Tommy “roguefx” Williamson posted this ARC-170 Starfighter By Martin (thire5) Latta back in January and for good reason, it’s fantastic and probably my favourite PT fighter. Well now you can build your own because Mr. Latta has created instructions and a parts list that you can download gratis. Bravo.
This creation by SPARKART! is a fantastic monument to the original Ralph McQuarrie conceptual artwork for R2-D2. Sparky certainly likes his astromechs and makes great use of the new Death Star planet part to cap off this one, I hope he’s still got a few tricks up his sleeve because there’s nothing like a saucy rolling trashcan to put a smile on my face (It’s just an expression, I don’t actually smile).
If you want to see how LEGO should have done their Batwing in the most recent set, take a look at sok117‘s Burton-esque model. He’s built himself a full set of “basic” bat vehicles (land, sea & air) all with matching red leather seats and, I assume, Bat-cup holders for when the Dark Knight gets drive through. As someone on Flickr already mentioned, all that wing needs is a balloon stealing scissor-clamp between the ears and it’s perfect.
I don’t usually go for the cute stuff, or the random photos of Star Wars Minifigures, but this one caught my eye…and made me smile. I’m already a bit of a sucker for that teddy bear, but put a Darth Vader helmet on it and it’s irresistible.
While the official LEGO Captain America doesn’t make his debut for another couple of months, the enterprising ForrestFireFilms couldn’t wait. They decided the world was ready for this kind of hero. Their video is making the rounds across the net and for good reason. I’m going to preface this with a warning: the following video contains some of the most graphic LEGO on LEGO violence I have ever seen.
[Update]
Video Removed.
While the video does showcase talented LEGO film making skills, there was debate whether or not this belong on this website. Being completely unaware of what defines Captain America having never read the comics or paying attention to the 2011 film, I had no way to judge whether or not this was representative of the superhero. Since it is not and the video does depict a high level of stylized, animated violence, I’ve decided to remove the video from the front page. For those who still wish to view this video of a gratuitously violent Captain America, the link remains below.
via io9
Who is YOUR Superman? Was Brandon Routh’s turn in Superman Returns your first movie experience or maybe you prefered Dean Cain, George Reeves or even Tom Welling based on the first television series you enjoyed. I’m sure there are more than a few that think of the voice of Tim Daly when the think of the big blue boy scout, but I like many others will judge all Supermen on the performance of Christopher Reeve. The Creative Brick Company has also created a series of mosaics including everyone’s favourite little green man, Yoda. Regardless, this is my personal favourite as Reeve will always be the Man of Steel to me. My hope is that they will make the plans for these available for download in the future, at which time this will be built, framed and hung in my house faster than you can say “Up, Up and Away!”.
The release date for the Marvel Superheroes sets is getting closer and more and more people are building things in anticipation of these long-awaited minifigs. Take baronsat for instance, he’s looking forward to an official Wolverine fig, but that hasn’t stopped him from making his own James Howlett and giving him a Sentinel to take out his frustations on. The mutant hunter is very much like the design LEGO might use themselves (if they were to create one, fingers crossed) based on the Buzz Lightyear build and even includes the thrusters in its feet. I titled this “Prime” because this is the first of what I hope are many great Sentinel builds, it will also make sense to the die-hard X fans and because I totally wanted to mess with people…
Lino Martins is never afraid to push the envelope. For the latest LUGNuts challenge, Batmobile: 2025, his contribution is like no other Batmobile I’ve ever seen. Conceived as a COE, steeped in retro art deco, armored to the gills and badass front to back. I can just imagine what this would sound like roaring down the streets of Gotham.
Adorable Dark Knight may be adorable, but don’t let his looks fool you! rongYIREN built this bulky bit of a Batman like a brick house.
After creating his X-wing earlier this month as a companion to his Y-wing, -2×4- has given his starfighters someone to fight by building his own TIE.
With the new versions of these sets trickling onto the shelves, I look forward to more MOC’s popping up. Stay tuned for the upcoming set reviews as well!
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