Move over, Moose and Boris

Participants in the Classic-Castle Heroes and Villains contest have come up with a whole pack of paired vignettes:

Joe Vig is turning Japanese

Nelson Yrizarry announced that he and Andrew Becraft (Dunechaser of Pan-Pacific Bricks) have created a Japanese-language Joe Vig page to invite our Japanese colleagues to join in the Joe Vig fun. Izzo has quickly responded with vigs including Between the Escalator and Going to the Bank. Hopefully we'll soon see more Joe Vig scenes from other Japanese builders.

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).