Building LEGO

One of many entries for the latest Iron Builder contest, any fellow "Doomer" should know exactly who this floating red ball is. Doom - Cacodemon by Bart De Dobbelaer

My daughter and I just made a video showing our lego city layout. Still a work in progress, however we just finished the benches so finally were able to merge our 9v trains with our modulars. next we plan to build MOC roads brick by brick. Check it out on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAzYLMoCi1Q Hope you like it.

Here is a design that I think Ed might get a kick out of. I know I did. Neo Classic - Defender X-21 by Slayerdread

And he designed & built each one himself! Whoa.... I would give anything to have a collection like this. And there is a TON more in his flickr gallery!!! Firas Abu-Jaber's photostream - flickr

Again, looking for something else and ended up finding these brilliants MOC's instead. Check it out! Both built by Luke Watkins Hutchinson (aka Derfel Cadarn on flickr).

I am new to the Lego world, but have become hooked. I have had some issues, wondering if anyone else has. Bought Pet shop new in September, received 2 instruction book #2 no #1. Got Death Star for Christmas, and while the instruction book is impressive it was missing 2 pages. Grand Emporium came with the flower part for roof with no hole, had to have Lego send new part. Is it just my bad luck?

I been reading about custom modular building, the link below sell instruction guide and his creation is really good. Before buying his instructions, will it be easy for me to gather the required bricks? Will it cost too much? http://www.brickcitydepot.com/city-building-instructions.html

This beautiful sculpture caught my eye on The Brothers Brick. I honestly can not give this enough praise. It's magnificent! Winged Centaur - MortalSwordsman on MOCpages

If you like Star Wars and chess then check out this superb MOC by Brandon Griffith (icgetaway on flickr). Brilliant design of character 'pieces' and the 'built-in' storage under the board. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Lego Chess by Brandon Griffith

I previously asked everyone's general idea on how much you would pay for MOC instructions on average. (Anyone buy MOC instructions?) Here I would like to ask, "What do you think about the style of vehicle designs in the attached images?" and "What do you think is a fair price for a set of digital instructions for similiar designs?" I rather like these designs. They are like a nice blend between minifig-scale and realistically proportioned I think. These kind of designs use about 200 parts or more on average, are 7 studs wide, fit very nicely on those road plates and look great parked next to any building. I value your guys opinion and like hearing what's on your mind. …

Ever wanted to know what makes LEGO so 'addictive'? Then check out this nice little art piece created by Cole Blaq on flickr. Special Ingredient - Cole Blaq on flickr I don't know, I just find this to be a nice little work of art. It's interesting, catches my eye, and pleasant to look at.

Even though 28 years old, I still love the heck out of Tetris. And apparently so does Jameson Gagnepain (Jameson42 on flickr) with his nice rendition and 'gameplay' video. LEGO Tetris Gameplay - Jameson42 on flickr Funny....I am literally as old as Tetris! Imagine that.

I am not even going to bother trying to explain this one. Just click, be amazed, and laugh your butt off!

Nick Trotta (tardisblue on flickr) has submitted this design for the November Vic Viper competition. Solar Sweeper 3V - tardisblue on flickr Good grief, just look at the detail, especially in the wings! The beautiful use of colors, all the advanced building techniques, I really can't think of this design ever being topped! This signature spacecraft of video game history in LEGO form looks fast just sitting there! There's also this amazing one by Uspez Morbo! BP-8272 STEALTH - Uspez Morbo on flickr Hmm....I'm having a problem here. I'm throwing my money at the screen, but nothing's happening....

I've been meaning to post this for a couple of days, but here's the Flickr gallery for Zane Houston's MOC of Marvel's Juggernaut and his Atlas Mech! Atlas by Zane Houston

Can someone tell me in fairly simple terms how you go about creating a MOC, for example if I was wanting to build a MOC of the building(s) I work in. I have never built a set before let alone a MOC. Can it even be explained in words? Pardon my ignorance here.

Does anyone here buy custom instructions? If so, what designs interest you and about how much are you willing to pay generally? Here is a ongoing list of websites where you can purchase MOC instructions from. Brick City Depot Brick Builders Pro Modulars (offline) The Unique Brick (offline) Here is a new marketplace where you can buy work by others or sell your own! MOCPlans (Beta)

So who here actually builds things along with their investing? I don't find quite the time anymore to build like I'd like to, but here are a few things I've made:

I think that this would be an awesome Holiday set, I am not aware of something like this ever being done. I better start building one and submit it to CUUSO.......yeah not! I am not that creative, someone should do it though!!

I'm sure we all remember seeing this amazing contraption. LEGO Mindstorms "Pinball Machine" Now that was way back in 2005. Here's a vid on YouTube that was posted in 2010 for a LEGO NXT Pinball Machine. Pretty darn impressive. Here's a link to a CUUSOO project for a smaller but similar idea. LEGO CUUSOO - Pinball Machine Now there's a thought, what if LEGO actually created a pinball set? I don't necessarily mean a full-sized table (god knows how expensive that would end up being) but how about a small table-top pinball machine? It would still end up being a bit pricey but could at least be more affordable compared to actual pinball machines, old or new. I…

I stumbled upon this today. Amazing!

How often do you buy LEGO sets just for its bricks? If you are a MOC builder or buy used sets that don't have complete pieces, do you go out and buy sets just to get a section of your MOC done, or to finish the set.

This is great! All made by Lego bricks http://www.toyfast.com/blog/legorollsroyce/