Many incredible AFOL-designed sets have come out of the Bricklink Designer Program, especially for fans of Castle, history, and trains.  But even after 9 cycles of submissions and fan voting, there’s one popular LEGO category that hasn’t been represented – Space! Will series 10 break the streak? Perhaps the Graviton Nomad by VangelisBricks is the sleek spaceship that can introduce modern spaceship design to a bigger audience. Built from 1894 pieces, Vangelis’ ship is a sophisticated departure from the Spaceships found in official LEGO sets, while feeling right at home alongside the best Starships featured on this site and popular online. The dynamic mix of angles and curves, clear blocking, subtle asymmetry, and bold colors evoke the amazing creations of builders like Blake Foster and Nick Trotta. Shipbuilding aside, one thing I appreciate about Vangelis’ submission is the strong narrative that accompanies the build. This isn’t just a generic spaceship or nostalgia...

The LEGO Ideas program, which lets fan ideas become official sets, features a pretty even split between licensed brands like Gremlins and Twilight and non-IP subjects, often drawing on nature. Today, we’re taking a look at one of those nature sets – LEGO Ideas 21366 Floating Sea Otters. The set underwent pretty major changes since the fan concept earned its 10k votes, even picking up a bonus baby otter in the process! How does the final model stack up? Today we’re joined by guest reviewer Sakiya Watanabe (n.a.b.e_mocs) for a deep dive on the set. Sakiya’s lifelike creature mocs made him one of our favorite builders of last year, so it’s quite a treat that the builder also created his own Sea Otter moc to accompany the official set, which you can see at the end of the review. Now let’s crack open some clams and get to the review! The LEGO...

The “final eight” of the Iron Forge tournament has been full of exciting up-and-coming LEGO builders, but the last spotlighted builder needs no introduction. Grant Davis may be an Iron Forge novice, but he’s a two-time Iron Builder champion, earning the title in 2017 and defending it in 2020. Grant also co-designed the LEGO Ideas Pop-up Book and is one of the most popular LEGO video creators around with a focus on kinetic builds. Talk about pedigree! So this is a builder that’s really left their mark on the competition – and I’m not just talking about this footprint. We’ve seen a lot of body parts re-created using the engine intake that forms the third round’s seed part. But of all of them, the nose on this Moai might be my favourite use! I don’t know how seed parts are chosen for these contests, but I bet one of the criteria is...

If you’re lucky enough to have visited a LEGO fan event in person, you’ve no doubt encountered large-scale builds of such scale and complexity that you can lose time exploring every detail. Sometimes, these large builds are collaborative works from many builders, but sometimes they represent a singular vision. Australian builder Eve Sellars attended her first LEGO event just a few years ago and quickly got the bug. Within a year, she had created her first display. Last year, she made her Brickvention debut with a much larger display. This January, she returned with her most ambitious project yet – Steampink Tower. After the blockbuster debut, we sat down with Eve to talk about the project and her LEGO journey. TBB: Congratulations on your second year displaying at Brickvention, and thank you for taking the time to chat with us about your creation, Steampink Tower. Before we get to this year’s...

Expert character builder Loke (byggi_l) is back with another stunning creation, this time the Jedi Grand Master himself. Based on his appearance in The Clone Wars, Loke has managed to use his face-shaping skills to wonderfully capture animated Yoda’s proportions. The nose/mouth combo is the highlight for me, as it neatly combines two round mushroom head pieces in opposite orientations. The plant parts used for his hands and feet are the perfect shade of green as Master Yoda looks ready to take on Darth Bane himself. The post Begun, The Clone Wars have appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Jarrett Gercken