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JSH-8 Gunship - 'The Josh' Saturday, May 1, 2010


A small and special birthday build dedicated to one of my biggest fans Josh, who is turning 8 years old today.

Happy Birthday Josh! Hope you get lots of presents which includes Lego of course, so you can build even more cool stuff with your dad.







Maikuro Fighter 13 Wednesday, April 21, 2010


Again build during lunch and stickered in the afternoon... love it when things fly in those breaks.







Koumori S3 Fighter Tuesday, April 20, 2010


Quick little Fighter/Cannon Fodder action...





Tasaku [nnenn] Fighter v2 Sunday, April 18, 2010


Now in color... as it should be...





Tasaku [nnenn] Fighter Thursday, April 15, 2010


Ode to nnenn... I'm in a state of bley...





Hidoi v2 - Assault Type Sunday, April 11, 2010






Maikuro 12 Fighter Thursday, April 8, 2010






Aku v5 Fighter Tuesday, April 6, 2010






Kensakuban F12 - 'Grind Rider' Friday, April 2, 2010








Nakao M5 - Gunner Type Sunday, March 28, 2010








iito v03 Thursday, March 25, 2010


Quick little iito Bot...







Shinonome S310 - Destroyer Class Tuesday, March 23, 2010


One of the 'biggest' vehicles I've build so far ;-)







Mempo Zero - Sky Fighter Sunday, March 21, 2010






Tattaka v2 - Gunner Type Saturday, March 20, 2010






Murakumo v03 Tank Friday, March 19, 2010






Akagi - 'Doom Crawler' Thursday, March 18, 2010

Big cannons on big wheels...







My interview on the Brothers Brick Tuesday, March 16, 2010


Well, my Lego stuff has been blogged on their site a couple of times, but this time the guys from the Brothers Brick were so kind to do an interview with yours truly. So here it is.



Tesatsu - Recon Runner Wednesday, March 10, 2010


Back on ground level again...







Damare v5 Fighter Saturday, March 6, 2010








Chokuritsu v3 Fighter Monday, March 1, 2010






Plan view here




Koumori S2 Fighter Thursday, February 25, 2010








Aku v4 Fighter Tuesday, February 23, 2010








Saiyen C-17 Fighter/Bomber Thursday, February 18, 2010








Mifune S3 Fighter Sunday, February 14, 2010


The plan was to make a mean looking fighter... was quite happy with this result.







Sekko LLS v9 - 'Little Lunar Scout' Monday, February 8, 2010


Goes with the Tankenka Rover





Damare v3 Fighter Monday, February 8, 2010


Some Shmup cannon fodder... Blast away!




Tankenka v3 - 'Raid Rover' Monday, January 25, 2010


Made some sketches for this a couple of months ago and now finally got around building it... wanted to make it somewhat old era/retro sci-fi.









Maikuro Fighter 11 Thursday January 7, 2010


And another one added to my Maikuro series... these really are so much fun to make, but going to explore bigger scale more often this year.





Twitterrific Ollie Tuesday, December 22, 2009


Something completely different... thought it might be fun to build Ollie the Twitterrific Icon by
the Iconfactory. Also because my little girl thought it was cute thing to have...





Niitaka v2 Sunday, December 20, 2009






Maikuro Fighter 10 Tuesday, December 15, 2009


A bit of R-type love in this one...





Tattaka v2 - Gunner type Friday, December 11, 2009


Been awhile since I've build something with four legs...





Maikuro Fighter 9 Wednesday, December 9, 2009


Fun fiddle during lunchbreak...





Kaze v2 - Gunship Sunday, December 6, 2009


Quick micro near future ghetto bird love, in stealth grey and no stickers on this one...







Oboro - 'Boom Rider' Wednesday, December 2, 2009


I love these kinda wheels of mass destruction...







Yugiri Tank Sunday, November 29, 2009


After a bunch of VV Starfighters, I really needed to make something for ground level...





Takumashii - VV Tuesday, November 24, 2009


Tough little VV Fighter...







Aku v3 - VV Friday, November 20, 2009








Shuriken v2 - VV Wednesday, November 18, 2009


Still enjoying this month...







