Merry Christmas

Woody: "Look, Jessie, I found the perfect ornament to put on the tree!"
Buzz: "Very funny, Woody."
Toy Story Christmas by Okayaraman.

Disneyworld

Some time ago Jordan Schwartz made a number of great Disneyworld MOCs for a BrickJournal article.

Jedi Mickey

Tommy Williamson's Jedi Mickey is currently on display at the LEGO store in Costa Mesa, CA. If you're doing some last minute shopping, be sure to check it out.

I seriously doubt he's getting this kind of mileage

The Pizza Planet Truck (here by Rick_3691) plays a role in all three Toy Story movies. In 1 Woody and Buzz hitch a ride to get to Pizza Planet where they hope to catch up with Andy after being left at the gas station. In 2 the gang borrows the truck to chase Al to the airport to save Woody. In 3 we see the truck in flashback, as Lotso and friends are riding on the bumper before they come to Sunnyside. What you may or may not know is that the truck also has little cameos in most of the other Pixar films. For instance, when the house takes off in Up we see the truck on the city street as the house flies by, or at the end of Monsters Inc. we see the silhouette of the truck parked outside the trailer where Randall is banished. The truck only doesn't show up in the Incredibles, which seems odd, since there's a lot of running around the city, and the truck could have easily been hidden in a street scene. My thought is that there was a conscious decision in making the Incredibles to get away from some of these Pixar inside jokes. For instance, my understanding is that John Ratzinger was almost left out of the Incredibles, and was only added at the last minute.

The sky is falling!

I'm a little embarrassed. For some reason I had it in my head that Chicken Little was a DreamWorks film, and so, since I've tried to be a stickler about following my own rules, I initially passed over Dave and John Xandegar's (BriXwerX) great sculpture of Chicken Little and Kirby.

RC

Nathan Proudlove made this great version of RC. It's built on an old LEGO remote control car chassis, so it even runs. You can recreate the climactic sequence from Toy Story.

Mickey and friends

Some time ago, Superkalle made Mickey and friends.

Disneyland "sets"

Sorry to get your hopes up, these are not real. About 9 years ago, Suzanne Rich posted some faked versions of Disneyland sets, including the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and the Swiss Family Rob... er, no ... Tarzan's Treehouse. These were not by her, so I can't give proper credit to the builder.

Just keep swimming

Spencer D made Dory.

Where did I put that magic feather, anyway?

Okayaraman built the climactic scene from Dumbo.

Mice in love

M-and-m made Mickey and Minney.

Happy Halloween

Last year, Brickbaron made this Snow White trick or treat for a Halloween contest.

Black Hole

I just realized I had no MOCs listed from the 1970's movies, which, let's face it, was kind of a low point for Disney. I suppose I do have Pooh MOCs here, but do those could be connected to any of a great number of Disney products. Anyway, that prompted me to go looking. I wonder how many people remember the Black Hole. It's not one of the Disney classics that people come back to again and again, but it was fairly groundbreaking. They came up with several technological advances in filming (in part because they were unable to use Lucas' systems, so they invented their own), they used the longest computer animated sequence in film to this date, and this was also the first PG Disney movie (later leading to Touchstone etc). Mike Crowley made a great version of Vincent and Maximillian.



BTW, I think this raises a challenge for DisneyBricks fans: We need some Apple Dumpling Gang MOCs! Or LEGO renditions of the Cat from Outer Space! Or ... Okay, I guess I see why we don't have many 70's Disney MOCs. (C'mon, though, their version of Robin Hood was great fun and could make a good sculpture.)

Like a reindeer in the sky You can fly! You can fly!

Tshirane's Peter Pan was one of the very earliest vignettes.

A spoon full of sugar

Wintermoog made this wonderful Mary Poppins.

2012 sets

Pictures are out of the upcoming Cars 2 sets, including 9486, Oil Rig Escape.

Toys R Us build

I wasn't able to get to Toys R Us this weekend (plus I was concerned that they wouldn't let my son build since he is younger than the posted age range), but Ace from FBTB did. It sounds like it was a cool opportunity but chaotic and with varied experiences at different stores.

2012 Cars sets

I found this via BrickHeroes, but now I see that FBTB has it as well. Australian toy seller Hobbyco has listed upcoming LEGO sets that you can pre-order.

