Arthur Gugick, 1960-2019

Hi all, I know this blog has been dormant for a long time, but I just saw a notice on Facebook that Arthur Gugick died in a car crash a few days ago. Arthur was a father and math teacher and, the reason I'm noting him here, an AFOL. You may remember him primarily for microscale recreations of world architectural landmarks, also amazing mosaics, along with other MOCs that you can see in his Flickr stream. I've featured his work here on multiple occasions. Indeed, some of his last posted works were microscale creations. He appears to have gone on a tour of southeast Asia and posted several micro renditions, not of specific buildings but his general impressions of different places, like this of Singapore.

Hogwarts

Imperium der Steine is holding an Architecture Contest, to build a MOC in the scale and style of the Architecture sets. Kit Bricksto came up with this great version of Hogwarts for the "Entertainment Architecture" category.

Palace of Culture and Science

The_jetboy built this amazing Palace of Culture and Science found in Warsaw.

Mini Fair

Jimmy Fortel built this Mini Fair.

Escape from Jakku

KevFett2011 built Escape from Jakku from Star Wars VII.

Aztecs

Dave Zambito built this Aztec pyramid.

Icarus escapes

Icarus escapes by Shannon Sproule.

Happy Back to the Future Day

Today in movie history, October 21, 2015, Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrive in modern day Hill Valley, California, coming from 1985 to save Marty's son. To celebrate, here's some micro BTTF goodness:

Andy King


RIXBRIX


Ayleen Gaspar


Sergio


Kyler Wilson




Ken Robichaud


Official LEGO

Revenge of the Sith

Mark uses microscale to create forced perspective for the closing scene of Revenge of the Sith.

Ruined AT-AT

Paul Trach built this AT-AT wreck from the Force Awakens (I don't know the significance as I've been trying to avoid spoilers as far as possible, but it's in the trailer).

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower by Do-Hyun Kim.

Vancouver

Members of the Vancouver LEGO Club built their city skyline for a store display.

Centre Pompidou

Fujiia has built a great rendition of the Pompidou Center in Paris.

Octan Galactic Fleet

Damon Corso sent a link to his Octan Galactic Fleet. Be sure to follow the link to see close ups of the individual ships in all their red-white-and-green glory.

English Village

Jason Alleman returned to his micro roots with this lovely English village.

Happy Valley Theme Park

Brother Steven built Happy Valley Theme Park as part of the ABS Builder Challenge. The seed part is the pink coffee mug used in the ferris wheel.

Into the sunset

Brickwielder built two ships sailing into the sunset as a beautiful but sad memorial to two classmates who died.

Warp Coordinates Locked

Tim Schwalfenberg built Warp Coordinates Locked as part of the current Iron Builder competition.

Ride London

Elspeth de Montes urges us all to ride London.

411 East Wisconsin Center - Milwaukee

Paul Wellington built 411 East Wisconsin Center - Milwaukee.