It's hard to resist the urge to put on some leathers, grab my helmet and hit the trail when I look at this marvelous dirt bike by ianying616. Then I remember I don't have leathers, a helmet (unless you count my stormtrooper helmet, does that count?) or anything resembling a motorcycle. I'll just admire this MOC, it's pretty rad. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

One of the concepts of Pokemon is they are "pets" that you collect and care for (and then force to fight each other, go figure). But in my opinion there's actually only a handful that I think I'd enjoy having around. Pets give us companionship and unconditional love, at least that's the point I think. I wouldn't mind having a Pikachu around, they're pretty cool. And my personal favorite is Cubone, I have no idea why. And Eevee, brilliantly built by reticence here, seems like a pleasure to have around. But can you imagine a Mr. Mime hopping on the bed with you to watch TV? I'd be creeped out the whole time. And Magicarp is useless, your argument is invalid. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

I love the retro-future look of this dashing young lady by builder Kingmarshy. Meet Miss Utopia, pioneer of the future, exploring the solar system with her trusty robotic companion, GD-801. They both look ready for adventure, and for the cover of a classic 50's sci-fi pulp novel or movie poster. Wherever it is, I want to follow that adventure. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

Builder Zilmrud packs a whole lot of storytelling and callbacks in a very small space. It sort of reminds me of when Genie says "Phenomenal cosmic powers...itty bitty living space". All the major characters are represented here, in a wonderful display built for his wife. Nicely done sir, nicely done. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

While I'm a purist when it comes to building, for animation I break all the "rules" all the time. We glue parts, drill them, cut them and modify them to make them work for the project, it's just practical to get the job done. I know it would make a lot of you cry to witness all that activity with tools and bricks in the same space, but here's a fascinating animation by BricksBrosProductions that has both, and as far as I can see, no bricks were harmed in the making, enjoy! Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

Back in the good ol' days of flight, every journey was a perilous and daring adventure that lead to new discoveries and innovation. There were no commercial flights with terrible airplane food (some might consider them to be lucky then) and aviation only existed in the minds of dreamers and builders. Tino Poutiainen honors these brave inventors that risked their lives in this wonderful depiction of a prototype airplane with details in all the right places.  Original linkOriginal author: Andrew Eden

The September 2018 LEGO Store Calendar came out a few days ago and we’ve had time to look it over and see what’s coming up. Probably the most interesting thing for the month is the two VIP Early Access sets from September 13-30 but what could they be? One of the sets could be highly rumored LEGO Star Wars UCS Cloud City set which we first talked about in January which I gave a detailed explaination of how it could be coming. The other set could possibly be the annual LEGO Creator Winter Village set which I have no idea what it is. There might have been some rumors but I haven’t actively looked for it so I wouldn’t know. What do you guys think the two sets could be released next month for VIP Early Access? Let us know in the comments below. The post Two LEGO VIP Early Access...

So, I bought Voltron!  My son and I put him together the other night.  Took us about three hours; we both built an arm and a leg, then I 'supervised' the Black lion.  I've been driving my wife crazy referring to him by some of his lesser known titles, like Voltron: Defender of the Coffee Machine, and Voltron: Defender of the Dining Room Table.  You get the idea... I won't bore you with all the construction details, other than that this set is put together.  I mean solid.  None of the old move-him-around-a-little and stuff starts falling off.  Nope, you've got technic in there, angled plates top and bottom locking together, practically everything is double reinforced for strength.  Old Lendy wasn't messing around! Defender of the Coffee Machine! Defender of the Refrigerator! Defender of the Fireplace! Defender of the Barbecue! It's on! Grrrrrrrr Don't get me wrong, though.  It's by no...

This robot by jigsawjo really caught my eye with its perfect color for a backdrop and it's elegant style. Eye love the mix of organic and artificial features and iris-pect the intricate details that went into the body of this vision-ary creation. Ok, I might have to stop with the eye puns, if they get any cornea than this, everybody is going to lash out at me.  Original linkOriginal author: Andrew Eden

For as long as we've been building machines to go reasonably fast, there's been a select few who make them go unreasonably fast. And with the invention of the internal combustion engine, the speed (and the stakes) got even higher, and we've been fascinated since. Like this scene marvelously recreated by builder Pixeljunkie of 1929 Monoco Grand Prix featuring his beautiful Bugatti, the crowd loves it. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy