Rocko's organ harvesting calls attention to the brutal treatment of the Falun Gong by the Chinese government. Readmoreaboutthis. Warning to parents - this is gruesome stuff, you may want to discuss it with your children.
Commander Calamitous has his own take on Summers End. I almost put this over on MicroBricks for the great AT-TE and Republic Gunship in the background, but figured I'd put this here to pair with the previous MOC.
Chris Doyle, of Reasonably Clever is hosting a Brick Science contest and Shane Larson and myself are guest judges. The connection? We're all scientists. That's right, with fancy degrees and everything. Build something inspired by good or evil scientists, real or fictional to win fabulous prizes. Of particular note for this blog is the vignette category. Here are Shane's Particle Accelerator and Lenny Hoffman's Galileo for some inspiration (though Lenny's wouldn't fit the contest rules for the vig category).
Hmm, maybe that doesn't work as well as the Jaws theme or the Imperial March. Anyway, these are old, but in honor of the 2008 Summer Olympics I figured I'd re-post my track and field vigs.