This is what I call making the best of a bad situation. When you wreck your ship you can think of it as “broken”, or you can think of it as “building materials”. As you can see these industrious pirates went full Bob Villa and have themselves a pretty spiffy little island. Nice build Travis Brickle. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

I love when a MOC absolutely stops me in my tracks. Not that I’m really scrolling Flickr when I’m walking, but the whole world just stops, and I stare. That’s precisely the reaction to this sculpture of Sylvanas Windrunner by builder timofey_tkachev. The good news is you can build your own world stopping version of this because he has released building instructions, how cool is that? Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

I think we can all agree Batman is pretty badass, but what if he was even more badasser? I mean, we’ve seen him with armor, but was it samurai armor? And we know he likes his tech, but what if it was steampunk tech? Well wonder no more dear reader, builder MDSWIM has brought this mashup to life for all of us to enjoy. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

The 2019 Toy of the Year award winners will be announced ahead of the New York Toy Fair in February and you can now vote for your favorite nominees. As usual, LEGO has been nominated for a few categories so head on over to the links below to vote for them. Collectible of the Year LEGO Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts Collectible Minifigures (71022) Construction Toy of the Year LEGO Star Wars Kessel Run Millennium Falcon (75212) LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall (75954) License of the Year LEGO Jurassic World Playset of the Year LEGO Creator Roller Coaster (10261) LEGO Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate (75930) Preschool Toy of the Year LEGO DUPLO Steam Train (10874) Specialty Toy of the Year LEGO Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City (75222) LEGO Wizarding World Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle (71043) Vehicle of the Year LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron (42083)...

Being a maker and a craftsman I can really get into this piece by builder qi_tah. It combines some of my favorite things, LEGO, sculpture and the artistic drive to make something from nothing. I’ve never had a try at marble sculpture (or any stone for that matter) but it’s always interested me. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy