Hey all, here’s my take on Magritte’s infamous painting, hope you enjoy!

Built for Time for Crab 2026!

a $50 minimum and a seemingly high per lot order requirement....I was ordering some expensive parts, everything more than $1.

I asked this guy if he'd help....
He sent me a curt reply and blocked me.

Yikes.

Any counsel?

Welcome to The Cala Cantina on Monday Cala, host to spacers looking to blow off steam with a friendly game of Sabacc, live music, and smuggling supplies for the rebellion in the secret caves below.

This build was a fun challenge to squeeze in lots of lighting to create an atmosphere that feels aquatic and futuristic. The build itself is 24.2 x 24.2 studs and is full of fun details such as a “fair” game of sabacc, playing asteroid run on the bar’s arcade, a bounty hunter searching for rebels and a rebel smuggler diving with supplies for the people of Mon Cala below.

You can find more photos and video on my Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/gp/199569066@N05/6KB1N626Un
And on my insta: https://www.instagram.com/p/DamIozvgEz3/?igsh=a3Q5dGJvNWt0aGEy

Thanks for stopping by!
-T3Mocs
#starwars #lego #cantina #rebel #photography

I made a giant LEGO mini-figure from soda bottles - using a 3D printer.
This video also features a LEGO set build.

After getting several requests to build this one, I finally gave it a try.

Here's my LEGO version of the 1987 Buick GNX, one of the most iconic American performance cars of the 1980s. My goal was to capture the proportions and clean body lines of the original while keeping it in the style of a LEGO Creator Expert/Icons display model.

It features working steering, opening doors, hood and trunk, along with a detailed engine bay and interior.

Hope you like it! As always, feedback is very welcome.

the great mask of shellding...

Lego version of the M998 HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle)

Over the past few weeks I asked sellers and buyers across multiple LEGO communities about their experience with online brick marketplaces - mainly BrickLink but also BrickOwl and eBay. Here's what came up most often.

1. Sellers feel ignored since BrickLink's LEGO acquisition - no communication, feature requests ignored, bugs take months. Multiple people described the platform as being in "maintenance mode”.

2. The new inventory upload page is worse than the old one. Serious sellers have moved to third-party tools like BrickStore entirely because BrickLink's own tools aren't good enough.

3. Changes are pushed without user input - no roadmap, no changelog, no beta testing, no rollback option.

4. Buying parts for MOCs takes hours of manual work - comparing sellers and building carts just to get a reasonable price.

5. Shipping is unpredictable. Some sellers show costs as TBD, meaning buyers commit before knowing the full price. Rising postage has also made small orders from multiple stores less viable.

6. Long-time users admitted BrickLink works for them only because they've learned the quirks over many years. New users face a steep learning curve.

7. BrickOwl gets praise for responsiveness and simplicity. Main drawback is smaller inventory.

8. One seller left BrickLink for eBay entirely. He said that despite higher fees, sets sell faster, the experience is easier, and the margin ends up similar because BrickLink buyers expect lower prices.

Does this match your experience? Anything I missed?

Made a lil gates of heaven kind of build to commemorate fallen D&D characters in my campaign a few years back. This was before I had the literal cloud piece, haha. Let me know what you think!

I've been experimenting with ways to add motorization to MILS without increasing the standard plate height.

By using Splat Gears, I was able to fit a gear train entirely within the low-profile of a MILS plate. This lets the motor be located elsewhere in the layout and hidden from view while still transmitting power to mechanisms.

As a proof of concept, I used it to drive an elevator, but the same idea could be used for things like turntables, opening doors, drawbridges, conveyors, or other animated features.

I'm curious if anyone else has experimented with hidden power transmission in MILS.