 "QUANTUM SHOT" #397link Gentlemen, choose your LEGOs! An endless variety of impressive models are made with tender-loving care (and frenzied mind activity) by the geek's army around the world - all based on a humble LEGO brick. Some LEGO sets look almost impossible to build: "M. C. Escher's Staircase" -  (work by Andrew Lipson) "Star Wars" LEGO Mania is too varied and huge to properly highlight here:  (work by Nathan Sawaya)     (images credit: fbtb) Some of the models above are by Erik Varszegi, LEGO Master Builder - read an interview with him here But then again, almost anything can be LEGO-lized - including car models:   Porphyrion Assault Frigate - make sure to see the whole gallery to truly appreciate the level of detailing:  (image credit: Danny Rice) Check out the interiors:    (images credit: Danny Rice)  (original unknown) Misterzumbi's "Predator"'s head: (see more here)  Steampunk LEGO is something else. Check out these German Imperial Machines here and here - all conceived and put together by Jamie Spencer.     Check out the whole "steampunk" category at Brothers Brick site  Zach Clapsadle has some wondrous LEGO steam machines for you, some interestingly from Star Wars universe:     (image credit: Zach Clapsadle) Mark Stafford shows us his steampunk version of Royal Naboo Fighter - see more here  Many details of these custom works are hand-painted gold (to emulate brass) and have specially printed decals. Steam-powered TIE-fighter, looking wicked and ready for battle, by RebelRock (more info) -   If it is "Aliens" you love, head yonder to mryoder site. The spookiest corridor LEGO designers never imagined in their worst dreams:   Re-use Your LEGOs! LEGO Salt&Pepper Shaker - Cool concept by the designer Joel Hesselgren: (control how much salt or pepper you want by moving the top red brick)   Or make a soul-searching LEGO art (see other astonishing works of Nathan Sawaya here) -   Of course, there are unwanted side-effects to the whole LEGO thing:  2. The World of Rubik's Cubes: Twisted Dimensions All shapes, sizes, colors and symbols - can you have a "ROUND" Rubik's cube? Seems like everything is possible -      How many sides the cube has, or how many seconds it takes to solve it is mostly irrelevant nowadays (with introduction of robots and computers into the equation). What matters is - do you solve it with your fingers, or your toes?  Robots (and computers) have become a reasonable competition for humans in solving Rubik' Cubes long time ago:  Stress-free Rubik's Cube:  Sometimes you do not even need to solve the cubes, to make an interesting art statement:    Street art ideas:  (image credit: Piter Punk) Or you can use the cube side panels for the surfboard face mosaic: (creator: Fred Maechler, Mekanism Skateboards.)  (image credit: entro-py) And when you spent hours, if not days twisting sides, in your dreams there will be the ultimate Rubik's Cube: wet, slick and utterly alluring: (albeit unsolvable)  (image credit: plasmadesign) Other Sources: Crooked Brains, psuchopadt (nsfw) Permanent Link...  ...+StumbleUpon  ...+Facebook  Category: Gadgets,Art Dark Roasted Blend's Photography Gear Picks: |
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Speaking of Rubik's Cubes, I was pissed off recently to discover that in Korea, they are known as "Edison Cubes." Even in death Edison continues to steal the inventions of better inventors.
what is the blue lego-spaceship thingy?
i kind of have the feeling, that i know it from somewhere. maybe from some computer game?
and did i recognize the spaceship benaeth the blue one right as the one from the game "Descent"?
I wrote these about 10 years ago, sorry if they're a bit crude: http://byrden.com/puzzles/
René - the bottom one does superficially resemble Descent's Pyro-GX, but with some substantial differences.
http://www.funbox3d.com/rebirth/3d_images/3D%20-%20Pyro%20GX.jpg
That Blue ship you're talking about is most certainly a Vaygr ship from the Homeworld 2 game.
Or is it ???
I could not be less sure.
Great post, as usual. Keep up the good work Avi !
It would be so cool to see a slow motion video of the lego car hitting something head on at a high speed...
I think the "blue lego-spaceship thingy" is the military spaceship from "Aliens" (which carried Ripley and a detatchment of Marines back to the planet where the beastie was found).
I want to say it was the Scirroco, or Suroko, or something like that.
Best of the series, IMHO
hey guys the blue one i,m 90% sure is the "Sulaco" first seen in Aliens ;)
don't forget the Touch Rubik's Cube!
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/touch-rubiks-cube
Very interesting!! Very cool!!
The blue ship is definitely NOT the Sulaco, it's more inspired by the homeworld ships, and they in turn are inspired by the Sulaco... also, the Predator head is made of Lego!
Now this is a LEGO model! Over 180Kg in weight and over 300.000 pieces used!
http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/2007/01/lego-aircraft-carrier.html
Thank you guys for info - post updated
The M.C. Escher model was built by Andrew Lipson, whose page is here. Sadly, that picture has been reposted all over the internet without credit to the builder.
The life-size Han Solo in Carbonite is by Nathan Sawaya, not Erik Varszegi. This is his post about it on LUGNET.
The Homeworld-inspired blue spaceship and the gray fighter right below it were built by Danny Rice, whose Flickr page is here.
Oh, and the "geekiest" in the title is meant as a highest compliment :)
The red and white cruiser type Lego ship bears a slight resemblance to HMS Endurance
Here on wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endurance_%28A171%29
The ship is a US Ticonderoga Class Cruiser. Not an HMS cruiser. Sorry. Love how it even has the AEGIS array and the SONAR bubble on the bow. Very well done.
This was always my favorite lego sculpture.
http://www.henrylim.org/Harpsichord.html
The Escher staircase is really something. I happen to have a print hanging on the wall right here and the lego version is pretty much perfect. ... And look, he's done other Escher's in legos too. (On his site.) Very cool!
Sir:
I believe that 'crystal Rubik' is originally from
http://plasmadesign.co.uk/
The ship is a US Ticonderoga Class Cruiser. Not an HMS cruiser. Sorry. Love how it even has the AEGIS array and the SONAR bubble on the bow. Very well do
Do naval vessels (American or British) typically have large rocket engines in their aft quarters?
You're both wrong, I'm afraid. It's quite clearly a Republic heavy cruiser from the Star Wars prequels. ;-) It's beautifully done, even duplicating the color scheme of Republic livery.
Some LEGO sets look almost impossible to build:
"M. S. Escher's Staircase" -
His name is M.C. Escher or Maurits Cornelis Escher.
The "anonymous parisian artist" is the famous "Space Invader", who already had lots of exhibitions all over the world, and is also considered as one the best street artist ever.
A french guy
ahh, memories...
legos still go hard..
and rubik's cubes look cool, but damn theyre frustrating!
Ahhh, I want the LEGO car! :-)
i really want that venator class star destroyer that thing is effing sexy to look at i need it in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed
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