There are the MOCeurs who create according to their inspiration, their budget and their attention to detail without taking into account the technical and commercial constraints that LEGO imposes on itself to design its official sets and there are the others ... Those who try to produce MOCs by trying to respect the usual codes of the manufacturer in terms of price / content ratio, finish and marketing / financial compromise ...

Nuju Metru has embarked on an ambitious project that began long before the official announcement of the LOTR range by LEGO: To propose a series of MOCs, or rather alternative sets, which could form a range of products marketed by the manufacturer. The result is astonishing: We find the spirit of the sets in the range System, with its ends of walls, its pieces of places and its functionalities intended to bring the essential playability to the whole.

Each of the six sets is skillfully thought out and very well done. We find there the usual techniques of the manufacturer with the obvious choices that must be made to ensure a certain commercial realism.

Some will find these MOCs disappointing because of their simplicity, but this style exercise should not be viewed as a simple attempt to create micro scenes in the universe of Lord of the Rings. The sacrifices that are made here have obviously been well thought out.

To discover all the sets of this parallel range, go to the flickr gallery by Nuju Metru. It's full of great shots featuring these mini scenes that all compare to the official LEGO Lord of the Rings range.

Well, the title, I know, I shouldn't have ...

Here is the Rancor seen by 2x4, author of several MOCs which I have already told you about here.

Obviously, it's well done, it's pretty, well presented and creative, but I can't help but think back to that scene seen in the cartoon The Padawan Threat where we discover a Rancor figurine whose passage in production would delight me ...

And I would be even happier if this figurine was delivered in a set reproducing the pit of the creature that would fit under the Jabba palace of the set 9516 Jabba's Palace planned for this summer ...

While waiting for my dream to come true and to see more about this 2x4 achievement, go to his flickr gallery.

He is the type to whom we must complain or congratulate depending on the case because he is the origin of several sets of the LEGO Super Heroes 2012 range (DC Universe & Marvel).

To his credit : 6858 Catwoman Catcycle City Chase, 6860 The Batcave, 6863 Batwing Battle Over Gotham City or the latest news from the Marvel range with sets 6865 Captain America's Avenging Cycle et 6869 Quinjet Aerial Battle.

Originally from Portugal and member of LUG Lusitanien 0937 Community since 2008 he joined Billund in October 2010 as a Designer.

Do not hesitate to visit his flickr gallery, he presents his work and comments on each image with some behind-the-scenes information on the design of these sets he worked on.

His blog: http://marcosbessa.blogspot.com/
His space MOCpages
Sa flickr gallery 

There are guys who spend their time as best they can and others who watch them ... tested.com, the brilliant idea that came to the two friends of the video is the following: Et si on balait un SSD (10221 Super Star Destroyer) against the Death Star (10188 Death Star) just to see ? (and to create some buzz)

The experience is not really conclusive especially when the guy who aims the Death Star with the SSD is a stick ... I'll let you watch, it's edifying ...

Well, after all, there is no breakage, it's LEGO ...

I'm not always a fan of LDD (LEGO Digital Designer) creations ... But this time, I'm amazed.

These lightsabers are beautiful and I tell myself that LEGO would do better to offer us this kind of product in the form of a set in a special UCS range with presentation sticker and all the tintouin rather than certain sets seen and reviewed ...

A saber handle, a support, the minifigure that goes with it, a presentation sticker with some technical characteristics to do well and presto, packed it's weighed. The AFOLs would be happy and that would change us a bit from the Jedi Starfighters in the chain ...

Okay, no more dreaming, go to the flickr gallery of Scott Peterson to admire his (digital) work, you might have a dream tonight in which you will find these sabers in the toy department of your favorite store ...