Brick Labs

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!OK, the private beta went out yesterday. The first beta period ended at 9 PM EST. Next game period is on Saturday, and then again on Sunday. Both the weekend times don’t work for me, so [...]

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Fay Rhodes has done some excellent work with both her books regarding building LEGO NXT Animals.
The first book, is the Zoo Book. You can buy it at Amazon.
Here is a Rabbit from the Zoo Book:

Next up, is another book from Fay Rhodes. Robots Alive! Endangered Species
Here is a frog [...]

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LEGO® Indiana Jones Jungle Cutter
The Good:
The cutting blades have smaller rubber wheels on the underside, so as the tank drives, the blades spin. Simple, yet nice effect.  There is also a lever to push to cause the engine to “blow up”.  The building instructions are decent.  Not overly complex, but still kind of [...]

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LEGO Indiana Jones Temple Escape
The Good:
Nice little biplane.  The plane could be used in any City or Indiana Jones sets. The building instructions are well done.  Not overly complex, but still kind of fun to build. There are some neat angles in the floor plan, and they use [...]

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Jim Kelly from The NXT Step has a review of the Red, Blue and Green books from Yoshihito Isogawa.  These books are on my wish list.  I definitely would like to get copies of them. 
The books are written in Japanese, but the author uses an icon system to portray what is happening, or what [...]

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