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Yeah, the parts where T. Ocellus is just observing and manipulating its captors were some of my favourite bits of the show. There's something very unsettling in that steady gaze, not knowing its intelligence or motives.

I've really enjoyed Alien: Earth over the past few months, and was inspired to recreate the most memorable new xenomorph on the show - the hideous little eyeball tentacle alien known as T. Ocellus. Spoilers follow for Season 1! ... ... ... This first design is just 75 pieces, recreating the alien in its solo state as a tentacled little horror - you can find the instructions for a slightly colour-altered version over on Rebrickable. But T. Ocellus is a nimble parasite that controls its hosts by popping itself into their eye sockets, and at a certain point in the season it finds a new home which I've also recreated. Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks, I appreciate it! Recreating the exhibition was a fun mix of big and small-scale building, from the building as a whole down to the individual items, and there was lots of inspiration in the contemporary illustrations and catalogues.

Welcome to the Crystal Palace and the grandest event of the Victorian age - the Great Exhibition of 1851! Hop on the London omnibus to Hyde Park and join visitors from across the globe as they explore the first world's fair in the glass exhibition building which became an icon of the Victorian era. From steam-engines, telescopes and airships to textiles, stuffed elephants, and humble cutlery, all the industrial and artistic treasures of the nineteenth century are here under one massive vaulted roof. You might even spot some celebrities, as Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, the Duke of Wellington and more mingle with visitors from around the world. This 4,998-piece set includes the central portion of the Palace and 22 minifigures along with three side builds: a London street with a poster display plaque, a horse-drawn omnibus, and the famous Crystal Palace Park model dinosaurs. This is my latest LEGO Ideas project, just published and gathering support - you can see more details and images on the Ideas website here. All comments and support are very much appreciated. I hope you enjoy it!

Great figures! I love the build for riding side-saddle. I hadn't seen that bonnet before either - I've been working on a project in Studio recently where it would have been very useful, if the parts database was all up to date.

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, starting a conga line. You step to the rhythm, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.” Here's a MOC I put together for the current LEGO Ideas Lord of the Rings 'A Night to Remember' challenge - Gandalf's Magical Conga Line! The idea was to create a playful party-themed build that pays tribute to the old and the revived LEGO Lord of the Rings theme, packed with familiar characters and locations. I hope you enjoy it! It's Frodo's birthday and all of Middle Earth is invited! With a little magic from Gandalf, these party-goers are hot-stepping their way in a conga line that starts in Bag End before winding through some faraway scenes transported all the way to the Shire. There's lembas cake in Rivendell, with Gimli on slicing duty and Arwen singing the Elvish version of Happy Birthday (it's 300 verses and very melancholy). One does not simply walk into Mordor, but conga-ing seems to work. Luckily Sauron has gotten into the party mood too (is he smizing?), and he's grilling up hot dogs on his fiery Eye. Gollum is on percussion with some old fish - it must be drum and bass. Finally, there's drinks and dancing at the Green Dragon in Hobbiton with Rosie Cotton on sax. How will everybody get home after? Don't worry - the Eagles are coming!

Hello everyone, and allow me to introduce you to Phileas Fogg of Savile Row, London, his valet Jean Passepartout, and my Lego MOC Around the World in 80 Days! This build is inspired by Jules Verne's classic 1872 adventure novel, in which the eccentric adventurer Fogg makes a wager that he can circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days using the most up-to-date nineteenth-century technologies and transport links. The colourful spinning globe allows the minifigures to travel through a series of microscale dioramas showing locations and transportation from the novel, from palaces and elephants to steamships, camels, and ancient monuments. Beneath these microscale dioramas, a dotted line on the map follows the travellers as they race from London through Europe to Egypt, across the ocean to India, over the Pacific with a stopover in Japan en route to the U.S.A., and finally over the Atlantic to reach London. Will they be in time to win the bet? No spoilers here... The set contains minifigures of the novel's four main characters: Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, the detective Inspector Fix, and the Indian princess Aouda. It's currently gathering support over on LEGO Ideas, where you can find more pictures and details. This is my first project using Lego Studio software, and it's been a real pleasure to put it together and share it with the community. All support and feedback is very welcome - thanks for looking!

Hello all! My first LEGO Ideas project, Around the World in 80 Days, has just gone live, and I'd appreciate any votes or comments you could send my way. It's based on Jules Verne's 1872 novel, with a spinning globe of microscale dioramas allowing the minifigures to travel through various locations around the world. I hope you enjoy checking it out!

Hello all! Here's my new LEGO Idea project based on the famous Jules Verne novel Around the World in 80 Days. It's a spinning globe of microscale dioramas which move around the minifigures allowing them to 'travel' through various destinations from the novel. I hope you enjoy it, and any votes or comments on Ideas are very much appreciated!