LEGO Pioneer X LEGO DJ Deck

Jesse Dean Design brings more proof that the future will be made from Lego with this fully functioning Pioneer CDJ-2000 rig. Built as part of the Pioneer DJ Art Mix Tour, see this block rocker do its thing at the links below. 




via: technabob.com & sneakerfreaker.com

Batcave diorama from Alex Schranz (Orion Pax)

An impressive Batman diorama,  "using around 9,000 LEGO bricks and some terrific ambient lighting to wondrous effect, creating a multi-level Batcave that’s built right into the cave walls. There’s a spot for the Batmobile, an armory, a huge computer/surveillance system, a vault for both Batman and Robin’s suits, winding stairs and catwalks, and even sewer access! If you look closely, you can also see plenty of bats hanging upside down."


More photos at his Flickr photostream at this link: flickr.com/photos/orion_pax (lightbox)


(via: Technabob)

LEGO DC Universe SUPER HEROES from 2012

BILLUND, Denmark – July 20, 2011 – Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) with DC Entertainment (DCE) and The LEGO Group announced today the extension of their successful partnership to translate some of the world’s most popular DC Comics Super Heroes into the world of LEGO® build-and-play adventures with LEGO DC Universe SUPER HEROES.
The multi-year licensing agreement grants the world leader in high quality construction toys access to the entire library of DC Comics characters and stories to inspire LEGO building fun. Construction sets, minifigures and buildable characters and creatures inspired by the universe of DC Comics are slated to launch in January 2012.

The new LEGO DC Universe SUPER HEROES collection will feature 13 iconic super heroes in LEGO minifigure form, including: Batman™, Robin™, Catwoman™, The Joker, The Riddler™, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn™, Bane, Bruce Wayne, Superman™, Lex Luthor™ and Wonder Woman™.
Buildable characters will include Batman, The Joker and Green Lantern. Select figures will be on display in the LEGO booth (#2829) at Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center July 21-24.

(via http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/)

There is already an official web site for this new project - link: www.legosuperheroes.com
You can upload your own stop action superhero movies, and enter a great competition

CAPTURE YOUR SUPER HERO

MINIFIGURE IN ACTION!

To enter, you can make a stop-motion or live action video, take a photo, or even draw a picture of a DC Universe character using your LEGO Super Heroes Minifigures and/or other LEGO Minifigures in Super Hero style.

UPLOAD YOUR CREATION

Upload your creation here for chance to win! Entries will be judged every month through December 2011. All entries will be judged on originality (50%) and creativity (50%). Please allow a maximum four weeks for us to review your submission before it is posted online.

Grand Prize: A trip for 4 to Warner Bros. Studios, WB Animation, and LEGOLand® California Park and the complete 2012 LEGO Super Heroes: DC Universe collection. One grand prize to be awarded in December 2011.

Details at this link:  www.legosuperheroes.com 

LEGO PriceWatch - 50% off 8078 Portal of Atlantis

Catch of the Day again!
This time it is the Atlantis set number 8078
"Portal of Atlantis"
for AU $79.99 + shipping ($8.95 across all Australia) 
Link: catchoftheday Portal of Atlantis
Only 4 hours 40 minutes left for this deal, (as I type this at 7:20 am Monday morning (EST - Melb AU time)!

Compare that with LEGO Shop at Home, which has it for $159.99 (AUD) plus shipping ref: http://shop.lego.com/en-AU/Portal-of-Atlantis-8078?_requestid=3071369  Their figure usually is the same as most shop prices, eg Recommended Retail Price.

New Architecture set - Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House

This is now official.
(via Eurobricks.com, link: new FLW Architecture set - official)

LEGO Tron:Legacy - Recognizer by Tronlegocy

This is an awesome creation, brilliantly presented.
The model consists of 4087 bricks and took about 48 hours to design.
It is rendered in a 3540 frame long animation where tronlegocy shows off the mechanical design of his creation.

So many excellent LEGO Tron:Legacy creations at his Flickr photostream at flickr.com/photos/tronlegocy/ 
You MUST check the animation on YouTube: YouTube - Tronlegocy's TRON:Legacy LEGO animation
(via: The Living Brick blogspot )

Peter WILL be at Camberwell Market on Sunday 10 July (just)

Using maths to design LEGO curves

How can you use rectangular bricks to make amazing curved shapes?
LEGO creations that seem impossible to make without bending the bricks themselves can come together easily with a little help from your high school math class.
Jeff Sanders of Portland, OR began incorporating geometry into his LEGO building when he realized that even though the bricks are made of a hard plastic, they have a little bit of flexibility.While trying to create a spiral out of LEGO, Sanders struggled until he sat down and drew on paper the structure he was trying to make to help him visualize his problem.
Doing this showed him that the proportions of the spiral grew in the ratio 1:2:3:5:8, otherwise known as the Fibonacci sequence. It was then that using math to build with the bricks clicked for Sanders.
See more of the story at this link: geekosystem.com/bendable-lego-geometry/
  (via: geekosystem.com)
Link to more on Fibonacci numbers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number

New LEGO Star Wars animated special - "The Padawan Menace"

The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm will join forces once again for an all-new adventure – their first-ever original television special. Premiering on the USA Cartoon Network on Friday, July 22 at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT) in high-definition computer animation, the 30-minute original standalone special – LEGO® Star Wars: The Padawan Menace.
There is no date yet for screening in Australia.
Hopefully it is coming soon! Watch here for details.
Featuring situations, characters and locations from throughout the entire Star Wars Saga, the original adventure is written by Emmy® Award winner Michael Price (The Simpsons) and produced by Academy Award-winning Animal Logic, the production company behind Happy Feet.
Summary: A routine Jedi Academy field trip is turned into a rip-roaring comic adventure in LEGO Star Wars™: The Padawan Menace™. Tour guide Master Yoda leads a group of rambunctious Jedi younglings through Senate chambers when he senses a disturbance in the Force. Summoned to help save the Republic, he discovers that one of the younglings secretly boarded his ship...and has a taste for adventure! Meanwhile, C-3PO and R2-D2 are put in charge of the boisterous group and find themselves in over their heads. As the evil Sith prepare to wreak havoc, it's up to Yoda and the droids to ensure that their young charges aren't torn to bricks!
(via: prnewswire.com)
Link: "The Padawan Menace" news release

Peter is unwell, so no LEGO stall at Camberwell Market on 3 July 2011.

Patuara's Ormurvik Space Superiority Fighter (Vic Viper MOC)

Neat work here, blending general LEGO System, Bionicles parts and Technic parts.
More pics and detail on Brickshelf here: Patuara's Ormurvik on Brickshelf
(via: Fascinating LEGO Model of the Day