Ikari - VV Sunday, November 15, 2009








Hime - VV Tuesday, November 10, 2009


A compact VV type...







Yaeyama VV Sunday, November 1, 2009


My second Vic Viper type on the first day of NoVVember... now I'm off building for the next two weeks due to my work and other stuff...







Chiyoko - Ronin type VV Sunday, November 1, 2009


It's NoVVember, that means the Vic Viper inspired building challenge on Flickr... here's my first one.







Hayaku v2 - Flame Runner Tuesday, October 27, 2009


Quick little doodle...





Tsukehige Zero - Sky Fighter Monday, October 26, 2009






Higen Zero - Sky Fighter Wednesday, October 21, 2009


Still in a retro future mode...





Makoto Zero - Sky Fighter Saturday, October 17, 2009


Just love Sky Fi and it's really fun to do in microscale. For non Lego builders here's a quick scale reference...





Aku V2 Fighter Saturday, October 10, 2009


Can you say Shmup... again?







Atama Fighter Tuesday, October 6, 2009


Quick 'n compact fighter...







FHF S07 'Ujio' - Ground Type Friday, October 2, 2009


My biggest build so far. I'm a sucker for Gundam type Mechas, but doing them well with Lego is really a tough job. For this one I built a bigger frame to allow some more smoothness and detail in design. Translating the design to Lego construction was a bitch, but I like such a challenge... more than happy with the result.









Shirakumo v.Z7 Thursday, September 24, 2009






Kagero Fighter Tuesday, September 22, 2009






Githma v7I Gunner Thursday, September 17, 2009








Damare v2 Fighter Wednesday, September 16, 2009


A swift enemy fighter







RED vs Blue Saturday, September 12, 2009


Couple of cute tanks...





Kaze - Gunship Thursday, September 10, 2009






Kasuga Fighter Tuesday, September 8, 2009


All kinds of Shoot 'em up inspiration in this one...







Hayaku - Cannon Runner Sunday, September 6, 2009






itto v27 Tuesday, September 1, 2009


Another cute iito bot, thinking about making a couple more of these...





Shihondai Zero - Sky Fighter Saturday, August 29, 2009


Got some great inspiration from WWII fighter planes lately so I had to make something Sky Fi...





Lego Sanwa Arcade Stick - Girly Edition Wednesday, August 26, 2009


Made one before but my little girl wanted one so badly... So waddaya do...





Usugumo v511 - Hover Tank Monday, August 24, 2009






Maikuro Fighter 7 Sunday, August 23, 2009


15 min. of building fun...





Abunai v2.1 - Fighter Drone Saturday, August 22, 2009


The one with the odd parts... and connections...







Niitaka Fighter Thursday, August 20, 2009


Inspired by fighters from the old days...







Fubuki - Gunner Sunday, August 16, 2009


For those Arctic battles...





3 Maikuro Fighters Saturday, August 8, 2009


These micro fighters are kinda like lego snacks, they're really fun to make and take very little time.









Maikuro Fighter 3 Friday, August 7, 2009






Ikazuchi - 'Nuke Crawler' Wednesday, August 5, 2009








Himitsu - Recon Runner Monday, August 3, 2009






Damare Fighter Thursday, July 30, 2009






Three micro shmup thingies Saturday, July 11, 2009


Had some fun with a couple of small builds, thought it would be fun to make a Shoot 'em up inspired threesome. The main fighter and some ground cannon fodder...








Murasame - Heavy Gunner Sunday, July 5, 2009


My biggest one so far...






Tattaka - Riot Control Type Friday, July 3, 2009



Aku Fighter Monday, June 29, 2009


Quick little shmup fighter...





iito v23 Sunday, June 28, 2009


Tablescrap fun on four leggies...


Jinchuu type II Tuesday, June 23, 2009


Think I got a little theme going on here. This one is even tougher than it's predecessor...






Densetsu Gunner Wednesday, June 17, 2009


New skool with a bit of retro flavor...

This one concludes my building spree I had for the last month and a half. The Lego urge is now somewhat out of my system, the voices in my head are gone ;) and now I can focus on my designing duties without any bricks or studs in the way...





