"May need time for a cup of coffee"

Video games are always a great source of inspiration for LEGO builds. Now Sparks brings us this sweet recreation of SiMo from the sci-fi shooter Sanctum 2. The MOC is perfect all around, from the windscreen pieces used to make a holographic screen to the wings as lower legs, every piece seems to fit perfectly.

Tau Hammerhead

Note the subtly articulated front section. The low-slung guns surrounded by an appealing semicircle of hinge bricks. The seamless curves accomplished with studs-in slope plates.

Garry_rocks deserves a round of internet applause.

Screwing around

Let's be honest here: there are way too few Pokémon MOCs around. But now Baron Julius von Brunk brings us this amazing recreation of Magnemite. I love the round shaping used to make the build seem really true to the character!

The Brazilian Bombshell

Parks and Wrecked Creations built a bust of the popular 1940s actress Carmen Miranda, aka the "Brazilian Bombshell." The careful shaping of the face and shoulders, as well as the details such as the necklaces, earrings, and fruit-laden hat, make this model really stand out. 

Emerald hourglass

Funny... the staff here at The Brick Bucket was chatting the other day about interesting uses for the Airjitzu capsule dome piece. In fact, our very own Dead Frog recently posted a MOC using that piece. But on this morning's browsing of Flickr I came across another nice usage: vitroleum used two of the domes to construct a neat hourglass. 

That's not the only instance of NPU here, either - check out the construction of the melted candle wax, and the little red flag used as a bookmark.

Junk and rust

Tons of NPU, an eye-catching composition, and a touch of editing combine in Tim Schwalfenberg's second entry to the current Iron Builder, in which he competes against Matt De Lanoy (Pepa Quin). In this round, builds revolve around the Metallic Silver Barbell, and the variety of ways that Tim has used this piece in "The Scrap King" are quite impressive.

Editor Tate adds: also note the uses of the World Racers trophy and Ultra Agents villain headgear!

Beach day

Every so often a MOC comes along that just makes me go "wow." Usually it's a huge castle or spaceship or something of that magnitude. But occasionally it's something as small and (at first glance) simple as nobu_tary's bucket of beach toys. 

Every time I look at this build I see something new to marvel at. The bucket and tools look perfect - and have some very clever part usages, including a flower in the fishing rod, an inside-out tank tread for the top of the bucket, and a little green dinosaur as part of the shovel's string. An expertly constructed water gun and toy car round out the toy selection, while the pastel pink rake adds quite a bit to the color scheme. I also love Hadras's headgear from the Pirates of the Caribbean line being used as a little seashell.

Brick Bucket Review: 70743 Airjitzu Morro Flyer

4/5

Appearance - 4/5
Construction - 3/5
Pieces - 5/5
Playability - 5/5
Minifigs/accessories - 3/5
Value for money - 3/5


70743 Airjirzu Morro Flyer is one of the six Ninjago "Airjitzu" sets released in early summer 2015. It retails for $9.99 and contains 46 pieces, for 21.7 cents per piece.




Verdict: This thing looks pretty cool, but its main purpose is as a flying toy, and it does very well in that regard. There are also some excellent rare and/or useful pieces included. 

New logo!

Contributor Dead Frog has created a sweet new logo for the blog!

The Meduza II underwater habitat: going down to the bottom

The Meduza II was a Polish-designed underwater habitat constructed in 1968. Polish builder Karwik has miniaturized the submersible in LEGO form, and the resulting MOC and presentation is awesome. 

Something was triggered in my brain's "happy center" when I realized that everything in the above photo - including the ropes and tubes - is made out of LEGO. The photography is stunning as well, really making it seem as if the picture was taken in the murky depths of the Baltic Sea. 

Check out this Flickr album to see some more angles.