VignetteBricks

On the Hogwarts Express

2012-01-27T16:29:00.000-05:00

TomSolo93 made this great little Harry Potter scene.

Trash day

2012-01-23T07:22:00.002-05:00

Lego27bricks is taking out the trash. I love that fig-scale trash can.

Spacey

2012-01-18T08:15:00.000-05:00

Two more vignettes from that space contest on Comunidade 0937: WhiteShadow's Look mom, no gravity! and Mreizinho's Enemies.

Ai se eu te apanho!!

2012-01-17T08:09:00.000-05:00

Luis Baixinho made Ai se eu te apanho!! for a space contest over on Comunidade 0937. Google translate says this means "oh if I get you!", but maybe Luis or someone else who speaks Portuguese can give a better translation.

Ouch

2012-01-15T08:40:00.000-05:00

Lego27bricks has been running into a wall finding ideas for his vig-a-day.

I'll have mine medium-rare, please

2012-01-12T10:00:00.003-05:00

Silenced_pp7 is conducting a yummy alien experiment.

On the hunt

2012-01-12T09:13:00.004-05:00

Nabaelu1 made this great hunting scene.

Don't drill!

2012-01-10T13:32:00.003-05:00

By nuno2500.

All together ooky

2012-01-07T10:21:00.002-05:00

This is an old MOC, but this morning the Google doodle notes that it's the 100th anniversary of the birth of Charles Addams, creator of the Addams family, here by Patrick Yrizarry.

Old timer

2012-01-03T21:12:00.000-05:00

Look closely to notice the great perspective trick in MorsLEGO's old timer.

Dirty job

2012-01-02T18:07:00.000-05:00

It's a dirty job, but somebody had to do it, here by komar4.

Happy New Years!

2012-01-01T16:49:00.001-05:00

Walter Boy and Lego27bricks built these vigs to welcome the new year.

Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T06:00:00.000-05:00

These are older MOCs, but good for the day. Shane Larson made these scenes from A Christmas Carol.

Hang your stockings

2011-12-24T09:48:00.004-05:00

Are your stockings up by the fireplace? (MOC by CountBlockula)

And the winner is ...

2011-12-20T11:08:00.001-05:00

Finishing up the Eurobricks Collectible Fig Series 5 results, first place was claimed by Cecile's Godzilla.
"Honey, dinner is ready!"
"Graaaawwwwrrr... *caugh* I mean, I'll be right down!"
"Are you playing Godzilla with your LEGO town again?"
"eh...."
"You better not come down here in that costume!"

Eurobricks winners

2011-12-03T14:44:00.001-05:00

Continuing on with the top entries in the Collectible Series 5 Vig contest, 3rd place went to Dan Church's Pharaoh Queen entry.

And 2nd place went to bellis' Eskimo entry.

Collectible fig vig 5

2011-12-02T10:57:00.001-05:00

Over on Eurobricks they held another of their series of contests, challenging members to build a vig to feature of the series 5 Collectible Minifigs. Well, the winners are in. Let's take a look at a couple each day.

5th place went to Ninja Nin's zookeeper entry

4th place went to Cornelius Murdock's detective entry (obviously set at Reichenbach Falls).

Left Behind

2011-11-27T08:42:00.001-05:00

On Thanksgiving one of the cable stations played the Home Alone movies. I think Lego27bricks' Left Behind is from the Martian version.

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T17:04:00.001-05:00

A couple of years ago, Titolian wished us all a Happy Thanksgiving. I'm just about to reheat some turkey for dinner. I hope your day was less eventful than this minifig's was. :)

Crushed

2011-11-01T07:00:00.002-04:00

Crushed by Lego27bricks makes me think of a Monty Python sketch.

Trick or Eek

2011-10-31T10:25:00.001-04:00

Happy Halloween. Several years ago, Nathan Wells made this great Trick or Eek.

Yikes!

2011-10-28T14:45:00.000-04:00

Brickmonster shares the appropriately titled Yikes!

If only Luke were a dentist

2011-10-27T14:43:00.000-04:00

Bonus points to anyone who gets into my brain and understands my reference above. Anyway, Walter Boy made this great vig of Luke in the Wampa cave.

Where are the clowns?

2011-10-26T05:10:00.000-04:00

Who doesn't love a parade? Here from Pepik.

