More recent bursts of genius from Alex Eylar, based on concept by Eduardo San Gil.
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Heavenly light shines on this land of fantasy
A group of Japanese builders including MisaQa and Kotaro “EARL-0″ Ono constructed this epic fantasy world. And if this much work went into a sketch of the project, it shouldn’t come as a surprise the awesomeness of the finished work.
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.
Defending the Temple of the Jetpack Jaguar
Over the last few weeks, Shannon “Ocean” Sproule has been combining his unique retro-space aesthetic with Aztec inspiration. My favorite so far is this Temple Defender.
David Beckham wants to be a professional LEGO builder
We generally don’t highlight celebrities talking about LEGO (OMG! Brad Pitt likes LEGO! He even builds on his own, without his kids!!!), but this one is kind of sweet.
Quoth Becks:
“What would I like to do if I wasn’t a footballer? I love drawing cartoons and building Lego with my sons.
“This is going to make me sound really weird but when I was in Milan I had such a big amount of spare time. I found online that you can buy a Lego model of the Taj Mahal
so I bought it and started building it, I only built some of it because I got injured halfway through.
“I know it’s not a career but I love doing it and would like to be a professional Lego builder. My boys are the same, they’re obsessed with it.
“Football has affected my family in an unbelievable way, to travel to so many places, if I’d done something else like been a Lego builder, I wouldn’t have been able to do anything like that.”
What David doesn’t realize is that LEGO builders do indeed travel the globe on top secret missions for The Brick, hang out with Hollywood celebrities, and can generally out-hooligan even the most bad-ass of soccer fans.
It’s not too late to join us, David! I’ll buy you a Pepsi myself if you come to BrickCon.
(Via Dirty Tackle, with a hat-tip to Mrs. Dunechaser — who I love for continuing to read a soccer blog after the end of the World Cup.)
LEGO House
Yellow is a hard color to use in realistic buildings in my opinion, but Flickr user georgivar obviously had no trouble doing that. Added with the white brick corners and second story balconies, this building makes for a really nice European style structure. Great job on this one!
Mecha carrier deploys death from above
Kyle Vrieze (bermudafreze) displayed this deadly beauty of a SHIP at Brickworld. Unlike other ships, it carries combat cargo. Watch out ground forces, the last thing you might see is its shadow above your head.
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!
LEGOLAND Discovery Center to open in Grapevine Mills, Texas in 2011 [News]
A new LEGOLAND Discovery Center is scheduled to open in Grapevine Mills that gives convenient access for residents of the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex to an indoor LEGOLAND park. Currently there are four LEGOLAND Discovery Centers in Chicago, Berlin, Duisburg, and Manchester. You can read more by clicking on the image below.
