Tag: bricks

Come And Buy My Toys

13 December, 2012 (12:00) | Memories

When I was kid, we had an uncle that would give us a $100 bill if he were in town during our birthday. He was in twice for my birthday, and both of my $100 bills got spent at the fine establishment of Toys R US. In 1 trip each. The first time, it was […]

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If you give an adult LEGO enthusiast a brick…

5 July, 2012 (12:00) | LEGO© Creations

If you give an adult LEGO enthusiast a brick, he’s going to want a container to put it in. When you give him the container, he’ll probably ask you to help find all the bricks in his inventory of the same shape. When he’s finished finding all the pieces of the same shape, he’ll ask […]

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LEGO Rooster for Easter & Stations of the Cross art exhibit

9 May, 2012 (12:00) | LEGO© Creations

Our Church, The Open Door, hosts a stations of the cross art exhibit every year, and this year I volunteered to create a piece out of LEGO bricks.  I definitely hesitated until the last minute to speak up, but it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a couple years now, just never had the courage […]

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Pittsburgh Pirates logo in LEGO mosaic

12 April, 2012 (12:00) | LEGO© Creations

I can’t take all the credit for the work involved in this one.  There are 9 32 x 32 stud plates (which makes this 30 inches by 30 inches!) that I divvied up to the 9 kids in my class this year.  I used software to break a standard image down to 96 x 96 […]

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LEGO Mack truck with power

7 March, 2012 (12:00) | LEGO© Creations

It’s a pretty rude expression of a mack truck.  I struggle with actually putting in the effort to scale things properly or work on replication from a model.  I just said, “I want to build a mack truck” and started at it.  I mean, yeah, you get the idea that it’s a mack truck, but […]

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Pittsburgh in LEGO bricks – a “mini” series

3 November, 2011 (12:00) | LEGO© Creations

I once set out to create a model of Pittsburgh out of bricks.  It didn’t turn out well.  Scale is a hard thing to maintain when constricted to the shapes of LEGO bricks.  So, the mini-series was born.  As I’m inspired, or as requested, I’ll set out to recreate individual buildings and landmarks.  Here’s what […]

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