Akari Assault Dropship Tuesday, June 16, 2009






Bishonen VPB.1 - Maintenance Bot Monday, June 15, 2009






Hanyou Fighter Monday, June 15, 2009







Kuroraka Interceptor Friday, June 12, 2009


Swift and dangerous...






Maikuro Fighter Friday, June 12, 2009


For those micro dogfights...





Mifune S.7 Fighter Tuesday, June 9, 2009


For heavy fighting duties...






Kitsune Fighter Sunday, June 7, 2009


I love these type of fighters...






R-Type TW-2 'Kiwi Berry' Tank Friday, June 6, 2009


A very quicky build... the somewhat silly tank from R-Type Final, those who played the game have seen it.





Akari Fighter Friday, May 29, 2009


A small but heavy armed fighter





Hidoi V2.II - Gunner Type Sunday, May 24, 2009







Hitokiri Tuesday, May 19, 2009


Another Quicky...





VV Stratos Sunday, May 17, 2009


Had some quick fun building this rally type ship





Kakekomi - Demolition type Thursday, May 14, 2009


Stompin' around...






Jinchuu Monday, May 11, 2009


Something crazy to shoot at...






WW - TII 'Weng Weng' Thursday, May 7, 2009


What you can do with only a few small pieces of Lego...





Urugasi Monday, May 4, 2009


Just some Cannon Fodder





Boom Rover Tuesday, April 28, 2009








Engo - Gunner Type Wednesday, April 15, 2009


How I like 'em





Korosu Fighter Sunday, March 1, 2009


A small but fierce fighter on its own, devastating in a swarm. My entry for this contest and more views here.





RVX 'Garuda' Wednesday, February 11, 2009


Kinda R-type-ish, R-Typical... R-Typo ;)





Magojiro Wednesday, January 28, 2009






Shun S7 - Drone Guard Saturday, January 24, 2009






Fushigi EX Thursday, January 22, 2009


Another quick one... got some inspiration from some older japanese shoot 'em ups (again) and a couple of old anime, like Gatchaman/Battle of the planets and wanted to make something of a bird-like Fighter with that shooter vibe.

Somehow it also turned out a bit nnennish... Really fun making this and I think I'll make me a couple more birds...







The Tiiuniss - a type - Battle Cruiser Tuesday, January 20, 2009


My big adventure in deep microspace. This thing is not bigger than 11 cm long...







Gyoza Monday, January 19, 2009


Small but deadly...





BXIII - 'Blue Judgement' Sunday, January 18, 2009


Build me a couple of fairly quick ones lately, this is one of them.





MVT - 3X 'Mandarin' Thursday, January 15, 2009


My Entry for a small Lego building contest on Flickr. Rules; Building a small StarFighter not bigger than 14x14 studs and 5 bricks high, and has to fit a mini figure. Building with these constraints is such a fun and tough challenge. Pretty happy with the outcome, but there's some cool competition from other builders.









Bomber Buggy Tuesday, January 13, 2009


Tablescrap build, was limited to some parts from 7630, 8015 and 8122.





Denjin RVI Monday, January 12, 2009


Been playing a couple of shmups the last weeks, so I felt the urge to do a small shmuplike star fighter. More views on Flickr.





Taka V1 - Gunner Tuesday December 30, 2008


You all know by now I really like building them multiped mechs with some big guns...





Xama 79-H Sunday December 29, 2008






M-Xms 08 'Jingle Bug' Wednesday, December 24, 2008


Yes it's that time of the year and it's good to see that reigning technology hasn't destroyed and abandoned all human spirit. One day a year, these Xmas Critters come out and try to get us people in some holiday mood by playing all those lovely and memorable X-mas classics like Jingle Bugs, Frost-E the snowmech, Sentry Claws is homing your town and ofcourse Silent Light. And there's a lot more so sing along...

Merry Christmas Everyone!







NYKU 3 Monday, December 22, 2008


A small mecha with a big retro/old skool vibe.







Kala - 05II Friday, December 19, 2008


Another attempt at a Micro Mecha on a frame I did a while ago. These are a blast to make but also really challenging, so lot of respect for the Japanese builders who build these so damn well...
I think this one turned out ok.







Jira - RT 512 - 'Rolling Thunder' Monday, December 15, 2008


A Giant tank... build in microscale.









