Do the Mario!

Look at the dust...

I made this one a LONG time ago. Several years. I don't even remember specifically when it was. I probably wasn't even ten years old. But, I've kept it to this day and it's awesome.
For those of you unfamiliar with what this is, this is a LEGO mosaic of Mario from the video game Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (or as everyone calls it, the Super NES). I grew up playing the game and I've several fond memories of playing it with friends and family.

Here's a screenshot of the Mario in the game.

Naturally, I got lazy when it came to coloring certain things and following the pixels exactly, but I was satisfied with it at the time (and I still am).

For good measure, here's what Mario looks like nowadays.

The Laboratory

A team of androids and men do sciency things!

 Here's a playset of a science lab. It's got scientist and engineer looking guys all around, as well as their robotic assistants and such. The whole things also equipped with super-computers. That's pretty neat.

Up in front there's a giant capsule with which the scientists create all sorts of mutants or anything along those lines.

The primary part of this lab is the capsule that the scientists use to put stuff inside. If you've seen Pokemon - The First Movie, you should know what I'm talking about (and I can't believe I'm making that kind of reference).

 Open up the top and put something inside, like a sizable, mutant spider.

Brickshelf.com

I suppose this is good of time as any to talk about Brickshelf. Brickshelf is a cool website filled, FILLED with LEGO vehicles, sets, buildings, minifigures, and many other LEGO creations that people have made and submitted. It's a cool place sometimes. Here're a couple of things that I found on it that I particularly liked (so obviously, no, I didn't make any of these).

Solid Snake and Captain Falcon. Right on!

Here's a United States Air Force F22 Raptor, apparently. I like how there's a Star Wars figure inside.

It's Ridley.

It's Bowser.

I'd live there...

Well, those were pretty cool.

And in case you're wondering or anything, I'm not going to get an account on Brickshelf and share my stuff there. I don't build LEGO things enough for that, I feel.

The Skateboat

YES! It's the LEGO skateboard! Equipped with TWO whole pairs of wheels!

Check it out!

...Yup... I'm running out of ideas here...

The Plan

Okay, this is an awkward situation (well... I guess not really). I need to update this blog, but I am without any creation to share with you right now. Instead I will share with you why exactly I make these amazing LEGO things I have made and what exactly I have planned for them. As I may have stated before, I don't really play with these things (all that much...), I originally made these as "props" for a LEGOmation (animated LEGO video) that I am planning on making. It'll be fun and exciting and I'll definitely post a link to it when it's made (I'll be putting it on the YouTube).

Alright, with that, I have nothing else to say. Other than the fact that it was Bruce Lee's birthday just recently. But that's a little beside the point.

The Bus

The bus... the LEGO bus...

Well, here's another LEGO vehicle. I'd like to take this time to say that I don't just make LEGO vehicles. I've made a load of other stuff before. It's just that, the vehicles are all that I've shown and all that's really worth showing. I've made this play-set type thing before and I might show that off sometime or another. But 'til then, the LEGO bus!

You can put dudes inside!

This thing's cool 'cause it's got the capability to house multiple minifigures at a time (as a bus generally does). But how do these guys get inside?

There's a backdoor here...

They could use the back door. But that's a little inconvenient to put the minifigures inside. So what I did was...

*Click image to see it ANIMATED!*

The roof rises!

...make the roof flip up and down. This way it's several times easier for the playful child who's playing with this to put their LEGO guys inside. Pretty neat, huh?

Well, not really, seeing as no children will ever get the chance to play with this...

Transportation Vehicle

"Transportation Vehicle." Sounds redundant. But I'm full of comedic redundancies, so it's okay.

Anyways, here's the Transportation Vehicle (because I can't think of a better name right now). I call it this (because of the prior reason, of course and) because it "specializes" in transporting goods from one place to another.

Put crystals and things in the back compartment!

In the mental image I have in my mind, this thing is all about quick acceleration but lacks good speed. I don't know quite why I think this. Maybe it's because I'm imagining what this machine would be like if it were in a video game and that it would have quick acceleration to balance out stuff like the motorcycle (which I would imagine having slow acceleration but a ridiculously high top speed). But this is beside the point.

Vroom! Vroom!

Jet-Ski

For all the times your LEGO guys need to travel BY WATER, there're machines for this. Enter the jet-ski I made.

*Pirate flag sold separately*

 

This thing's pretty, pretty cool. It's got loads of gadgets and such on it to make it look nice. And the bottom is a smooth surface for which to glide along the water.

Oh look, it's my hand...

 

It really is a fun thing to play around with. Not much else to say, really.

Drift!

The Dual Minigunner

This one is an interesting one, because it came about solely when I was just putting things together and out came a relatively cool motor car vehicle thing. Then, something possessed me to put these two gun-looking shooters on the top. Needless to say, this last minute feature turned out to be probably the best feature of all my creations that I created.

Unlike The Motorcycle, the back is actually, mildly exciting!

For good measure, it's worth noting that the handles the minifigures hold onto, come off ridiculously easy. This is rather annoying, seeing as I have to put the handles back into place. But luckily that does not make my design any lamer.
 
Now, for your collective entertainment, an animated gif of the guns firing.

*Click image to see it ANIMATED!*

So powerful, it causes earthquakes, apparently.

The Motorcycle

The orange lazers complement the blue. Didn't notice that at first, actually.

Now, I know what you're thinking. You're probably thinking that the thing up there is not a motorcycle. Well originally, I had planned to make this really big motorcycle. But as I when on, it slowly turned away from a motorcycle into this three-wheeled-monster-truck-type-deal that you see. So that's why I call it a motorcycle and I will continue to refer to it as "The Motorcycle."

It is a fun car thing to play around with actually. It's definitely the biggest vehicle I've made so far, so it houses a lot of respect... from the other vehicles... I'm assuming. One problem I have with it is the fact that you can't get the LEGO dudes inside it without totally removing that top part.

A super tough, crime fighting, Batmobile-like, monster truck and there's no doors.

But when inside, it fits like a glove.

For a last note, the back is a completely flat wall... nothing special... no jet propelled boosters or anything.

Next time...