Happy holidays

2011-10-25T05:06:00.000-04:00

Viking0518 already has the special promo holiday set 3300020. From the packaging and instructions you can also see the upcoming promo 3300002, which can fit together with this to make a larger room. That set will come with a Santa fig.

Lying down on the job

2011-10-24T04:59:00.000-04:00

If anyone could explain the allure of planking, it might just be Michael Jasper.

Blast-off

2011-10-23T04:56:00.000-04:00

I assume Cyberpacket's NASA Poland is for that LugPol contest on alternate Polish history. If so, that also suggests to me that the contest guidelines require a 16x16 base.

Give me a pan-galactic gargleblaster on the rocks

2011-10-22T04:48:00.000-04:00

I'm usually citing Legostein on MicroBricks, but he made this cute alien bartender.

Highwaymen

2011-10-21T04:43:00.000-04:00

Boba-Fett's knight should be more on the lookout for highwaymen.

I want my flying car

2011-10-20T04:52:00.002-04:00

I just want to restate my constant disappointment that here we are in a new century and we're still stuck rolling around on wheels. Stpman is looking ahead with this future car. BTW, I really like the color scheme here, with the repeated red.

Poor goat

2011-10-20T04:42:00.001-04:00

Magnus93 illustrated the Mastadon song Curl of the Burl.

Polish history

2011-10-19T00:19:00.001-04:00

Over on LugPol they are having a contest to create MOCs based on alternative versions of Polish history. Unfortunately I know next to nothing about Poland's past, so I don't know what's going on in Jantin's entry, but I certainly like how he combined 8 interesting vigs into one overall MOC.

Merry October

2011-10-17T14:46:00.002-04:00

Ace from FBTB notes that LEGO is offering this cool little scene if you buy $99 worth of sets via lego.com right now.

Open wide now!

2011-10-12T15:59:00.004-04:00

According to Walter Boy, "Dr. Frankenstein originally had a job as a dentist. Unfortunately it didn't last very long."

BrickCon

2011-10-05T16:30:00.003-04:00

This holdup was on display at BrickCon.

Boomerang

2011-09-27T23:28:00.000-04:00

I love lego27bricks' . The 8x8 base itself is featureless, and the fig and boomerang are simple, but the way the flight defines a space outside that space is fantastic.

On holiday

2011-09-20T16:34:00.001-04:00

JetFri has a wonderful series of 12 scenes based on holidays.

So ya wanna be a rock and roll star

2011-09-19T16:36:00.003-04:00

Lego27bricks presents lead singer. This one made me LOL.

We are doomed!

2011-09-14T01:36:00.001-04:00

We are doomed! by ilyootha.

Dune

2011-09-12T15:44:00.000-04:00

-2x4- made this scene from Dune with Paul in training.

Never forget

2011-09-11T08:24:00.005-04:00

Poisonous Pickle reminds us to never forget the events of ten years ago today.

Long distance call

2011-09-09T11:52:00.001-04:00

Theolego makes first contact.

Long distance call

2011-09-09T11:52:00.000-04:00

Theolego makes first contact.

Dance for me, George!

2011-09-07T15:54:00.001-04:00

George always dreamed of making it on vaudeville. Now was his chance to shine!
Built for no particular reason... Or maybe it was just my love for dancing gorillas?

Walter Boy made this vig.

Blogpost

2011-09-06T15:51:00.004-04:00

Brickdoctor previously made an outpost set in the medieval era. Now he's moved ahead to the 1700s.

Arrrrr

2011-08-31T01:45:00.001-04:00

I love the minimalism of lego27bricks' walk the plank.

Expecto Patronum

2011-08-26T10:20:00.000-04:00

Expecto Patronum by Louis K.

Moons of Endor

2011-08-24T09:50:00.000-04:00

Julandrius presents the Moons of Endor.

Oh, I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay

2011-08-21T09:40:00.002-04:00

I sleep all night and I work all day. By Dr. Sinister.

Zorro

2011-08-19T09:24:00.000-04:00

Flash presents the Legend of Zorro.

Huck and Jim

2011-08-17T09:15:00.001-04:00

Athos gives us Huckleberry Finn.

Money, that's what I want

2011-08-15T09:12:00.002-04:00

Macounet26 depicts/celebrates/decries capitalism.

Vader's pyre

2011-08-10T12:28:00.001-04:00

Orthobotrex made Darth Vader's funeral pyre.

I see them!