LEG9479 Brand Cars - Ivan Mater PRE-ORDER $12.95 -
LEG9480 Brand Cars - Finn McMissile PRE-ORDER $12.95 -
LEG9481 Brand Cars - Jeff Gorvette PRE-ORDER $12.95 -
LEG9483 Brand Cars - Agent Mater.S Escape PRE-ORDER $24.95 -
LEG9484 Brand Cars - Red's Water Rescue PRE-ORDER $34.95 -
LEG9485 Brand Cars - Ultimate Race Set PRE-ORDER $49.95 - v
LEG9486 Brand Cars - Oil Rig Escape PRE-ORDER $79.95 -

Rod 'Torque' Redline

This event appears to be happening at US Toys R Us stores this Saturday. You (probably limited to kids) can build Rod 'Torque' Redline and you get to keep it for free.

Under the Sea!

DATAFX7 made this great mosaic of Ariel and Sebastian.

Set 4164, Mickey's Fire Engine

Back in the year 2000 LEGO had a short-lived (6 sets) Mickey Mouse theme. The cheapest set in the list (at US$10) was 4164, Mickey's Fire Engine. At 26 pieces this was a simple build, but very appropriate for the age range (4-9) years who, at around 4, would be making the transition from Duplo to System (these are System). The Fireman Mickey fig is cute and easy for little hands to grab since it is larger than a normal minifig. Also, since it is all one piece, younger kids won't swallow parts. Of course the flip side for the AFOL is that you can't easily swap out the head or otherwise use the parts.



Buy it on BrickLink. See the inventory on Peeron and the instructions at lego.com. Some more pictures:

Huny

This Pooh by Joshua Christianson is on display at BrickCon.

SCATT

Okayaraman came up with the SCATT, the Star Command Armed Troop Transport for Buzz and his colleagues. This is great - I'd love to see others expand on Buzz's universe.

25 years of Pixar

Peter Aoun looks back at 25 years of Pixar. If you're near Costa Mesa, California, be sure to check this out.

A handy bird on a rainy day

Moctagon Jones presents the vultures from Tulgey Wood. For more Miniland creations, see MinilandBricks.

The Tweedles

Moctagon Jones presents Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. For more Miniland creations, see MinilandBricks.

Alice in Miniland

Moctagon Jones presents Alice in Miniland. For more Miniland creations, see MinilandBricks.

The (original) Donald

Erik Eti Smit made this great Donald Duck.

Disney Villains Contest

John Rudy was able to find his old Disney Villains Contest page from the contest from 2002 I featured here recently.

Lightning

This Lightning McQueen was on display at the Disney D23 Expo.

This isn't flying.

It's falling with style!

Buzz

I'm Buzz Lightyear, I'm always sure!

She'll be coming round the mountain

Fat Tony 1138 gives us the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride from the Disney parks. Via the Brothers-Brick.

Disney Villain Contest

Finally, the Best Diorama winner, and IMO the overall coolest creation in the 2002 Disney Villain Contest, was Joe Meno's Night on Bald Mountain.

Disney Villain Contest

Joe Meno's Ursula won the Best Minifig Custom category of the 2002 Disney Villain Contest.

Disney Villain Contest

And my broom won the Creative Use of Existing Bricks category of the 2002 Disney Villain Contest.

Disney Villain Contest

My own Captain Hook was the runner up in the Most Creative use of Existing Bricks category of the 2002 Disney Villain Contest.

Disney Contest

Continuing on from the Disney Villains Contest from 2002, the Best Use of Painted Elements category was won by Nick Goetz's Evil Queen from Snow White. Sadly, that's the best picture I could find, so let's also this Cinderella Castle. I found in his photostream. It seems this was built outside the LEGO store in Downtown Disney (Anaheim? Orlando?) in 1997.

Disney Villain Contest

Way back when (as in 2002), there was a Disney Villain Contest on Lugnet. Austin Surge was runner-up in the painted elements category with his Captain Hook.

Beauty and the Beast

Momma there is a girl in the castle! Mrs. Potts and Chip by Monsterbrick.

Alarm clocks

LEGO recently produced two alarm clocks.

Toy Story

Paganomation made a series of Toy Story films for LEGO last year.

Toy Story

Paganomation made a series of Toy Story films for LEGO last year.

Toy Story

Paganomation made a series of Toy Story films for LEGO last year.

Shall we dance

Vincent Cheung made this amazing Beauty and the Beast sculpture as part of a contest for Ani Con Hong Kong.

Adventure has a new name

Flash made this great scene from Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye at Disneyland.



Thanks to John Rudy for the heads-up!

Cars 2

These two Cars 2 sculptures were built to display in a Japan LEGO store.

Orlando

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go.

Orlando

Snow White.