The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide

If you’ve followed my blog at all over the last few years, or perhaps seen some of my models on Brickshelf, then you’ll already know that I LOVE fire apparatus modeled in LEGO bricks. When it comes to my own designs, I tend toward 4-stud wide models, as they remind me of the LEGOland series of kits from the 1970s.

However, I spotted this amazing fire engine on Brickshelf the other day and wanted to share it here. I love the detail and the overall look of realism that the builder has achieved. I would love to see a model like this released as an official LEGO set.

I read several Ambient music-related blogs each day. Yesterday, I spotted a link to some new music by Stretta.

I enjoyed the sample that was there. You can download the entire work from Soundcloud, just by following the link in the embedded music player.

Then I started browsing around Stretta’s blog and noted that there was a category for LEGO-related posts. Turns out, Stretta is also a LEGO fan. I thought that was cool.

Then… I looked around more and realized that Stretta also creates music as part of Archetribe. And I thought to myself that the name sounded kind of familiar. I checked my MP3 player and sure enough, I already had some Archetribe on there, that I’d downloaded from eMusic a year or so ago.

I love finding little connections like that in life… people you don’t know who you discover in one way, but later find out that you have other things in common or that they are somehow connected to something else that’s come into your life at another period of time. It’s a lot of looking for and identifying coincidences, but I enjoy it.

It’s taken me a long time to get to, but I finally was able to clean up the front page of Apotome.com last night. It’s not a redesign or anything radical like that. Rather, I just got rid of a bunch of old ‘updates’ that were starting to feel a bit dated.

Hopefully the info that’s there now is more relevant and interesting to those wanting to find out more about The Unofficial LEGO Builder’s Guide.

I thought this story was very sweet. And take a look at the book behind held by the smallest child (near the middle of the table). Yes, that’s a copy of ULBG.