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“It looks like you’re trying to build a LEGO creation…”

by Jake Forbes | Nov 10, 2024 | The Brothers Brick

Keep your Siri, Alexa, and chatGPT powered agents. There’s only one digital assistant for me, and he lives exclusively in Microsoft products between 1997-2003… and in hour hearts. And now in LEGO thanks to Piotr Gierwatowski! Assembled from just a few dozen bricks,...

A winning woodland hero awaits a champion builder

by Jake Forbes | Nov 10, 2024 | The Brothers Brick

There’s something irresistible about seeing tiny woodland creatures as brave heroes in the medieval mold, whether in books like Redwall, board games like Root, or comics like Mouse Guard, the latter captured here in LEGO by Markus Rollbühler. The blue jay riding...

Solarpunk BOTanist spreads saplings and smiles

by Jake Forbes | Nov 9, 2024 | The Brothers Brick

Between OpenAI and Tesla bots, I’m not feeling so rosy about the automated future promised by Silicon Valley these days. I’d much prefer autonomous machines of the Wild Robot variety, decoupled from capitalism and just out to help. Like this LEGO fella from Maxx...

Crusading LEGO knights get a horned visitor

by Jake Forbes | Nov 9, 2024 | The Brothers Brick

While LEGO’s official Castle sets have stuck to European and fantasy inspirations, adult fans have been increasingly inspired by Middle Eastern architecture for medieval builds. This immersive scene from Alberto Ulfhednar has Classic Castle knights playing crusaders...

Beginner’s Guide to Adventuring – Always bring your harpoon

by Lino | Nov 9, 2024 | The Brothers Brick

I let LEGO phenom Bart De Dobbelaer title this passage. I merely copy/pasted it from his Flickr page because sometimes the builder’s own idea is by far better than whatever silliness I had in mind. Building bizarre alien worlds is not bizarre for Bart. It’s kinda his...

Bet you can hear this picture in your head

by Ryan Kunz | Nov 8, 2024 | The Brothers Brick

Everyone’s favorite cantina band (and apparent one-hit wonder) Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes gets a jazzy replay in “Cantina Quartet” by Jonah. The DNA of the set that inspired it (21334 Jazz Quartet) is clear, but Jonah makes it something new by paying close...