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The group pool at flickr for Brickvention 2010 is now active and being updated.

Brickvention is a LEGO-oriented convention and exhibition held every year in Australia. This year’s event took place January 23rd and January 24th in Melbourne. There were hundreds of models/sets/MOCs from all around Australia, along with demonstrations and games.

Brickvention pool at flickr

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It seems that more and more Atlantis-themed MOCs are making their way onto the various photo and LEGO-related sites. The first one we mentioned was the Atlantis Finder from gipmetro which would make a great set – it’s actually from the journal of Dr. Artimus Rhodes and depicts Dr. Rhodes’ submarine.

In no particular order, here are some more custom creations that are not as “historically accurate” as gipmetro’s, but still very cool and/or fit in well with the Atlantis theme.

First up: Atlantis.LEGO.com – Gallery from the LEGO FUNZONE – there are too many to list, and lurking amongst them are many a rainbow warrior, but plenty are interesting to look at.

Next: Bricknave’s flickr gallery has a Dual-Cockpit Trident Speeder 2, which is a very unique MOC since it was built entirely from the pieces of the Neptune Brickmaster Mini-Sub promo:

A Minifig sized MOC built entirely from the Neptune Mini-Sub Brickmaster special (Minifig not included).

It was quite a challenge to build, because I only had one turbine to work with. :/

This just goes to show that even the tiniest of vehicle sets without Minifigs could be turned into something for a Minifig to ride. In this case, two. This is exactly why LEGO is the ultimate toy.

The Dual-Cockpit Trident Speeder is a small two-person craft used mainly for battling hazardous deep-sea creatures and scouting missions. Although hindered by having only one turbine, the mini-sub makes up for it by having dual micro-floodlights and an electrically-charged trident weapon on the front. PILOT WARNING: Do not step in front of the HyperCharge GL-675 model turbine, doing so may cause you to be sucked into it and well …….. You get the idea.

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What would the famous slow-motion rooftop scene from The Matrix look like done with LEGO pieces?

Somebody decided to find out, and it’s called appropriately enough, LegoMatrix. It only took around 440 hours to produce 44 seconds and it arrives close to the 10th anniversary of the movie.

Here’s a teaser of the bullets flying past the LEGO Neo:

Only 440 hours.

For 44 seconds.

Some facts from the FAQ:

Q. How long did it take you to do that?
A. The first scene we did started in August 2008 and the last scene was filmed in August 2009. Overall we spent about 440 hours producing it. That is about 10 hours per second of film. That includes all the planning and building and a lot of time just messing around since we just aren’t that serious. Plus we didn’t know what we were doing.

Q. Is there any CGI? Photoshop?
A. It was part of the design concept that all of the effects would be in-camera. That is, all of what you see in the main movie is an actual unretouched photo (beyond colour correction, of course.) So there was no wire or support removal, chromakey (green screen) or 3D graphics.

This was all very strange, because both of us are big fans of CGI and Photoshop and, after this, we won’t be making that mistake again.

The title sequence and the end credits were done with LegoBoard.

Site: LegoMatrix.com (Warning: LEGO on LEGO violence)