Where did the cubes come from? How long have they been here? Was it aliens? Jordan Fridal offers no answers, only questions in a pair of builds featuring enigmatic cubes in ancient ruins. After creating his first cube, based on a design from geometric LEGO genius Zachary Steinman, Jordan was inspired to create a suitably mysterious setting to house it. Jordan’s first cube sits on Aztec-inspired ruins in a dense jungle. Normally a vehicle builder, this was Jordan’s first time playing with LEGO foliage. Jordan set the second cube amidst Greek-style ruins deep beneath the sea. The explosion of color in the surrounding reef includes some clever parts usage, with orange combs, magenta hair, and frogs in pink and gold doubling as coral. Will scientists discover a third cube, perhaps frozen the in the ice or buried in Egyptian sands? Only time will tell. For now, we can only specualte who...

Over the past five years, Stéphane Dely has been building, expanding, and iterating on a massive 100,000 LEGO brick version of Zombillenium, the undead theme park from the comic by Arthur de Pins. His latest update is this monster stage, perfect for throwing a dead man’s party. Stéphane packs loads of brick-build into the scene, with an orc banner and the goblin king’s seal adding to the spooky vibes. Lightsabers encased in transparent tubes are a great touch. The goth band are wonderfully unexpressive as they play Bauhaus covers. Just don’t ask them to play the Monster Mash. The post LEGO zombie concert stage is a graveyard smash appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Jake Forbes

The forest moon of Endor is the scene of the Star Wars equivalent of the Teddy Bear’s Picnic, where a coalition of Ewoks and Rebels (oh, and some Jedi) defeated the might of the Empire once and for all. It’s a scene that has been rendered in LEGO many times, to great effect. Abe Fortier (AKA Hypolite Bricks) has joined the fray with a superb effort! Often, these dioramas are dense with vegetation and trees; it did take place on the forest moon of Endor (not Endor itself!), after all. Abe’s isn’t quite as densely populated with plants, but that might be for the better here. It gives some space to focus on the scene’s protagonists and antagonists – and the superb landscaping. It looks like it gave the good guys a better line of sight to take down that AT-ST, too! The post Can’t see the forest for the trees...

Much as the Apollo missions took us to the moon in the 1960’s with enough technology to easily fit on today’s smartphone, Joel Short brings us back from the landing in 8 simple LEGO pieces. Utilizing the sprue of a pair of 1×1 round plates as the capsule, we see this little spacecraft propelled through a pair of LEGO Space CMF bases toward a 1×1 plate star. Let’s hope they’ve got enough fuel in that flame piece to get them back home! The post Eight pieces is all you need to escape lunar orbit appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Kyle Keller (TBB Managing Editor)

“The crunch of snow beneath my boots betrayed my presence with every step. The forest, a solemn witness to my journey, contoured the world with branches heavy under the weight of winter.” Even without those words, it’s amazing how much of a story the simple but beautiful LEGO build tells. “Prey,” by Louis Nutwood, transports you to a single moment as a solitary hunter stalks a rabbit half-hidden in the snow. Gazing at this build, the world goes still until all you can hear is the sound of your own heartbeat in your ears as you take aim. Will the shaft fly true? Or will the hunter go hungry? The post You only get one shot (to take in this scene) appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Ryan Kunz