At LEGO street level, a tense scene plays out. Orders from the General. It’s time for Major Brickleton to finish up his puddings and bid adieu to the modernist comforts of Seawatch’s beloved Mondrie Inn. The colonel raises his gaze to look upon the half-timbered rooms, blocked in primary colors in the Dutch style. “War is all well and good in the abstract,” he thought, “but I’d rather stick to my puddings.” Evan Crouch is no stranger at progressive builds that fuse history and whimsy, but his latest scene might be his most modern(ist) creation yet from (neo)plastic bricks. I wonder what came first, the delightful play on the name of artist Piet Mondrian for the Mondrie Inn, or the visual pun of fusing half-timbered architecture with Mondrian’s trademark blocks of primary colors? Evan backs the whimsical concept with exceptional technique. The inn’s ground floor uses a mix of masonry bricks,...

In between my day job and editing all sorts of articles about wonderful LEGO builds, I’m also finding time to work in the last season of The Bad Batch. And it must just have me in a very Star Wars kind of mood, because I am absolutely loving this creation by Jakob Kaiser. While not a recreation of a specific scene in a movie or show, Jakob says he was heavily influenced by the comic Star Wars: Purge when making this vignette. The tank is phenomenal on its own, but the freeze-frame of the statue mid-explosion is what really grabbed my attention. We’ll see if it’ll make these poor citizens comply or rebel. The post The Empire isn’t afraid to break some LEGO bricks to get what they want appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Kyle Keller (TBB Managing Editor)

Laurel & Hardy Theatre by silgio is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build is based on the British-American comedy team and it features the stage with interchangeable scenes as well as their car. The project joins Spirited Away, Appa the Sky Bison, from Avatar the Last Airbender, Venus Flytrap, Minerals Display, Dreamworks’ Shrek’s Swamp 2, Hello Kitty and Friends – 50 Years, Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch, Medieval Tournament, Among Us: The Skeld, Cherry Blossom Ikebana, Roman Forum, The Wizard of Oz 85th Film Anniversary, Interstellar, Working Suspension Railway, Metallica M72 World Tour, Suitcase Express!, Outer Wilds, Medieval Inn by the Gatehouse, Clockwork Solar System, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, My Neighbor Totoro, Tower Chess, Medieval Bee Farm, LEGO Gundam, Dancing House, Prague, The Wizard Peaks, Rocky Reef Restoration, Finding Nemo – First Day of School, Coraline – The Pink Palace, Vintage Record Player, The Highland Cow, Scooby-Doo! and...

The fan vote for the LEGO Ideas Build the Gift of Purchase Set of Your Dreams is now live and you can choose a future GWP set. There are 15 submissions to choose from and the winner will be announced on May 16. Coffee House – hechoentw Fries Kiosk by piso_brick89 White Stork (Airlines) by SKABRAM Mountain Pass Transit – Nick.wood5 Hawaiian Floral Display by NicePartsUsage Vintage Microphone by Brick_olo The LEGO Brick Theatre by CommanderDedicatedPencil101 Propeller Plane Desk by TMunz The Giant Manta Ray by Econombricks Mini Stadium by Arnaud92162 Holy Guacamole by yourbrickdesign The Autumn Snails by Jagamax Northern Cardinal by OriB Fishing Game by piso_brick89 Attack of the Kraken by Jugles The post LEGO Ideas Build the Gift of Purchase Set of Your Dreams Fan Vote Live appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO Ideas has relaunched the fan vote for the If We Can Turn Back Time due to an error last week in choosing the finalists. If you didn’t see, one of the creators had two projects in the fan vote which violated the terms of service so LEGO had to remove one of them. Replacing that project is the LEGO brick scene from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Your votes should have been reset and you can now rechoose your pick. The winner of this fan vote will be announced on June 14 and there will be a second fan vote which should start soon after and that winner will be announced on September 1. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial – ‘Fly Across the Moon’ – Diorama by Brickester Gremlins by Bulldoozer The Goonies (1985) – Delusion Brick Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice! by Brick Built Labs Honey, I Shrunk the Kids by ModularManiac The...