This week’s video of the week is aptly titled “Great Ball Contraption“
It is exactly what it sounds like a – massive contraption that moves 500 balls (1 ball a second) around 17 different modules. It took over 600 hours to build.
This week’s video of the week is aptly titled “Great Ball Contraption“
It is exactly what it sounds like a – massive contraption that moves 500 balls (1 ball a second) around 17 different modules. It took over 600 hours to build.
The LEGO Group has released LEGO Digital Designer 4.2.5 for both Macs and PCs. There are no changes listed for now. If you have LDD installed already, it should allow you to automatically update from within the software. LEGO Digital Designer is what it sounds like, a piece of software … Read more
IF you want to see the first part, here is Part 1 of my Brick Fiesta pics if you want to see the other photos published so far. This is the full set at flickr.
As I said in part 1, the lighting was not optimal for photography without a nice flash, but I tried. The quality does get better.
If you click on the photo below, it will take you to a larger version of the photo.
While I can’t read all of the cards, and apologize for missing many, on the right is the “Chesapeak & Ohio Engine #1602 from a 2009 MOC by Anthony Sava, which is a 2-6-6-5 class steam engine.”
Second from the right is the “Texas State Railroad Engine #400 (2011) also by Anthony, it’s a Mikado-class Steam engine with Vanderbilt Tender. Above is older creation from Anthony, the Tequilla Sunrise.
This was by far one of my favorite MOCs that I saw, and one of the largest, if not the largest. It is a 2011 MOC called Mirage, by Nannan Zhang and Tyler Clites. “High above, the guardians of the seven virtues protect the worlds below from sin and corruption.”
Update: Here is Part 2 of my Brick Fiesta 2011 Pics
A month ago, Brick Fiesta, Texas’ first major LEGO convention was held in Austin, Texas, and I’m just now getting around to posting photos!
Keep in mind the early photos I took were off in the color – the lighting was pretty bad, but the quality picks up in the next few batches after this.
As always, clicking on the photos below will take you to a larger version of the photo. This is the full set and will eventually have 100+ photos.
The mascots of Brick Fiesta:
The main area – looks are very deceiving here as it was much larger than it looks:
Whole Foods Headquarters and Grocery Store in downtown Austin:
The Neverwas Haul (2010)
By Kurt Bay (RTN LNA)
“Modeled on the real life Neverwas Haul, a self-propelled 3-story Victorian House, piloted by a Pith helmeted crew, is a “steam punk” fantasy come to life.
Ship on the left:
Republic of Texas Navy Steamship-of-War Zavala
First Steamship-of-War in the Texas Navy and was built in 1836, commissioned in 1839, and decomissioned in 1842. She was based out of Galveston, Texas, and had a crew of 24 officers and 123 sailors and Marines, with 5 cannon. Wikipedia article.
Ship in the middle is fictional and named the “RTS Legomalee” and the ship on the right is a fictional Texas version of the ironclads from the Civil War.
It’s taking me longer than I thought to sort through the nearly 200 photos I took, but in the meantime, these are but a few of the many photos others took over the weekend at the Brick Fiesta in Austin, Texas. For the full listing of photos, see this flickr … Read more
Don’t forget that this weekend, the LEGO Convention in Austin, Texas, Brick Fiesta, is ongoing, and open to the general public. I’ve taken a lot of photos this weekend and will be getting them uploaded later this weekend, along with the site redesign. I’ve seen some amazing MOCs and I … Read more