Familiar . . . but tiny

I spent four days under the shadow of Robin Sather’s 1:1 scale torii gate at BrickCon last weekend, so it was lovely to see this equally impressive-but much smaller- version of Miyajima Torii by Matija Grguric.

Raideen will save the world

Adrian Drake (Brickfrenzy) is bringing his colossal super robot Raideen to our Big in Japan display at BrickCon. I think it will look very nice standing next to Mark Sandlin’s Mazinger Z, both of which are based off the Teknomeka frame.

Cover version Kaneda

One of the advantages of cover version LEGO is that it allows us to blog older models with fresh pictures. Aaron Dayman recently posted his variants on Adam Grabowski’s (misterzumbi) motorbike from the 1988 film Akira. Adam’s version is many years old as are my instructions for it (much older than the 1×1 brick with stud on side).

And it’s entirely possible this was blogged when it was new but that’s a long, long time ago.

Great things from Hong Kong

HKLUG has posted a ton of excellent pictures from the 2010 Anime Festival their Facebook page.

You should definitely take the time to check them out. The pictures posted here really caught me eye, but there are many, many more.

If any of our readers have information on the actual builders, please let us know so that we can give credit where credit is due. Thanks!

Expo 2010’s China Pavilion built in Lego

Tsang Yiu Keung (chiukeung) built a microscale replica of the China Pavilion that dominates Expo 2010. I’ve been wanting to build this structure since visiting the expo earlier this month, but there’s no need now. It even has lights.

Hong Kong Coliseum

Ray Kwan builds the Hong Kong Coliseum complete with working lights and an illuminated interior. I recommend checking out the gallery for shots of all corners of the building, which features some nice modern city details.

Junk on the High Seas

Never has junk looked so good. Sorry. This Chinese Junk by ArzLan is a thing of beauty and its chock full of cool techniques. I’m loving that flag.

Edit: This will be displayed at Brick Adventure 2011 in Hong Kong.

Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong

You don’t have to have been in China to recognize the distinct Chinese architecture portrayed in Andy Hung’s rendition of the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong. The intricate layering of multi-colored plates simulates the colorful ornamentation on the actual building. Check out the full gallery where you can see the complete creation featuring an additional lit-up bus station.

Miyazaki or bust.

Iain Heath is a building fool — he’s created a myriad of iconic pieces of some of Hayao Miyazaki’s greatest films. But now he’s gone and built the master himself:

All of these are scheduled to make an appearance at BrickCon, as part of the Big in Japan display!

Kaiju rampage in the micropolis of Tokyo!

Between lack of LEGO time and an unsorted collection, I’ve been struggling with what to build for BrickCon — especially Big in Japan. I wanted to build Tokyo Tower, a big Shinto shrine, Ginza, and the National Diet Building. My solution to build them all was to go microscale.

Naturally, every Tokyo skyline needs a rampaging Godzilla-style monster, or kaiju. From the moment I saw the alien in the LEGO Star Wars set Freeco Speeder, I couldn’t help but thinking he would make a great kaiju.

This was my first attempt at following the Micropolis Micro City Standard and gives me an opportunity to enter Reasonably Clever’s 2nd Micropolis Building Challenge (for which the deadline has been extended to July 24th, by the way).

After I’d finished six standard Micropolis modules for Tokyo, I experimented with some non-standard, non-urban modules, and ended up with Himeji Castle.

See more pictures in my photoset on Flickr.

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