This Iron Man, Mark VII Armor is a posable Lego Figure

mmccooey's Iron Man Mark VII Armor Lego Figure

The Iron Man Mark VII Armor is instantly recognizable. With a good contrast between red and gold this armor is one of the popular. Flickr user Mmccoey has designed a fully posable figure of Iron Man with Lego. There are over 50 points of articulation, if you count all the movable pieces of armor and the individual fingers. The size of this figure and all of its features match up with most of the non-Lego action figures. This thing has missile launchers, wrist mounted lasers, anti-personnel missiles, air-to-ground missiles, flares, and propulsion jets. This figure also features 6 yellow Lego light bricks (in the photos here they have been manipulated in Photoshop to be blue). Whew!

mmccooey's Iron Man Mark VII Armor Lego Figure Big

Mmccooey and GlenBricker have also teamed up to propose a Lego CUUSOO project for the Mark VII Armor. Make sure to check it out for more details. — http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/32157

mmccooey's Iron Man Mark VII Armor Lego Figure Details

Check out this Iron Man Mark VII Armor over on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/82525087@N04/8286297226/

A Lego Minion Maid Named Phil + More…

LegoAdmiral's Lego Minion Maid

Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 have proven to be extremely popular. This is mainly do to the little Minion character. The little Minions appear to be stupid (although some seem to geniuses) but full of personality. Even with these limitations they find themselves in a variety of situations where they end up ruining an experiment, or getting hurt. Even so, they might one day end up saving the planet.

Lego Admiral, from Flickr, has created a smorgasbord of Lego Minions. The newest is “Minion Maid – Phil” and features a little Minion dressed up as a maid, complete with a vacuum cleaner. Take a good look at the vacuum, because it is genius. The shape of it is spot on, and best of all it is built with relatively few bricks. The Lego Minion design is based on 3D sphere building techniques. This gives the Minions a very rotund appearance. Lego Admiral has created 3 basic body types that can be mixed and matched with varying hair and eye combinations. This semi-modular design means that these can quickly multiply into a full blow Minion army.

LegoAdmiral's Lego Minions

These Minions even have their own Lego CUUSOO page: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/47231. Each one can be built with 220-250 Lego bricks. Meaning that they are not overly complicated or cost prohibitive.

LegoAdmiral's Lego Minions Multiplying

Check out these Minions over on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/legoadmiral2012/10899371344/

On Lego CUUSOO: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/47231

Despicable Me Minions are popular, and you can view more here: http://everydaybricks.com/?s=minions&submit=Search

New Lego Friends Sets – 2014

A whole lot of new Lego sets have been revealed. Including seven new Lego Friends sets for 2014. Between these, and the new Disney Princess theme, the Lego Friends section is going to very popular next year. Besides these, there will be a variety of smaller sets that have not be announced yet. The main theme for this release seems to be focusing on outdoor activities.

Lego Friends Sunshine Harvest (41026)

Lego Friends Sunshine Harvest (41026) features a variety of farming stuff, including a tractor, garden, orchard tree, and roadside stand. Plus a cute dog.

Lego Friends Mia's Lemonade Stand (41027)

Lego Friends Mia’s Lemonade Stand (41027) features one of those new Lego scooters, and an elaborate lemonade stand, which seems to take $100 bills. Lemonade sure is profitable in the Lego universe.

Lego Friends Emma's Lifeguard Post (41028)

Lego Friends Emma’s Lifeguard Post (41028) features a lifeguard tower, and a cute dolphin.

Lego Friends Stephanie's New Born Lamb (41029)

Lego Friends Stephanie’s New Born Lamb (41029) features a tiny lamb, and a shearing shed. It looks like Stephanie and her lamb have won a few awards.

Lego Friends Heartlake Juice Bar (41035)

Lego Friends Heartlake Juice Bar (41035) is a pretty large juice bar, which has purple cherries, and pineapples.

Lego Friends Stephanie's Beach House (41037)

Lego Friends Stephanie’s Beach House (41037) is a lovely yellow house. It comes with a wind glider, and what looks like a smartphone dock.

Lego Friends Sunshine Ranch (41039)

Lego Friends Sunshine Ranch (41039) is the mega set for the release. This ranch includes a pink barn and comes with a variety of horses, cats, chickens, and other animals.

