Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Lego Micro Birds

Each bird was made with the least amount of pieces possible. Bald eagle has 6 pcs, the rest are made with 5
These are easy to create and there is an almost endless possible color combination to make either real or made up bird color patterns.

Friday, July 13, 2012

Series 8 Minifigures

 
After waiting a while, images are finally being released of the Series 8 minifigures. The series set was originally designed for series 1-8, so it will be interesting to see if they continue to design these series for future releases.

Here is the completed list of Series 8 characters:


1.Ancient Thespis 
2.Pirate Captain 
3.Conquistador 
4.Enemy Robot 
5.Evil Female Alien 
6.Diver 
7.Vampire 
8.Fairy 
9.Football Player 
10.Trader
11.Skier
12.Red Cheerleader 
13.Santa Claus
14.Boy in Bavarian Costume
15.DJ 
16.Cowgirl



Monday, July 9, 2012

Lego Dyson DC07 Vacuum



Oh dyson dc07, how I love thee. Let me count the ways:

1. you're awesome
2. you're awesome
3. did I mention... you're awesome?!

Can you tell that I think my dyson is awesome? I've has this vacuum for at least 6 years and it is still going strong. I am always amazed at how much dust and dirt it keeps pulling out of the carpet.

For this build ironically the most frustrating part was winding the cord (lego rope) around the back.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Vintage BATTLESHIP in Lego

Ahhh.... the lovely memories of the sweet phrase" You sunk my battleship!"

About 5 years ago I remember seeing a yahoo story about the top 10 most offensive board game artwork.
This cover was somewhere in that top ten because dad and brother are playing a game while mom and sis are slaving away in the kitchen... with smiles no less! I had to laugh at this because growing up this was the only version we ever had (late 80's) and I never once made the connection. In fact, if not for that top 10 list, I would have probably never paid attention to the cover artwork... possibly for the rest of my life
Then the battleship movie came out and I decided it was time to make a vintage version of the blue playing board.
This is an image of the cover of the game box we grew up with in my house (yes, its the original box and in pretty darn good shape!) and the finished playing board.

The numbers and letters have been digitally added, but other than that the rest is all real Lego parts