As a child, I spent a year living in Japan. My father was contracting for a Japanese company and working long hours, so I had a lot of time to myself. Some of my oldest memories come from watching Japanese giant robot shows after school, so getting to explore toy stores full of mecha models and watch anime on tv (this was the early 80s, so it was still mostly unknown in the states), was inspiring.
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Daily Internet 6/26/14
Reviews:
- 21110 Research Institute – The next Lego Ideas (formerly cuuso) set, reviewed by the woman whose work it is based on.
June Cup
Last weekend I decided to have a little ‘me’ time and took off for a trip to the local Lego store. It had been a while since I’d updated the store’s entry on wallofbricks.com, and I am ever curious about what treasures the wall might hold for me.
Daily Internet 6/23/14
The Art of LEGO Design
I’ve been playing with Lego since I was a kid, but I’ve only really been building seriously for about a year. I’m always on the lookout for new ways to educate myself on building techniques, so Jordan Schwartz’s book The Art of LEGO Design: Creative Ways to Build Amazing Models caught my eye when it was released last week. Being impatient, I bought a kindle copy and started reading it on my iPad.
Daily Internet 6/22/14
Daily Internet 6/21/14
MOCs:
I’m in love with that fist!
Reviews:
- 75053 The Ghost – I’m not a huge Star Wars fan per se, but I love a cool ship and this one looks like a lot of fun.
Daily Internet 6/20/14
Daily Internet 6/19/14
MOCs:
Posts:
- LEGO Fusion – A new series of mobile games that interact with physical bricks as part of game play.
Daily Internet 6/18/14
MOCs:
Posts:
- Art of Lego Design – A new book focused on technique, with insights from particular builders. I’ll have a review up soon!