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Prologue: Concerning Hobbits, A Lego LOTR Series

Prologue: Concerning Hobbits, A Lego LOTR Series

The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien opens up with a prologue titled “Concerning Hobbits.” A humorous chapter about what a Hobbit is, their history, and their love of smoking pipe-weed. Micah Schmidt has started an ambitious Lego project of recreating scenes from each chapter from the trilogy. No better place to start than the beginning. This build features Bilbo writing in the Red Book of Westmarch the prologue from The Lord of the Rings. The Lego hobbit hole looks fantastic. The walls are gently curved, a cozy round window, and half of a wooden archway set the scene. The Lego furnishing are great; the messiness and general disarray works well. Check out the sideways built flooring with the square mosaic cutout in the center. A great way to create a detailed rug without adding extra depth. Now if only Bilbo can only find some time to finish planning his birthday party.

Check out “Concerning Hobbits” by Micah Schmidt over here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/187945776@N04/49771886222/

Lego Star Wars Relativity

Paul Vermeesch Lego Star Wars Relativity

M.C. Escher created one of the most memorable works of art in 1953, titled Relativity. Since then there have been hundreds of representations of this work by other artists. This Lego Star Wars version of Relativity is the work of Paul Vermeesch. He has created this gravity defying and perspective distorting work completely out of Lego. It is completely seamless and the SNOT techniques used here are flawless. In fact, I don’t think there is one errant stud present. Lego Star Wars Relativity sums up the original Trilogy in roughly six scenes. The puzzling nature of this is amazing.

Paul Vermeesch Lego Star Wars Relativity Detail

Go check out Star Wars Relativity here: http://paulvermeesch.com/lego/untitled/

LegoGenre | 00307: “Great Scott. It’s me! Then, it is true. All of it.”

LegoGenre 00307: “Great Scott. It’s me! Then, it is true. All of it.”

“Great Scott. It’s me! Then, it is true. All of it.”

LegoGenre | 00306: “Roads? Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads.”

LegoGenre 00306: “Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.”

“Roads? Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads.”

LegoGenre | 304: “If My Calculations Are Correct…”

LegoGenre 00304 : “If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour…”

“If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour…”

LegoGenre | 00302: “Wait a minute, Doc.”

LegoGenre: Wait a minute, Doc. Ah… Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?

“Wait a minute, Doc. Ah… Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?”

Lego The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Teaser Trailer

http://youtu.be/4VQ6wkvDdyY

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is almost here. Which means we are hitting the peak of The Hobbit fever. BrotherhoodWorkshop went and made the original teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and reshot it, scene for scene in Lego. These type of videos represent a whole lot of work, with many unique Lego scenes and minifigures. The best are almost not noticeable.

For reference check out the original (non-Lego) trailer:

http://youtu.be/fnaojlfdUbs

To see exactly how close the Lego Teaser Trailer is to the original Teaser Trailer, make sure to watch this side by side video:

http://youtu.be/JhPColE_3_8

There is still time to catch up on The Hobbit trilogy. Amazon has the first film on Blu-ray, DVD and Streaming: The Hobbit on Amazon.