03/01/2012 - 12:02 Lego news MOCs

The Avengers comic by Mike Napolitan

I have you already talked about Mike Napolitan and its site The Legion of Minifigs on this blog: his work on the world of superheroes is well worth a look. This professional web designer regularly produces splendid 3D visuals of minifigs of super heroes or from the Star Wars universe. He also reproduces original comic book covers like the 1964 one above and is currently embarking on 3D animation with Maya to bring his designs to life.

You can also see below one of his essays featuring Magneto surrounded by levitating pieces. 

So put its site in your favorites, beautiful creations should see the light of day soon ...

 

02/01/2012 - 21:45 MOCs

Batwing Landing Platform by Hans Dendauw

The photo is dark, it's not your screen, nor an error ...

If you want to know what is hiding in the half-light of the Batcave alongside Batman, click on the image ...

For the others, it is a really successful MOC and creates a special atmosphere. The SNOT platform is successful, the rocky aspect is very well rendered. The Batwing finds its place there and the whole works wonderfully with Batman sitting in front of his control console.

To see in the flickr gallery by Hans Dendauw alias Tigmon74 which also presents very nice MOCs on a wide variety of themes.

 

02/01/2012 - 20:25 Lego news

30059 MTT

Your first reaction when seeing this mini set was probably the same as mine: a colorful MTT The Clone Wars and also disproportionate, it's a bit of rubbish ...

And I must say that this reaction is normal. For all of us the MTT (Multi-Troop Transport) is the one seen in theEpisode I: The Phantom Menace, with its brown armor and elongated shape. LEGO has also released several versions with the set 7184 Trade Federation MTT in 2000, the mini set 4491 MTT in 2003 and the famous set 7662 Trade Federation MTT from 2007, which remains one of my favorite Star Wars sets especially for its color Reddish brown...

But that's without counting on the MTT seen in the animated series The Clone Wars and in particular episode 21 of season 1 entitled Liberty of Ryloth and during which Mace Windu makes strategic use of one of these devices. I have put a screenshot below of the video of this episode, on which we can clearly see this MTT in Clone Wars version. The craft appears throughout the second part of the episode.

The colors are those of set 30059 and the compact form is respected. Hoping that LEGO will transform the trial by releasing us a The Clone Wars themed MTT in the range System to support our AATs (Armored Assault Tank) from set 8018 released in 2009.

Clone Wars Season 1 Episode 21 Liberty of Ryloth

02/01/2012 - 19:42 MOCs

White Tumbler by steelwoolghandi

Come on, it's not the best Tumbler MOC we've seen, but it's white ... and just for that, I'm posting it to you here.

We forget the white Batman which is not necessarily the best taste, and we focus on this Tumbler ready to face Mr. Freeze with his Snow camouflage and his blue canopies. Space Classic which give it a very convincing glacial appearance.

I also secretly hope that LEGO will release us a camouflaged Tumbler as seen in the photos from the filming The Dark Knight Rises...

To see more and discover in particular the interior of this Tumbler, go to steelwoolghandi's flickr gallery.

The Dark Knight Rises: Tumbler

02/01/2012 - 19:09 MOCs

Eta-2 Actis-Class Light Interceptor by legorevolution

Edit: .bsx file (to be opened with brick store then possibility to export to bricklink) made available by Ulysse 31, downloadable at this address: eta2.bsx

At first glance this version of the Jedi Interceptor seems familiar to us. We were treated to several sets containing this vessel with its characteristic canopy and this in different colors (7256 Jedi Starfighter and Vulture Droid, 7283 Ultimate Space Battle7661 Jedi Starfighter with Hyperdrive Booster Ring9494 Anakin's Jedi Interceptor).

But the comparison ends there, the studless MOC of legorevolution keeps only the canopy and the deflectors on the wings. The cockpit is fully furnished and can accommodate a pilot without a problem and the retractable landing gear is a model of ingenuity.

But the revolution did not stop there: it declined this Starfighter in five versions in different colors. And to top it off, it offers the pictorial instructions for building this model.

So you have no excuse not to go straight to his MOCpages page.

As a bonus, the video-review of this MOC which will occupy you 3 minutes and will convince you that this Jedi Starfighter is simply excellent ...