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LEGO: Beware The Tentacled Horror

10:35 am April 11, 2013 Karl Monaghan

8512534670_a16f27ff6e_z8632399269_36f28a8edf_zMargaret Atwood once called scifi  “talking squids in outer space“.

But that’s just, you know, her opinion, man.

This excellent cephalopod-on-Star Destroyer diorama by Iain Heath for Emerald City Comiccom now sits in the lobby of his employers, Tableau Software.

More of Iain’s other great builds on his Flickr photostream.

thebrothersbrick

Posted in Want | Tagged lego, squid, star wars

A Nation Mourns

9:25 am April 9, 2013 Karl Monaghan

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Screen Shot 2013-04-09 at 09.24.05The Scotsman

Meanwhile, in Worcester…

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Regionals Capture The Mood (SandsMediaService)

Posted in Misc | Tagged Margaret Thatcher

We Don’t Normally LEGOO This

4:41 pm April 8, 2013 Karl Monaghan

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Vasil Vasil has “created a delicate and extremely elegant road bike where the vivid colours combined with the creative parts usage makes for a very pleasing model to view”.

And how.

More here

LEGO Bicycle (Brothers Brick)

Posted in Misc | Tagged bike, lego

LEGO: By The Power Of Greyskull

10:13 pm April 6, 2013 Karl Monaghan

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Lots more pictures on his Flickr photostream.

thebrothersbrick

Posted in Art/Craft, Want | Tagged he-man, lego

Eye Candy: Time-Lapse Earth

10:32 am April 5, 2013 Karl Monaghan

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We’ve featured a couple of timelapes made from images taken on the International Space Station before.

This one, created by Bruce W. Berry, is particularly glorious.

Previously:
Eye Candy: The Earth From Above
Eye Candy: ISS Time Lapse

io9

Posted in Science/Tech, Video | Tagged ISS, space, timelapse

LEGO Citsycape

8:50 am April 3, 2013 Karl Monaghan

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Using over 200,000 bricks and taking 600 hours to construct, this fantastic cityscape by artist Mike Doyle is packed with detail and little flourishes.

He’s set up a kickstarter to help fund future builds offering prints and DIY sets of some of the buildings as rewards.

There’s plenty more close up shots on his Flickr photostream.

thebrotherbrick

Posted in Art/Craft | Tagged lego

You Wouldn’t Put A Dog Out In It…

2:02 pm March 22, 2013 Karl Monaghan

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…but it’s fine for cyclists.

This year’s NUIM Galway Cycle , in aid of the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation,  is currently taking place .

Which means high winds, moist lycra and some nasty chafing.

You can track their progress on Endomondo or donate a soggy fiver to the cause.

Photos via Colm Austin (on the right in the top picture with Rory Tierney).

Posted in Misc | Tagged charity, Cycling

Future Eye Candy: Yosemite Park Timelapse II

10:29 am March 21, 2013 Karl Monaghan

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We featured the first video from Project Yosemite last year. Now there’s a trailer for the next installment due out at the end of the month.

Sit back. Enjoy.

io9

Posted in Video | Tagged timelapse, Yosemite

Calvin and Hobbes Animated

10:03 am March 21, 2013 Karl Monaghan

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We’re suckers for Calvin and Hobbes and animator Adam Brown has filled our heads with what could have been with this animation of a classic C & H strip.

comicsalliance

Posted in Animation, Video, Want | Tagged Calvin & Hobbes

Karl’s Fake Trailer of The Day: Star Trek Into Darkness

2:30 pm March 20, 2013 Karl Monaghan

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What’s better than a sweded trailer?

One that’s sweded using LEGO!

Here we have a remake of the second Star Trek Into Darkness trailer with lens flare and everything.

brothersbrick

Posted in Film, Video | Tagged lego, Star Trek

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