2011-08-08T11:58:00.000-04:00

Lego27bricks is playing hide and seek.

She turned me into a newt!

2011-08-06T11:56:00.002-04:00

... I got better. Lego27bricks made this Burn her! vig.

Go ask Alice...

2011-08-04T05:38:00.001-04:00

...when she's ten feet tall. by Karf Oohlu.

Are you going to BrickFair?

2011-08-03T05:27:00.002-04:00

BrickFair is coming up this weekend by Washington DC. Are you going? Nannan is packing his bags.

Tyler can't make it.

Let's get ready to rumble

2011-08-01T00:50:00.001-04:00

Enter the ring with bebeto6's boxing scene.

Campfire

2011-07-26T22:54:00.002-04:00

A few days ago, my 2-year-old had smores for the first time ever. He liked them, but then was upset that his fingers were all sticky. Anyway, Lego27bricks made this great campfire.

Fighter Dragon

2011-07-25T01:22:00.000-04:00

Jacapig made this fighter dragon.

Giving the dog a bone

2011-06-20T03:06:00.003-04:00

crises_crs has put together the best vignette I've seen in ages. I love that this tells a story, is funny, and is a nice little build - all in 8x8. Great use of that creepy horse skeleton too. Good stuff all round.

A pirate's life for me

2011-06-10T11:15:00.001-04:00

Squareical Notionalist put together four pirate scenes.

Collectibles

2011-05-28T13:43:00.003-04:00

I wanted to take another look at Cecilihf's Collectible minifig modular display. As previously noted, she's made vigs for each of the Collectible series.

Artist

2011-05-26T12:19:00.000-04:00

Lisqr made a great artist.

Do windows?

2011-05-25T12:18:00.000-04:00

Marsyc built this window cleaner.

Up is down?

2011-05-19T06:33:00.000-04:00

Diidy presents Up is down?

The big 5-oh!

2011-05-18T13:49:00.000-04:00

Lego27bricks' vignette a day project has passed a milestone - 50 vigs posted! Congratulations, L27B. Keep on building!

All for one, but none for D'Artagnan

2011-05-17T03:08:00.001-04:00

Poor D'Artagnan, always overlooked. Handocz brings us the Three Musketeers.

Modular display

2011-05-13T01:54:00.002-04:00

I've previously noted that Cecilihf was building modular displays of vigs for each of the Collectible figs. Well, she's continuing the project, including all of the recent series.

It's alive!

2011-05-11T00:50:00.002-04:00

Eurobricks is having another of their Collectible Fig Contests, this time for Series 4. As with previous contests, the idea is that you build a vig to house one of the new Collectibles. For instance, Titolian made Frankenstein's Lab to house the monster.

You're off the edge of the map, Jack...

2011-05-09T00:48:00.000-04:00

SlyOwl made this great little Jack Sparrow scene.

This vig isn't big enough for both of us

2011-05-07T22:44:00.001-04:00

Jalkow made this showdown for a LowLUG contest a couple of years ago.

On to Mount Doom

2011-05-05T01:25:00.001-04:00

Evoxs illustrates Sam and Frodo on the plains of Gorgoroth.

The monster under your bed

2011-05-03T00:57:00.000-04:00

Jagoda94 is having a nightmare.

Finals time

2011-05-01T00:16:00.000-04:00

And Lego27bricks is busy studying.

Artist's apartment

2011-04-29T23:14:00.001-04:00

Walterboy made this great Artist's apartment.

Profits are down

2011-04-27T22:51:00.001-04:00

The BrickMan made this corporate roller coaster for a magazine photoshoot.

Searching

2011-04-25T22:45:00.001-04:00

Who knows what KN1GHT will find?

McFly!

2011-04-19T13:12:00.001-04:00

"Silence, Earthling", says Legohaulic, "I am Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan."

Caution: Biohazard

2011-04-16T15:04:00.004-04:00

This vig by ted @ndes is a great use of the Hazmat Suit Guy minifig. I was getting a little fed up with virus and zombie outbreak creations. This made me laugh with its refreshingly different scenario. Good stuff.

Car tipping ...

2011-04-14T19:36:00.001-04:00

... it's the new cow tipping. Check out Lego27bricks' vignette a day series.

Hikari

2011-04-10T07:13:00.000-04:00

Nabii turns in a great bignette of the Hikari.

Cluedo revisited

2011-04-06T10:30:00.004-04:00

We've already announced the winners of the Murderous Minifigs competition, but I wanted to go back and take another look at some of the entries. In addition to the winning Jean-Marc Blanc, with the Necronomicon, in the Gothic Library, one of my other favorites in that category was Ol' Man Tanner, on his formerly pristine front porch, with the vandal's own skateboard.

Movie scenes

2011-04-05T07:08:00.004-04:00

Profound Whatever got a lot of attention for his movie scenes of this year's Oscar nominees, so a second grade teacher asked him to bring a few scenes that her kids would enjoy.

Contest winners

2011-04-02T17:19:00.002-04:00

The results are in for the Eurobricks Collectible Figs Series 3 contest. Category A asked for a vig to feature one of the new figs, and Dan Church won with his vig built for the pilot.

Scene of the crime

2011-04-01T11:17:00.002-04:00

Chantoo gives us a scene from CSI, featuring Sara Sidle and Gill Grissom finding a body.

Snowboarding

2011-03-31T13:16:00.000-04:00

Yatkuu posted this great snowboarder.

RR Crossing

2011-03-24T02:15:00.002-04:00

I'm guessing that TN-Factory's scene is for the annual ClickBrick contests. ClickBrick stores in Japan sell LEGO, and for the past several years they hold annual contests where the only limitation is a 16x16 footprint.

Vietnam contest

2011-03-20T13:15:00.000-04:00

The LEGO Contest Network is running a contest called Vietnam: A Step Back in Time. Of course there's a vig category (else I wouldn't be featuring it here). For instance, see Professor McRackel's Open Fire!

Left behind

2011-03-20T11:50:00.002-04:00

No, not the end-times book by Tim LaHaye, but rather a vig by Kaptain Kobold. Great use of perspective, even within the confines of an 8x8 footprint.

Particle Accelerator

2011-03-19T15:41:00.000-04:00

This is a bit older, but Shane Larson's particle accelerator is a good opportunity to point out my new blog SciBricks. The goal of SciBricks is to use LEGO to teach a little science, since teaching science is my day job. Regular readers of this blog have hopefully noticed that I've rearranged the look of this blog a bit - mostly making the information on the right hand side consistent with my other blogs, but also putting a line of buttons along the top to make it easy to navigate among my various offerings. Hopefully with these changes my handful of blogs will behave more like one coherent blog, but with six sections devoted to different styles and subjects for building.

A hole in 8x8

2011-03-18T13:04:00.000-04:00

Vhtuotanto has a nice golf scene.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

2011-03-17T05:46:00.001-04:00

The-Force-Unbleached's Pot-O-Gold Trouble has an interesting solution for a rainbow.

I'm programmed for etiquette, not destruction!

2011-03-16T00:54:00.001-04:00

Krize visited Geonosis.

C'mon in, the water's missing

2011-03-15T00:50:00.002-04:00

It looks like Klub LEGO Indonesia (KLI) is having a vignette contest, but I have no details on that. Anyway, Ya-da dove right in with dummy pool.

Clown Wars

2011-03-14T00:48:00.002-04:00

You've just got to go read the whole backstory to Okayaraman's Clown Wars. Trust me on this one.

Murderous Minifigs - The Results

2011-03-11T02:43:00.003-05:00

Murderous Minifigs - Competition Results.

Vignette Bricks' February competition, run in conjunction with the LEGO Vignettes Flickr group, was a great success with some excellent entries. Contestants were to build 8x8 vignettes inspired by the classic board game Cluedo. Go here to see all the entries.

After much debate, the judges decisions are in:

The winner in the Classic Cluedo category was Lord Pappadhum's brilliant interpretation of "Colonel Mustard, with the spanner, in the billiard room".

The winner in the Remix category was Xenomurphy's hilarious (and gory) creation; "Jean-Marc Blanc, with the Necronomicon, in the Gothic Library".

Thanks very much to everyone that entered. The quality of creations was really high and judging was tricky. Check out the group discussion over at the LEGO Vignettes Flickr group for some "highly commended" entries as well.

Sit a spell

2011-03-10T13:49:00.000-05:00

Diidy has a nice manor room.

Forever and always I'm always here.

2011-03-07T16:03:00.001-05:00

Christ69 made rescue to feature the Collectible lifeguard fig.

Tending rabbits

2011-03-04T22:53:00.000-05:00

Ezra B illustrates the climactic scene from Of Mice and Men.