LEGO Digital Designer 4.2.5 for Mac and PC Released

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

LEGO Group, Lucasfilm Ltd. Announce 10 Year License Renewal

Back in 1999, The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm Ltd. entered into an agreement to allow LEGO to make Star Wars-based LEGO sets. Over time, that has grown to include videogames and even animated TV series. Now they have renewed that original license for 10 more years. Interesting timing since Star … Read more

LEGO Universe: Free to Download, Free Areas

Now we know the answer to why LEGO Universe recently had a new level system added. It’s not a coincidence that LEGO has just announced that LEGO Universe is now free to download and has a free area to play in. Understand that this does not make LEGO Universe free. … Read more

Brick Fiesta 2011 – Part 2

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.

Brick Fiesta LEGO Convention - Austin, Texas (July 2011)

Brick Fiesta LEGO Convention - Austin, Texas (July 2011)

Brick Fiesta LEGO Convention - Austin, Texas (July 2011)

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.”

Brick Fiesta LEGO Convention - Austin, Texas (July 2011)

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.

Brick Fiesta LEGO Convention - Austin, Texas (July 2011)

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.”

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