Fukumoto - Sentry Gunner Tuesday, December 9, 2008






Kakekomi - Gunner Type Wednesday, December 3, 2008


A multiped tactical gunner...





TRB 11 - 'Tiny Red Bastard' Wednesday, December 3, 2008


Just another tiny tablescrap tank, these are just so much fun to make...





Kagayaki - H 1.2 Monnday, November 17, 2008


A small one person assault vehicle...





Tanto VV Wednesday, November 12, 2008


And another Vic Viperish one for the pool, I think I've had it for NoVVember... top view again on Flickr.





Ichikoma V 02 - Heavy Duty class Thursday, November 6, 2008


An intelligent heavy duty worker, but after lots of misuse, its production got discontinued and remaining machines got refurbished for military purposes.

A funny comment on Flickr says its Wall-e's asshole big brother.






Mempo VV - E type Tuesday, November 4, 2008


A small and compact VV class Fighter. Top view here





Vic Viper Inpsired Sunday, November 2, 2008


Two more additions for the Vic Viper Month! This time in microscale and some different aesthetics.



Just something different, a retro styled Vic Viper... I really like the top view of this one.




Small, clean and simple. Top view is here



Ronin VV- Fighter Wednesday, October 29, 2008


My take and inspiration from the Vic Viper from Gradius for this NoVVember Month on Flickr. Tried to make it 'old skool meets new skool' with a mean stealthy look and design. This is what I'll be flying!






The Johnny Woosh nr.9 - Fire Extinguisher Monday, October 13, 2008


Double hose slingin' fire extinguisher... got to have one around the house.




Tonbo - S73 Gunship
Monday, October 6, 2008


Still having fun with Lego.

I have a thing for near future choppers, and with playing Shmups like Under Defeat and Zero Gunner 2 again recently, I just had to make one...

So here it is, a somewhat over the top flying tank with double rotors, Hokum style...inspired by those games and stuff like Patlabor and Ghost in the shell etc.





Amok 023 - Riot Striker Wednesday, October 1, 2008


Knows how to 'handle' large crowds... another shot on Flickr





Bugabii - Bee Bot Tuesday, September 30, 2008


Got a bit sidetracked while working and put this together... Love those cutesy kinda robotics...






Ikoto - Gunner Wednesday, September 24, 2008


It runs, jumps, strafes and blasts the seven shades of shinola out of everything on its path...




The Musa - Crawler Tank Sunday, September 21, 2008


Big bad crawlin' tank in microscale...




SS-N37 'The Zippo' Wednesday, September 17, 2008


It got guns, flames and gasses... One scary ass triped.




BM-G 23 'Blue Mohawk' Gunner type Friday, September 12, 2008





Wasabii - puppy bot Monday, September 8, 2008


Great with kids...




Micro Mecha Sunday, September 7, 2008


My attempt for a Microscale Mecha... fun, but kinda tough to do.




Sanwa Arcade Stick Wednesday, September 3, 2008


A nice quick 'n easy one for all you Lego Street Fighters out there...




YY-AG 'Yellow Yojimbo Assault Guard' Sunday, August 31, 2008


Yes, another multiped... I like 'em!




ASR-1.0 'Asylum Stun Runner' Friday, August 29, 2008


Yes all you psychos, it will outrun you and take you down...




Bugger Droid Thursday, August 28, 2008





Lego Ichikoma Battle Tank Wednesday, August 27, 2008


A bit of inspiration from the Ghost in the shell Tachikomas, two more pics on my Flickr...




Lego Luxo jr. Friday, August 22, 2008


Another microscale of a somewhat iconic picture...





Big Ass Micro Tank Thursday, August 21, 2008






FMD-type 03 'Floating Mechanic Droid' Wednesday, August 20, 2008


Still having fun building some small scale stuff...






Simple Lego WALL-E Wednesday, August 20, 2008


My take on a small scale WALL-E...




MEJ-H80 'Sniper Droid' Sunday, August 17, 2008


Lego, robotics and weapon technology, three things I love and it's so much fun to get geeky with... So I build this Sniper Droid, something like the perfect 'one shot, one kill' machine...







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