The exercise may make you smile, but the result is always amazing: LEGOstein, aka Christopher Deck, has embarked on a new series of staging with one constraint: Reproducing places and characters from the Star Wars universe but without using licensed bricks or minifigs. 

You have to know how to keep an open mind to make the link between the characters reproduced and their equivalents in the official range, but the bet is in my opinion successful. Evidenced by this slightly crazy Jabba The Hutt, this Bib - Banana - Fortuna or this larger-than-life Princess Leia ...

In the scene below from theEpisode IV: A New Hope, we find Luke, who does his business with the Jawas in the middle of a slew of droids. Finally, we find Han Solo and Greedo for the remake of a cult scene in Mos Eisley's Cantina.

Some will find the result rather mixed, for my part I must admit that I took a little time to be seduced and then I remembered having posted a post here on the work of maestro s.fujita who in 1992, 7 years before the release of the first official set in the Star Wars range, had painstakingly reproduced each episode of the Original Trilogy with the parts and minifigs available at the time.

If we put all this in perspective, I tell myself that the current work of LEGOstein is a form of tribute to this precursor that was Maestro s.fujita and we will appreciate all the more his effort of reinterpretation ...

IF you missed my ticket LEGO Star Wars Trilogy by maestro s.fujita, meet immediately on this page, you will not regret it.

Then you can check out what LEGOstein has to offer on his Brickshelf gallery. He should add new scenes to it regularly.

Another beautiful example of minimalist realization that we immediately identify thanks to the colors and the general shape. Dapper-D2 offers here Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter in a simplified version and a reduced format, but it retains the main characteristics of its big brother in UCS format, the set 10215 Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter.

Some people may find this realization a little too simplistic, but I always admit to being amazed by the power of suggestion of intelligently chosen pieces ....

Some additional photos to discover on the flickr gallery MOCeur or on the dedicated topic at Eurobricks.

Seen on flickr, these three very original mini podracers which confirms me in the idea that the mini format allows very beautiful achievements despite the inevitable sometimes minimalist aspect. It is nicely thought out, the proportions are correct, the choice of parts and colors is judicious.

Nice work done by jrathage with a particular crush on the Mini Yellow Pod and its two engines which I find particularly successful. To see these three models in large format or discover the other achievements of this MOCeur, go to his flickr gallery.

I got hooked on this MOC which dates from 2010 and which is now becoming MOC Of The Day on MOCpages. Still, I'm not particularly fond of imaginary gear design contests on FBTB and I had missed this one.

Invented from scratch and piloted by a Bounty Hunter (Bounty hunter, editor's note) imaginary, this Abyssal Rider displays beautiful curves, an immaculate white dress and several ingenious finds including a removable escape pod and a cockpit in the false air of Republic Attack Shuttle.

If like me you missed this ship back then go make it up to you.r the MOCpages gallery by Louis K.

You have 3 days left, until Wednesday April 18 2012, to offer you LEGO Culture, the book by Joe Meno and John Baichtal translated into French. For 45 €, you will receive the book directly at home, accompanied by some nice bonuses and you can thus waste a few precious hours of your OMC time to discover or rediscover in French version this summary of everything you need to know about the LEGO world.

The draw of the Luxe edition will be limited and it would be a shame not to have taken this opportunity to pay for this book at its fair price rather than at the exorbitant price that I predict you on eBay ...

Several formulas are available, for all budgets, and I remind you that by buying this book (I do not touch anything on sales, let it be clear), you are helping to inform publishers that we are asking for quality books. in French around our passion.

If you don't care about this ideological thought, buy this book anyway, you will have a nice gift in advance for your boyfriend or your brother-in-law who spends his days locked in his office polishing his MOCs ...

This is where it happens : LEGO culture on ulule.fr