Few people do LEGO mechs better than Moko. Our archives of their builds are chock-full of great ideas and brilliant designs. As you go, you may notice a repeated theme here and there: Cube-Robos! These transforming mecha are a long-term project of this builder, going back nearly seven years. It’s been nearly a year since Continue reading → The post Awesome transforming mechs, squared appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

There is, apparently, an adage that ‘no-one likes a try-hard’. That’s nonsense for a variety of reasons, and to prove it, let’s look at LEGO building challenges and Jean-Phillippe Leroux. For SHIPtember, LEGO builders must build a spaceship that measures more than 100 studs in length, hence the acronym SHIP: Seriously Huge Investment in Parts. Continue reading → The post Massive LEGO spaceships on hard mode: 23,000 pieces, 183 studs, 40 pounds, and one fidget spinner appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

It’s been a hot minute since we heard from Swedish LEGO computer whiz Johan Alexanderson. He’s had a five-year-plus break from the bricks, but he has just made a welcome surprise return! Last time we saw him on the Brothers Brick, Johan had built a 1970s office, and he’s picking up right where he left Continue reading → The post Welcome back to the king of 70s LEGO decor! appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

LEGO phenom Tim Goddard is a man of great ideas. That’s not only in reference to his fantastic sci-fi LEGO models – and there are many. In his latest space build, he proposes a new LEGO theme called ‘Speeder Champions’. We’re big fans of the Speed Champions line here at TBB, but I have to Continue reading → The post Speeder Champions: a new LEGO theme for 2126 appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

Back in February we covered Vangelis‘ awesome spaceship, which was up for a vote in the BrickLink Designer Program. Alas, sadly it didn’t make it through to production, but that hasn’t stopped Vangelis from giving the ship a proper setting with an amazing diorama. The most striking thing about the scene is, of course, the Continue reading → The post An alien island in an alien world appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

There’s nothing wrong with a little treat. LEGO Masters Japan veteran Fumiaki Tateoka (Fuhmin) offers a cure for your sweet tooth with the Penguin Chocolate Cake, a build that’s as beautifully presented as it is assembled. Part 15470 has been frequently used by LEGO to represent cake, cupcakes, and various desserts – but rarely in Continue reading → The post And for dessert, we’ll have the Penguin Chocolate Cake appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

Jan Woznica, fan designer of the iconic Tales of the Space Age Ideas set, is dreaming of distant stars again with a new project: a motorized radio telescope observatory. The post Tales of the Space Age builder Jan Woznica turns his sights on the cosmos once more appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

Marco Marozzi knows a thing or two about LEGO mechs. His photo feeds are full of walking robots in all sorts of shapes and sizes. And after a decade and change of creating, it’s inevitable that a builder might want to revisit some concepts. That’s just what Marco has done with this so-called Bloody Tortoise. Continue reading → The post Heavier, and more mech-ier appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

If you’ve ever been fortunate enough to visit the LEGO House in Billund, I think you’ll agree with me that it’s a pretty sweet place to visit. LEGO Designer Maxx Davidson has clearly overheard some similar comments while wandering around Billund, and has taken them to heart. We all know someone who goes a bit Continue reading → The post Building gingerbread houses can be tricky – but not when they’re made of LEGO appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

Trevor Pearson-Jones has a heck of a talent for building the expressive out of LEGO. His latest creation is of a character known as the Ethical Bug – essentially, a stand-in for antagonist Jack Horner’s conscience in the film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. If you haven’t seen the movie, this poor bug takes Continue reading → The post Who are you accusing of being an irredeemable monster? appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

The dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt seemed like a tempting setting for a new space build in my homebrew hard-scifi LEGO microscale theme I’ve dubbed the Interplanetary Expedition Alliance (I.E.A.). I’ve been wanting to incorporate some motion into my builds for a while, but my spaceships and space stations tend to be too Continue reading → The post My LEGO Microscale space goes planetary with a motorized diorama: Ceres Frontier Outpost appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

Boba Fett has had quite the journey. He went from bit-part cameo and – let’s be honest – a lame death to one of the biggest badasses in all of Star Wars. And although the Book of Boba Fett wasn’t quite the smash hit such a character probably deserved, it still had enough badassery to Continue reading → The post Bow to your new LEGO Daimyo! appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

