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Spirits of the four seasons in LEGO

by Thita (admin) on March 29, 2016

LEGO fans usually treat standard LEGO elements and LEGO Bionicle pieces as belonging to separate systems. However all LEGO elements have at least some connection points that are compatible, and those who are brave enough to mix these different systems, can end up making some very impressive LEGO creations. One such LEGO fan is Eero Okkonen from Finland, with a focus on large brick-built figures – another niche a lot of LEGO fans shy away from. The models below represent the four seasons; spring, summer, fall and winter in the form of female spirits. 🙂

LEGO Seasons Spring Spirit by Eero Okkonen

The Spirit of Spring is bare-footed with flowers sprouting behind her footsteps, and with her hair blowing in the wind. Her skirt is made of those new hot air-balloon element that were first introduced in the LEGO Friends line. Her blouse incorporates a couple of LEGO Bionicle elements at the shoulders, and there are two more at the waist.

LEGO Seasons Summer Spirit by Eero Okkonen

Eero explains on his blog that birch is one of the most common leafy tree species in Finland, and their white bark and black branches were the inspiration for the white dress and black sleeves of the Spirit of Summer. And of course all the green represents green leaves. The magpie sitting on Summer’s finger is a common bird in Finland according to Eero, with beautiful dark-green wing-marks and a long tail.

LEGO Seasons Fall Spirit by Eero Okkonen

The Spirit of Fall wears a dark-red and dark-orange dress to represent autumn leaves. In fact quite a few LEGO leaf elements are included in this model. The legs incorporate several LEGO Bionicle parts to create the shape. Those long orange tentacle pieces work great for her hair.

LEGO Seasons Winter Spirit by Eero Okkonen

From the four characters the Spirit of Winter is the one that uses the most LEGO Bionicle pieces. There are many white, dark-blue, and translucent-blue elements in the LEGO Bionicle line, and they are applied here in a perfect balance of shape and color. You can spend a long time studying all the clever techniques used to create this beautiful character. And if you would like to take a look at the currently available LEGO Bionicle line for some interesting parts, they are available at the Online LEGO Shop.

So what do you think? How do you like these LEGO brick-built characters? Do you mix regular LEGO elements with LEGO Bionicle pieces? And did you ever try building brick-built figures? Feel free to share in the comment section below! 😉

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Fun LEGO Brick Separator creations

by Thita (admin) on March 28, 2016

in Featured LEGO Creations

The LEGO Brick Separator is a very useful tool to separate LEGO elements and save them from teeth-marks (and indirectly save your teeth too!). While the first generation of the LEGO Brick Separator was only included with large and exclusive LEGO sets (and thus was quite rare), the updated new Brick Separator is added to pretty much all medium to large sets. This of course means that most LEGO fans will have quite a few of them. In fact, some LEGO fans use the number of Brick Separators they have as a status symbol – the more Brick Separators, the more LEGO rich they are! 🙂

Having so many Brick Separators in the hands of creative people almost guarantees that these useful orange (and less frequently green) tools will end up in some very clever LEGO creation. After all, the Brick Separator has several standard connection points; two studs on top, tubes on the bottom and even a small axle. So what sort of things can you build with a Brick Separator? I will show you some examples below for inspiration.

First up is a cute momma and baby duck pair by Conrado PLG, with two Brick Separators forming momma duck’s beak.

LEGO Brick Separator Ducks by Conrado PLG

The LEGO Separaptor by Alexander incorporates five Brick Separators for the body of this prehistoric creature.

LEGO Brick Separator Creature by Alexander

Somewhere between creature and machine is this LEGO Clown Fish X-wing Fighter by dr_spock_888 with sixteen Brick Separators. The same builder also created the various LEGO Brick Separator weapons below.

LEGO Brick Separator Clown Fish X-wing by dr_spock_888

LEGO Brick Separator Weapons by dr_spock_888

Because of the shape, connection points, ridges, and color of Brick Separators, they are most often used for various vehicles and spaceships. The first two are examples by Simon Liu, and the last two are by F@bz.

LEGO Brick Separator Spaceship by Simon Liu

LEGO Brick Separator Spaceship 2 by Simon Liu

LEGO Brick Separator Spaceship 2 by F@bz

And how about using several Brick Separators to make a hand? Like in this LEGO creation by Jalkow.

Building with LEGO Brick Separators is often used as challenge for contests during LEGO fan events, and this is something you can also do at home; see who can build the most clever LEGO creation with Brick Separators! Keep in mind that if you use up all your Brick Separators to build something, you won’t have anything to take it apart with. 🙄

So what do you think? How do you like these LEGO Brick Separator creations? Did you ever build anything with your Brick Separators? Feel free to share your own ideas in the comment section below! 😉

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