Brickshelf user sheep shows us that good things can come out of LEGO’s DesignByMe program. This microscale rendition of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin doesn’t need fancy parts to make it look realistic. In fact, it looks like a possible addition to the LEGO Architecture line. I love the use of fences for the Greek columns.
With my return from a travel and jetlag induced hiatus I’m going to break the chain of large MOCs to go to the other extreme. The Magic Tuba Pixie reinterprets a Glatorian mask to create a lovely micro-scale submarine. A good dose of creative parts application can replace a lot of bricks.
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.