These new Lego Friends sets will be released in 2014, and it looks like they will be out in the spring or summer. The new Lego Disney Princess theme is also being released soon, so keep an eye out.

New Lego Disney Princess Theme with Ariel, Cinderella, Merida, & Rapunzel

Lego has announced a new theme which combines Lego Friends, and Disney Princess. This has all the signs of being a massive success for Lego. The first wave of new releases is focusing on a select few Disney Princesses. There will 6 sets in this theme; featuring Ariel, Cinderella, Merida, and Rapunzel. The design of the new Lego Disney Princesses is based on the Friends figures. This means that they will be interchangeable with Lego Friends, and their hair pieces/accessories will be interchangeable with the Lego Minifigures.

Lego Ariel's Amazing Treasures (41050) Box

Lego Disney Princess, Ariel’s Amazing Treasures (41050) features a little Lego Flounder, and treasures from the surface world.

Lego Ariel's Magical Kiss (41052) Disney Princess Box

Lego Disney Princess, Ariel’s Magical Kiss (41052) features Ariel and Prince Eric taking a romantic boat ride.

Lego Cinderella's Dream Carriage (41053) Box

Lego Disney Princess, Cinderella’s Dream Carriage (41053) features Cinderella and her memorable pumpkin carriage. Look at those beautiful wheels, and Friends style horse!

Lego Disney Princess Cinderella's Romantic Castle (41055) Box

Lego Disney Princess, Cinderella’s Romantic Castle (41055) features a beautiful castle, Prince Charming, a cute cat, and an adorable puppy. This is the big set for the theme.

Merida's Highland Games (41051) Lego Box

Lego Disney Princess, Merida’s Highland Games (41051) features Merida, and her three bear brothers.

Lego Rapunzel's Creativity Tower (41054) Box

Lego Disney Princess, Rapunzel’s Creativity Tower (41054)  features Rapunzel and Prince Flynn.

Keep and eye out, as all of these new sets will be officially released in 2014.

The Madness from the Sea. The Great Cthulhu in Lego.

Carl Merriam's The Madness From The Sea, Lego Cthulhu

“It lumbered slobberingly into sight and gropingly squeezed Its gelatinous green immensity through the black doorway… The stars were right again, and what an age-old cult had failed to do by design, a band of innocent sailors had done by accident. After vigintillions of years great Cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight.”

— H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu

Carl Merriam's The Madness From The Sea, Lego Cthulhu Back

Carl Merriam has created a horrifying Cthulhu Lego MOC. With a whole lot of specialized Lego pieces that one would not normally associate with a build like this. There are Velociraptor pieces, Medusa bodies, and weird tentacle bits. All of these are combined into a huge SNOT style figure. Which is instantly recognizable, and captures the terror of this monster.

Carl Merriam's The Madness From The Sea, Lego Cthulhu Face

A lot of the details really stand out. A lot of Lego builds have problems when viewed up close, but this Cthulhu looks even better when zoomed in. Especially the mouth area.

Carl Merriam's The Madness From The Sea, Lego Cthulhu Foot

The other stand out detail of “The Madness from the Sea” is the little Lego steam ship. The simplicity is a great contrast to the much more detailed Cthulhu. It also lends a sense of scale to the figure. This thing is supposed to be monstrously big. But, best of all is that this little detail adds so much to the story of this MOC.

Carl Merriam's The Madness From The Sea, Lego Cthulhu Boat

Carl Merriam has been featured a few times on LegoGenre, but much more of his work can be seen on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39069854@N07/

This is Halloween… The Nightmare Before Christmas Lego, Jack Skellington

Carl Merriams The Nightmare Before Christmas Lego, Jack Skellington

“This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night”

Jack Skellington, from The Nightmare Before Christmas, is one of the most instantly recognizable characters. His spider like arms and legs, the skeletal frame, and ghostly face make Jack an incredibly difficult character to translate into Lego. Here, Carl Merriam has created his own version of Jack Skellington in Lego. The scale of this figure will dwarf a normal minifigure. Those limbs make it so hard for Jack Skellington to stand up on his own, but the technic bricks seem to holding. Seeing this MOC of Jack Skellington just makes you want to see more Nightmare Before Christmas Lego.