LEGO has produced a variety of Jedi Starfighters and Interceptors over the years, but most of them have featured printed cockpits and plate/wedge-built wings. The latest edition of the Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor from Noctaerum is completely brick-built and detailed, from the cockpit decor to the thick wings cleverly assembled using SNOT bricks. The cockpit Continue reading → The post This is where the fun begins... appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

I’ve been hit right in the nostalgia by atp357‘s latest LEGO build. In the 1990s, the Extreme Team sub-theme of their ever-present Town line took minifigures to the world of extreme and adventure sports. They had windsurfers, drag racers, a raft, hang gliders – but never a catamaran! It’s a terrific blend of old and Continue reading → The post Sailing in with a boatload of 90s nostalgia appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

Typically, the steampunk aesthetic borrows a lot from the dominant global power of the 19th century: the British Empire. It is where the steam engine was invented, after all. But in an alternate steam-powered sci-fi universe, that doesn’t need to be the case! In Andreas Lenander‘s LEGO world, steam machines made it to the Wild Continue reading → The post Go West, powered by this steam stagecoach appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

LEGO builder Dicken Liu (@dickentututu) has recreated with stunning style two Buddhist deities known as the Heavenly Kings. The post Incredible LEGO renditions of Dhrtarastra and Virupaksha, two of the Heavenly Kings of Buddhism appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

Eight incredible builders come together to build insect-inspired bots in the Plague Mech RESURGENCE collaboration. The post Plague Mech Swarm collab unleashes an epic army of mechanical bugs from LEGO all-stars appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

@kevin.j.walter not only helped design the creatures in LEGO Horizon Adventures, he was commissioned by the studio to build this real model for their office! The post This is the Ultimate LEGO Thunderjaw from Horizon Adventures appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

We may think of knights as brave warriors, fighting battles for noble causes and damsels in distress. But they weren’t fighting all the time – that sounds exhausting! There is plenty of training to do in a knight’s downtime, and Ukrainian LEGO builder ice2bu‘s Horse Knights camp shows us just that. It’s a real hive of Continue reading → The post Hey, quit horsing around in there! appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

Two amazing builders - Ben Cossy and Thorsten Bonsch - each apply their brick craft to create stunning cypberpunk scenes in olive green. The post Our cyberpunk future is olive green appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

For something with the word ‘soft’ in the name, if you’ve ever been hit with an airsoft pellet you’ll know they are anything but soft. Nevertheless, Mattia Careddu has combined the airsoft concept with that other famously painful piece of plastic: LEGO. And while it may not look like your typical airsoft enthusiast, all those Continue reading → The post This LEGO ‘airsoft ‘character goes hard appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

Last month saw LEGO builders use a wide range of approaches to create frogs for Frogust. One such approach is to create the best amphibian using the most unusual piece imaginable, and Woomy World has picked a doozy! 75647 Gum-Gum Fruit introduced a three-sided dome piece to re-create the One Piece set’s namesake. Despite their Continue reading → The post There’s One Piece that really makes this frog stand out appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

As much as I am a proud train nerd, I must confess that American trains are a bit of a blind spot for me. Thank goodness, then, for LEGO trainheads like Matt Csenge! Matt has built a fine model of a – *checks notes* – Erie Lackawanna Railroad SD45. It’s in a striking red, white Continue reading → The post All aboard the NPU train! appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

Some LEGO challenges are very prescriptive in what they entail. Build a rover (must have wheels), make a Vic Viper (doesn’t count if it doesn’t have a specific wing configuration), etc. Now there’s nothing wrong with that – indeed, sometimes being specific can encourage more creative solutions. But there is also something to be said Continue reading → The post Would you trade with this demon for an open-ended contest theme? appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

There are some LEGO builds that are so packed with details, a quick look just isn’t enough to soak everything in. Luckily, John Reiley‘s LEGO I Spy tributes are designed to be gawked at for ages! They’re the type of puzzles that will have you questioning your eyesight – the seal on a ball took Continue reading → The post Take a minute – or ten – to look through this LEGO I Spy puzzle appeared first on The Brothers Brick.

Sometimes a LEGO creation is so packed full of details it’s difficult to know where to start praising it. What can we say about this colossal diorama by Matt Margini? The eye is immediately drawn to the statue at the centre of it all: a great, grinning gargoyle seemingly holding up the world. Cast your Continue reading → The post Glorious gargantuan grayscale gargoyles! appeared first on The Brothers Brick.