Christmas Display at the Austin, TX LEGO Store

I meant to post this earlier last month, but didn’t have a chance to. It’s probably already been taken down or will soon be taken down, but this was one of the Christmas/Santa displays at the Austin, Texas LEGO Store in the Barton Creek Mall. You’ve actually already seen part of this – it’s in the header of MostlyBricks.com. The photos aren’t the best – they were taken with a phone, through glass which was reflective due to the lighting, but you should be able to get the general idea.

Update: I’ve been told it was assembled by TexLUG and you can find out more here.

Austin, Texas LEGO Store - Christmas / Holidays Display 2010

It’s not as themed to the region as the Santa display at the Houston Galleria but it’s much more detailed and much larger.

Austin, Texas LEGO Store - Christmas / Holidays Display 2010

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Huis Ter Dijk in LEGO

Niek Geurts has put together a really cool (and large) MOC, ‘Huis Ter Dijk’, which was his entry in the Brick Architect contest 2010 (Eurbricks Thread) which has Family Home as the theme. The contest ran from December 11 to January 1st. Geurts entry is based on a real family … Read more

Luke Skywalker was a Juvenile Delinquient

Christian Cantrell at microkosmic has assembled the proof in an amusing little vignette that proves Luke had a bit of a mean streak in him before Yoda got a hold of him, and Ben Kenobi and C-3PO certainly didn’t help things out. That’s a LEGO Star Wars 8092 Luke’s Landspeeder … Read more

Santa Display at Houston / Galleria LEGO Store

As 2010 comes to a close, here are some holiday photos from a Houston, Texas TexLUG member, Matt Sailors, that is on display at the Houston LEGO Store located in the Galleria shopping mall. They feature Santa in his sleigh being pulled by eight….alligators.

LEGO TRON Light Cycles

In honor of TRON LEGACY coming out tomorrow, one of the best Tron-themed LEGO MOCs you will find on the internet. – 2×4 – put this MOC together for the Mocolympics on Mocpages. Full TRON Light Cycles set at flickr.

World’s Oldest Known Computer, LEGO Style

New Scientist has an article up about the world’s oldest known computer being revived with the use of LEGO. The Antikythera mechanism dates back to over 2000 years and had been found sitting on the bottom of the ocean in a shipwreck over a hundred years ago, in 1900. Andrew … Read more