I have a confession to make: I still haven't read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Sure, I've read the rest, but somehow missed the inaugural tome in Rowling's master work. Chalk it up to arriving late to that party (Please don't fire me, Tommy. I'll read it, I promise). This masterful micro rendition of the Hogwarts Express, by david zambito, captures the beautiful example of British locomotive history, as it rumbles it's passengers to another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft And Wizardry.  The texture achieved through the use of dark and light bluish-grey in the elevated railway wonderfully contrasts with the lush vegetation in the fields below.  One could almost see a chocolate frog making it's leap to freedom.  Original linkOriginal author: Will Nickelson

I have to share builder Cesbrick's sentiment on this lovely little location, I just want to be here. I'm not into fishing, or boating really for that matter, but this place draws me in. I want to see inside, I want to hear the birds chirping, I want to smell the fire burning, it just looks so appealing. Maybe perhaps if I can't live here I can just park my Airstream across the lake from it so I can admire it from a distance, if only for a little while. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

As the father of a teenager and a Marvel fan I can say without hesitation that the world needs this. Builder Ochre Jelly has tasked himself with a photo series, with a new photo every day. The subject? Well it's teenage heartthrob Groot, being a heartthrob and a teen, and totally disinterested in anything you care about (yeah, whatever dad, I am Groot). Iain hasn't said how long the series will last, but I'll be watching until it's over. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

Mechanical guru Josh DaVid is back with another wonderful kinetic sculpture. This time it's something of a more domestic and ancient task, plowing. For as long as humans have been planting crops we've been enlisting beasts of burden to assist us, and this creation celebrates that collaboration. Check out the video to see it in motion. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

LEGO has released a blog post of some of the changes that have been made to LEGO Ideas. They have also extended the lifeline of LEGO Rebrick just a little bit as it will now go offline on September 14 instead of the previous announcement of it shutting down on the first of September. Check out all the changes that have been made to LEGO Ideas below. Today we’ve released the latest batch of improvements to LEGO IDEAS based on our roadmap and extensive user testing that we conducted after the last update. With mixed emotions, the time has now come to close LEGO Rebrick and move future Contests to LEGO IDEAS. LEGO Rebrick launched as a contest platform in March 2016 and we have been continuously impressed with the innovation and ingenuity we see in every single entry. We are excited to be able to now offer these contests on...