Cheney's got a gun

Or insert your own favorite punchline for Minifig's Dick Cheney.

Go for the gold!

Nelson Yrizarry envisions Joe Vig as Olympic torchbearer in Torino Joe.

We who are about to vig, salute thee

Stone Goblin has posted three vigs for the CC heroes and villains contest: Standoff at Oni Bridge, Battle Plan and Arena Battle/Blood Bowl.

What a difference a week makes

I've been gone for most of the past week, and several great creations have been posted in the meantime.

Mumu prepares for Girls' Day with his Hinamatsuri.



Andrew Becraft (Dunechaser) teaches us the perils of vilolating cross-cultural etiquette in Joe Vig the Gaijin.



Much as shoes are not allowed in Japanese homes, BuilderQ reminds us that there are No horses in church.



This has been posted before, but Mumu has reposted his great Battle on the Tooth.



FallenPhoenix (aka Modesty) entered the CC Heroes and Villains contest with his Vikings ... attack.



Andrew Becraft (Dunechaser) wonders what would happen if Joe Vig took a .



StarDIC brings us a scene from The Temple of Doom.



Olympic women's figure skating starts tonight. Andrew Becraft (Dunechaser) celebrates (well, kind of) with Michelle Kwan.

Colossal Castle Contest 3 results

The winners of CCCIII have been announced. While there was no specific vignette category, Mark Stafford's VLC, Death in the Library won the miscellaneous category and oft-cited vig builder Nelson Yrizarry won a category and the overall Master Builder prize. Congratulations to all the winners and all the great entrants.

Oh the humanity!

Lenny Hoffman has continued his History of Humanity project with scenes like French Revolution and a History of Art set that includes Michelangelo's David.

Holidays across the Pacific

Mumu wishes us all a Happy Valentines Day with some Valentine Chocolate and Nelson Yrizarry follows up his Girls' Day with Boy's Day, or Tango-no-Sekku.

Move over Michelle Kwan, we've got a new skating sweetheart

She's actually too young to be at the olympics starting this week, but Japanese figure skater Mao Asada is a big LEGO fan and her fans have taken to giving her LEGO in addition to flowers, as Uda depicts in Mao Asada.

Wretched hive of scum and villainy

More entries to the CC Heroes and Villains contest include Steve Bishop's Robin Hood at the Archery Tournament and BreadMan's Heroes Contest.

Tidying up the front page

Not a big deal, but you may notice that I've done some tidying up of the things found on the right-hand sidebar of the front page. ----->
It's been getting really long so I put a navigation box at the top and broke different sections into their own boxes. There are also some new links that I've added such as new community sites for Batman and Exo-Force and blogs like Brick Trader and SideShowJournal.

Happy Hina-Matsuri

Nelson Yrizarry celebrates Hina-Matsuri (Japanese Girls Day celebration).

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the brick

Devastator goes Fishing.

Is that your final brick?

Andrew Reynolds asks Who wants to be a millionaire?

The road goes ever on and on

Cyin has started a series centered on an Adventuring Hobbit.

Grunt-grunt grunt? (Translation - Can you hear me now?)

Nelson Yrizarry presents several new scenes.

He expands a previous vig into a series on Ogg the Caveman, including Shellular Phone.



He takes another previous vig further with Urbania, including Urbania 1 - Shop.



Finally he adds Corporate Exec-utioner.

All the words of my mouth are just

Izzo has wrapped up his series of 44 Japanese proverbs in an 8x8 format. They can also be found in his Brickshelf galleries and translated on Dunechaser's Pan Pacific Bricks. We'll finish our series of highlights with five from the last two sets:

The pestle handle I took hold of in the past (Skills you learn as a young man don't wane as you grow older)



A sword returns to its sheath (To kiss and make up)



Carelessness is the greatest enemy (Danger comes when you least expect it)



The seed of pleasure is pain; the seed of pain is pleasure (No pain, no gain)



Fortune enters by a merry gate



P.S. Bonus points to whoever can figure out the significance of the title for this post.

Big wheel keep on turning

BuilderQ continues his divination series, including Cyclomancy.

Brokeback vig

Richie Dulin enters the burgeoning gay-cowboy vig subtheme with Love is a force of nature.

The tribe has spoken - you're guilty of tax evasion

In honor of the start of a new series of Survivor, Azaghal presents The tribe has spoken.

Goodbye and hello, Jake

It has nothing to do with vignettes, but, hey, it's my blog. Jake McKee is stepping down. For the past few years Jake has been one of the most public faces of LEGO to the AFOL community, serving as Global Community Relations Specialist for the LEGO Group. He's been instrumental in building many connections between the company and the community. Now he'll be on our side of that fence, as he will continue in the hobby even though now he won't get a company discount on buying LEGO.

You'll be missed, LEGO employee Jake. Good luck in your new career path. Welcome to the community, AFOL Jake. Now go build us a cool train vig! :)