Catching up... again, work is crazzzy!

Halo Reach Emile by ~Amadgunslinger~  I'm liking the paint job here...

Quite like this new accessory found in the new Ninjago theme... nifty sword holder, photographed here by legojoker111customs

Some nice new items here from minifigcat - I like the gun and the helmet here...

Nice combo of Lego and Character building... Digger Digger Dogstar beat me to the punch! But, looks good, no?

Catching up with interesting figures

Some nice lighting here on this figure by ~Cmorganweck~

Praiter Yed made me lol with this minifigure... apologies if it causes offense but I've seen loads of pregnant women looking like this!

Dr. Alan Grant by ~Coruscantdefender~  reminding me how much I loved that movie (o:

Tim by Tom Leech - I haven't a clue who this is but it's nice to see people having a go at making a minifig based on a cartoon and trying to capture that vibe.

If you're into custom minifigs you have probably heard of CAB (selling really neat custom printed Lego minifigs on ebay). This awesome Han Solo minifig has been designed by CAB and Tiler. I particularly like the custom hair going on here.

Burakki's Brick Third Custom Minifig Design Contest

I am happy to announce the next minifig design contest to be hosted by myself will be opening shortly. The contest will continue to be sponsored by Firestar Toys, who will be offering the winner 15% discount at their online store. I have also lined up another sponsor, Brick Command and they are contributing some of their custom minifig accessories to be given away as prizes.

This month's contest will require you to design and make a force user from the Star Wars universe, please head over to the contest page on flickr to enter and to find out more information. Thanks!

Halloween Contest Winners!

I am pleased to announce the two winners of Burakki's Bricks Halloween Minifig Design Contest...

Coming first was Morgan190 and his "Blaze Pixie"

You've gotta love Morgan's combination of Lego, non-Lego and presentation techniques.

and second place is the Iron Duke by Fianat

I love to see people having a try at sculpting things for Lego and, although it looks a little rough, thumbs up for the ambitious attempt. If you two could flickr mail me with your details I will get your prizes out to you asap - Morgan, you get to choose which of the two sets you'd like.

Ooh, I just noticed this...

Brickforge is now selling it's new bottle/laser beam/spillage/glass pieces in various trans colours... look!

I'm loving the printed flasks!

They look sweet! Just wish I had some cash to buy some... damn you recession!! I'm still waiting to put an order in for Arealight backpacks and some M1ngles shapeways stuff... )o:  Still, I'm sure loads of you out there are buying - let me know what they're like!

Halloween Contest....Closed!

My halloween contest over on Flickr has now closed... thank you so much to everyone who entered! I will get the two winners announced sometime this week, possibley nearer to the weekend. November's Minifig Design Contest theme will also be announced by the weekend and I am pleased to announce that I now have 2 sponsors (o:

Firestar toys will be offering the winner of the next monthly contest 15% discount on an order at their store. They stock a wide range of official and custom lego parts and accessories. Pop over to their site and check out their stock - it's particularly good for people in the UK, which is where they are based.

I am pleased to announce that the good people of Brick Command have offered some of their custom wands, wing swords and throwing stars to the winner of the next contest and have offered to support future contests too! Check out their store to see what their accessories look like, I have bought from them before and would again.

I can't thank these guys enough for coming on board with me and giving something back to the community. If anyone else out there would like to sponsor a contest please get in touch! (o:

I'm still alive...

Just really busy... the problem with real life is that it often gets in the way, that's what's happening now... my profession means that I am often so busy I can't even check into Flickr, let alone anything else! So, please bare with me, I will be posting and running contests as much as I possibly can. I have been going through some of the backlog and have picked out a few figs worthy of posting - I am sure I have missed some, sorry! Please draw my attention to anything you think is noteworthy which I have overlooked.

Not technically customized minifigures but the names made me chuckle... here we have minifigs ready for trick or treating, Soldiermort, Dwarlf Vader, Balboa Fett, Lumber Jack, Spider-can and Batman by Ezra Balanga.

Keeper of the Keys here by Mike Bernd - nice Halloween themed minifig here (wish it had been entered into the contest!)  and there are a couple more on his flickr photostream. This figure features a head from citizenbrick.com

Link's Cap DX by M1ngles... yet another must have custom item for all nintendo fans brought to you by M1ngles (and can be bought via his Shapeways store). Can't recommend this guy enough!

Customizer Fianat has caught my eye recently... having a go at sculpting parts to accompany official lego parts. Have a look at some of his customs here...