles are good, the story is good, it's smooth, easy to watch but the thing I think most enhances this film is the music which goes with it really well. This definitely deserves ***** and I would really reccomend you go to the "Spite your face productions" website, which you can find by clicking here. You can find the YouTube alternative ending (Which admittedly isn't as good) by clicking here.

-Luke, editor

Ice...slippery, huh?

John Langrish continues his reign of Christmas Vignetting in this 2005 Christmas-themed Vignette. There are so many great things about this one... the clear, sharp corners and colours, the great undulating snowy hills, the sliding people, shifting ice, brilliant simple tree...I could go on and on.

Merry Christmas!

30 years of the minifigure

Apart from the utterly utterly utterly stupid super super widescreen, this video is icredible. It's sooo smooth, and the plot is great. I like the camera angles, the lighting and the set. What's not to like (Other than the stupid super super widescreen!!!). Another amazing video from Nathan Wells, one last comment though: I thought the brick was just 30 years old? Well, there's me prooved wrong then! It was created by Nathan Wells and you can see the video on YouTube by clicking here, or you can view Nathan Wells' channel (One brick studio's) by clicking here.

-Luke, editor

LEGO Wii

This is a video I've always enjoyed, and always seemed to forget and not remember again. Now I've just found it again, I've gone straight on BrickSpace and I'm gonna post it so all you guys can see it! It's a really great vid, with a great ending. Yes, 'LEGO Video' does not always mean 'Brickfilm'. Pah.