Jack, The Pumpkin King can be seen at Carl Merriam’s Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39069854@N07/9360110291/

Carl Merriams The Nightmare Before Christmas Lego, Jack Skellington 2

The Adventure Time Project, A Lego land of Ooo at Lego CUUSOO

jazlecraz's Lego Cuusoo, The Adventure Time Project

Lego and Adventure Time are an almost perfect match. Fans of both have been hoping for Lego to pick up an official license. Jazlecraz has created an incredibly detailed Lego CUUSOO project based on Adventure Time. This is the best way to get Lego to notice the demand for Adventure Time. There are currently over 9,000 supporters for this project, and when it hits 10,000 Lego has to officially review the proposal and make a decision. Lego has officially commented on the Adventure Time Project, and noted that no new molds would be created for a CUUSOO project. Meaning that the minifigures have been set aside in favor for a micro scale theme. Everybody would still love to see Finn, Jake, BMO, Marceline, Princess Bubblegum, Ice King, and Lemongrab get their own microfigures.

jazlecraz's Lego Cuusoo, The Adventure Time Project Treehouse

The Adventure Time Project is focused on created one amazing micro scale Tree Fort. Consisting of about 400 Lego pieces in its current incarnation. This means that it would fit in with the current $34.99 price point that Lego has favored for their CUUSOO theme. There are also six micro scale Lego sets that have been added as a bonus. Showing what could be done if this becomes a full theme. One thing is certain, if these were real there would be a whole lot of Finn and Jake figures.

jazlecraz's Lego Cuusoo, The Adventure Time Project Micro Ice Castlejazlecraz's Lego Cuusoo, The Adventure Time Project Micro Marceline's House

  • The Micro Ice Castle features Finn, Jake, the Ice King, Penguins, and the Wildberry Princess.
  • Marceline’s House would feature Finn, Jake, Marceline, Ice King, and Princess Bubblegum.

jazlecraz's Lego Cuusoo, The Adventure Time Project Micro Lumpy Spacejazlecraz's Lego Cuusoo, The Adventure Time Project Micro Lumpy Castle Lemongrab

  • Micro Lumpy Space would feature Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, the Lumpy Space Princess and the Lumpy Space King.
  • Castle Lemongrab would feature Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, Lemongrab, and Lemongrab 2.

jazlecraz's Lego Cuusoo, The Adventure Time Project Micro Candy Castlejazlecraz's Lego Cuusoo, The Adventure Time Project Micro Treefort

  • The Micro Candy Castle would beature Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, Lady Rainicorn, and two other figures (I don’t know their names!).
  • And finally, the Micro Tree Fort would feature Finn, Jake, BMO, Princess Bubblegum, Marceline, and the Ice King.

Make sure to support Jazlecraz’s Lego Adventure Time Project over at Lego CUUSOO: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/38958

The Simpsons Family Lego

madoruk's The Simpsons Family Lego

Lego is getting ready to release an official Simpsons theme next year. There are rumors that the the Collectible Minifigures Series 13 will be entirely Simpsons Minifigs. If you can’t wait until 2014 for these releases then your own imagination can get a jump start on the Simpsons fandom. For instance, Madoruk created The Simpsons Family in the Lego miniland scale. The whole family is pretty well represented. And, the use of mosaic building techniques is a perfect match to the animated style.

The Simpsons Family is the creation of Madoruk, check it out over at Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/madoruk/10477199203/

Double Trouble with the Despicable Me Minions And Lego!

Miro78's Despicable Me Minions Double Trouble Rocket

Despicable Me 2 is almost out on DVD/Blu-ray which means that the Minions have been getting in trouble again. Double trouble. Look out, these two have been experimenting with rocketry. Double Trouble, is the creation of Miro78. These Minions look like they use more common Lego pieces then other models. The use of the old(ish) Lego smily brick is perfect, and the red slope is a great tongue. As usual these are a perfect fit with Lego, preserving the goofy Minion personality with a minimum of bricks.

Check out other Minions here: http://everydaybricks.com/tag/despicable-me/

Miro78's Despicable Me Minions Double Trouble

Check out these Double Trouble Despicable Me Minions, by Miro78, over on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/miro78/9622222410/