Happy Easter

Jaem built this micro version of the resurrection. Indeed.

15 Central Park West

Sonicstarlight made this version of 15 Central Park West, which is now on display in Washington DC at the National Building Museum LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition exhibit.

Costa Concordia

This would have been a good April Fool's announcement. The Brickish Association held a 'design a set that LEGO would never make' competition, and Gary Davis won with a 'Great Sea Disasters' set, the Costa Concordia. Hmm, I wonder what else would be in this line? The Titanic of course. A quick search reveals that most LEGO Titanic models out there are prior to that whole iceberg misunderstanding, but there are a couple I found that might work.

Brand Retail Store

As you may know, when LEGO opens a new retail store, they generally create an exclusive kit as a giveaway to people who purchase there on the first day. They've just announced a new kit, the Brand Retail Store, along with a list of where new stores will open (in the US) in the next year. If you can't make it to one of these, you could always build your own from the instructions on lego.com. While this is a cute set - I like the micro pick-a-brick wall in particular - I'm a little sad that it seems that they will have this same set at all new openings (at least this year). In past grand openings, the exclusive set has been something that reflected the location of the new store. Ash-274 has a gallery of many of these - a Liberty Bell for a store in the Philadelphia area, a famous lighthouse for Raleigh, the Frankfurt town hall, etc. It's too bad we won't see more of these little exclusives with local flavor.

Architecture Contest

I actually don't think I've specifically highlighted this contest, though I've featured several of the entries here. Over on Eurobricks they are holding an Architecture Building Contest, challenging you to build a microscale world landmark in the style of the LEGO Architecture sets. There are only a couple more days for this (deadline is this Saturday), so if you've been planning on entering, you'd better hurry.

Sydney

I was just catching up on some official news on ComicBricks going back through the past couple of months and I realized I never posted the newest set in the Architecture line, the Sydney Opera House.

Great Wall

Lisqr made this really cool Great Wall of China for the Architecture contest on Eurobricks.

Neo Tokyo

2 Much Caffeine built this Neo Tokyo complete with police spinners.

Missing person - HeatherLEGOGirl

If you're a regular reader of the variety of major LEGO blogs out there, you've already seen this, but I'm passing it along on the theory that at least some of my readers come from outside the hobbyist community. Heather Braaten, who you may know on various online forums as HeatherLEGOGirl, has been missing for the past week. She was last seen in Seattle, Washington. If you see Heather, or know anything of her whereabouts, please contact Lino Martins at linotopia AT hotmail DOT com , as he is in close touch with Heather's family, or directly contact the Seattle police department. Or use any of the contact information on the flyer below.

Hogwarts

Jbuttles made a great renditon of Hogwarts.



He even included details such as the Chamber of Secrets:



and the Hogwarts Express:

movie theater

Jennifer Heaton's movie theater gives a nod to the art deco movie palaces of the past. There are many delightful details, such as the gaps created by the wedge plates on either side of the entrance, extending above the marquee. The ticket booth is deftly captured with four stacked 1x1 plates. The decorated tile, behind the silver antenna, is another nice touch.

This was one of several new modules displayed at the March TwinLUG meeting. Jennifer also built the mosque, which you can see in the background.

cemetery

This cemetery was one of several new modules that Nathan Stohlmann displayed at the March TwinLUG meeting.

Curious about the building technique? Here's a view of the underside.

Hypercar and moonbuggy

Mantisking made these cute little cars: hypercar and moonbuggy.

MOCathalon

One of the categories in the 2012 MOCathalon is 'elephant and the fly', challenging builders to take a large scale model and microsize it. Dave Kaleta took the newly announce set 10224 down a notch to make his Mini Modular Town Hall.

Master Builder

If you sign up for the LEGO Master Builder Academy, for your $60 subscription you get five kits, access to online content, and instructions on how to build like a 'real master builder'. Anyway, one of the kits last year was 20201 - Microscale.

Triport

I've been meaning to post this one for a bit, Rogue Bantha's Triport Spire.

Mogami

Markosbears amazing model of the IJN Light Cruiser Mogami.

Micropolis at family building event

TwinLUG members Nathan and Jennifer set up a Micropolis display for a family LEGO building event last weekend. That's Gary's maze in the lower left.

The event was held at Leonardo's Basement, which runs science, art, and technology programs for youth and adults in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Photos of the kids' projects can be seen here.



Wish I had taken more photos.

Royal Tour

Si-MOCs made this great castle to act as a backdrop for a fig-scale scene.

Give me your tiny, your poor, your huddled masses

Seth Christie put the new Statue of Liberty fig in an appropriate setting.



Jbuttles also made a version of this.