Professor Layton

This brilliant MOC of Professor Layton by Pistash has a puzzle for you...

Following the destruction of the Death Star, rebel leaders tried to determine who deserved medals. Below is a summary of their statements:

Red Eleven:  it wasn't Han Solo
         it was Gold Three

Gold Three:   it wasn't Red Five
         it wasn't Han Solo

Red Five: it was Han Solo
         it wasn't Red Eleven

Red Two:   it was Red Five
         it was Gold Three

Han Solo:  it was Red Two
         it wasn't Red Eleven

It was well known that each pilot was humble and told exactly one lie. Can you determine who destroyed the Death Star?

Gnarly

This marvelous beast by LEGOLIZE IT MAN makes me want to suit up, climb in and pilot this thing to Bad Robot Studios. While JJ and his crew are all completely distracted and marvel at it I can sneak inside and watch The Force Awakens and raid craft services. I bet I can score a hat or something too. Is it a perfect plan or what?

Vault Boy

I know next to nothing about Fallout, but I do recognize this character, Vault Boy, Fallout's bafflingly chipper post apocalyptic mascot. Orion Pax built this for a friend as a trade for a preorder Vault Boy for the game. It's nice to see building skills used to barter.

Hero In A Brick Shell

So what do you do if you're a teenaged turtle, who happens to be mutated...oh and a ninja, when you need that additional amount of firepower? Well, build a mech of course. This is Raphael's mech by onosendai2600. He's not just big and green though, this baby comes equipped with  laser sais, predator cannons, and pizza rama oven blaster!

Xenomorph

I've always been a fan of HR Giger's imaginative nightmare the xenomorph. From the first time it scared the begeezus out of me in Alien to that time I previs'd hundreds of them ascending a mayan pyramid (true story). This version by LEGO Will captures it's biomechanical essence perfectly, but what's even more impressive is the photography. Shooting an all black MOC is very difficult, this shot is awesome. White background to clearly define the silhouette, just enough highlights to define the form, but not so much that it's overdone. And according to the EXIF, this was shot with an iPhone 6, making it even more impressive.

Christmas Miku

Christmas time is here, and Miku is celebrating by conjuring presents for everyone! Builder MikeVD knows how to spread a little yuletide fun, and his latest MOC has it all, action pose, wonderful color, clever building and of course a huge helping of Christmas cheer.

Gimme A Beat

Did I ever mention I'm a drummer? Well, let me clarify that, I'm a drummer in the sense that I have a drum set, and I make noise with it (or used to, it's been mothballed for ages). Of course I've never looked as cool as this cat by 6kyubi6 ready to rock your socks off

King Dedede

Hey Nintendo fans, It's Kirby's hammer wielding arch nemesis King Dedede! This guy loves nothing more than smashing stuff, which is sort of odd behavior for a penguin in my opinion. But then again, so is wearing kingly robes and carrying a hammer. Nice build Pate-keetongu.

Punk's Not Dead

I'm always had an eclectic taste in music. Listening to my iPod is a case study in abrupt gear changing. You're likely to jump from the theme from Raiders to RUN-DMC to Bass Nectar to Oingo Boingo to Phutureprimitive to Suicidal Tendencies and so on. Speaking of Suicidal Tendencies, the first memory conjured up when I saw this brilliant MOC by black.zack00 was that time me and my high school buddies went to see them live and all got beaten to a pulp in the mosh pit, good times, good times.

Spaceman Spiff

I've always been a Calvin and Hobbes fan, in fact I still have my original copy of Scientific Progress Goes Boink around here somewhere. So when a C&H MOC shows up I'm always delighted. And when a MOC as cool as this one from Si-MOCs shows up, well it gets blogged. This one also celebrates the 30th birthday of them, which makes me feel pretty old.

Fómhar

A cooling of the air, a wisp of wind from the north, warm colors on the trees and pumpkin spice at Starbucks, must be fall. Builder Pate-keetongu is celebrating the seasons in a series of builds, this one is fall, and she's a beauty. The blend of Bionicle and System parts here is flawless, the color use is perfect and the sculpting is divine, what a lovely season this is.

Poor Sid

This is so unfortunate. Sid here seems to have not only lost his shirt, but he's injured his finger and appears to be suffering from jock itch. Not only all that, but he's lost a tooth too, whatever could have befallen this poor bloke?

Once Upon A Time

Leave it to builder vitreolum to not only bring these classic fairytale princesses to life in brick, but to make them downright...sexy. Whether it's Snow White being tempted with a poison apple, Red Riding Hood getting creeped on by Big Bad Wolf or Repunzel getting all wrapped up with hair (and nothing else), all of these MOCs are gorgeous.

Groovy

The 60's in the US were an odd time. So much turmoil, controversy, corruption and angst. That is unless you were a "hippy", then it was free love, copious amounts of mind altering substances and music. This peace-loving dude by 6kyubi6 looks like he'd be right at home in a VW bus in Berkley, and doesn't have a care in the world.

Darth Hauder

This is the intersection of Star Wars, Spaceballs and Bionicle. Meet Darth Hauder, brainchild of builder Unijob Lindo. Now when you sense a disturbance in the force, you might want to check the Bionicle bin.

KLUNK

Builder m_o_n_k_e_y is back with another brilliant robot. Meet KLUNK, I don't know what his primary function is, but he looks really cool doing it. He kind of reminds me of a cross between  Iron Giant and Chappie, and that's ok with me.

The King Under The Mountain

It's been said that wealth corrupts, and there are few stories of wealth corrupting more than the story of Thrór (albeit fictional). With the accumulated wealth of the dwarves mines and his beloved Arkenstone there were few richer in Middle Earth, and few more mad. Builder Pate-Keetongu brings us this brilliant brick-built version.

Vampires

Some reminders as we get closer to Halloween. Vampires can only enter your home if invited. Vampires can be dispatched with a stake through the heart, not to be confused with steak. Garlic is delicious, if you're not a vampire. VAMPIRES DON'T FRIGGIN' SPARKLE (knock that crap off this instant). And vampires built in LEGO by vitreolum get blogged.

Jaws 3D

This MOC hits close to home because one of my specialties in the movie biz is stereography (3D). I've had a life-long fascination with it ever since I got my first View-Master. But I do recall the dubious flirtation in the 80's with 3D, and it wasn't nearly as good as it is now. And I remember this movie in particular, it was terrible. That look on grampa's face in this wonderful MOC by eyescream54 isn't because he's scared the shark is gonna get him, it's because the bad vertical alignment, crosstalk and retinal rivalry of the film has given him a migraine (hooray for technical terms!)

"C" Is For Cookie

I grew up on Sesame Street, and while I was a fan of many of the Muppets, Cookie Monster was always a favorite. He could always be counted on for unbridled enthusiasm and reckless amusement. There was just something so refreshing and fun about a being that was so fixated on something that it pretty much defined him. I wouldn't know what that's like.