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Herb, the flowerpot monster by SlyOwl

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In case you were planning to do some gardening this weekend, watch out for this little fellaw jumping at you from a flowerpot! :P This litte guy, created by SlyOwl  (click on the picture to go to SlyOwl’s gallery), is a perfect example of using LEGO in a mixed-media piece of art! His name is Herb, […] Read more

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Gallery – LEGO Ships

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Here are some of the best LEGO ships I have found. I regularly update this section with fresh content as I find more pictures to add. You can click on any of the pictures to go to the creator’s site and see a larger version. (You may also want to read the Introduction to LEGO Ships section.) Please help […] Read more

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Featured LEGO creation: Khi-Osk

I wanted to share with you this intricately detailed tomb by Peter Shutter. He did an excellent job mixing the old and new Egyptian LEGO themes. (You can click on any of the pictures to see a larger version at Peter’s gallery.) The first Egyptian related theme by the LEGO Group was under the Adventurers line, released […] Read more

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AFOLs are created not born

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(Written by William) When you become an Adult Fan of LEGO (AFOL), you might at some point stop and ask yourself, “Why me?  Is there something coded in my DNA to be overly enthusiastic about a children’s toy?” The plain and simple fact is that it is doubtful that you are genetically disposed to seek […] Read more

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Manchurians

Here is my small army of Manchurians (aka. Manchus). Manchuria lies at the Northeast part of China and is has a long and fascinating history. The Qing Dynasty (also known as Manchu Dynasty) – the last ruling dynasty of Chinese emperors – originated here. (Did you see the The Last Emperor? It is one of […] Read more

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Featured LEGO-fan: PEDRO

In real life PEDRO is a machine operating engineer for a construction company in New York – which translates to driving those awesome big CAT diggers. In LEGO-life he is the authorized reseller for Amazing Armory, and runs a Bricklink store; United Armory. PEDRO’s claim to fame is his amazing artistry and attention to detail in […] Read more

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Space Marines

Here I show you my Space Marines. They are not related to the Halo or Warhammer video game characters, they are just generic cool guys performing missions in outer space. I’m not so much of a LEGO sci-fi builder (check out Nannan’s work for that!), but I wanted to build this highly customized army to […] Read more

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LEGO Model Ships – Introduction

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Building model-ships is a craft as old as shipbuilding itself. Ancient cultures built ship models for the same reasons we build them today; they capture the imagination with their technological complexity, beauty, and what they represent; adventure, freedom and discovery. You can read more about the fascinating history of model-ship building on Wikipedia here: All […] Read more

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Featured LEGO-fan: Nannan Zhang

Nannan became involved with the online LEGO community in late 2004. He has been a builder for as long as he can remember. Nannan builds in a variety of themes that often overlap with the science fiction universe, other times they are purely made up ones. You can see his creations on Brickshelf, MOCpages, and […] Read more

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Timeout – site went bad!

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I apologize to my regular readers and all new visitors; somehow my website stopped working properly today. All the Categories disappeared, as well as all the Tags, so it is impossible to navigate the site. I’m looking into what could be the problem and how to fix it. Hopefully it won’t take long. In the meantime […] Read more

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