MOC of the Week: LEGO Dinosaurs

This week’s MOC of the Week was built by the talented Sami Mustonen (senteosan on Flickr) and is two medium-sized LEGO recreations of a T. Rex and a Stegosaurus. One surprising fact about the images below is that they’re both digitally rendered images. From the looks of Sami’s Flickr photostream, he is pretty good and digital rendering and graphic design.

These models aren’t just well-built LEGO creations, they’re also on the LEGO CUUSOO website (see the builders message below). Vote for the T. Rex here and the Stegosaurus here.

Hi all dinosaur fans, just wondering could you help these iconic giants to reach 10,000 supporters on LEGO CUUSOO? The best part is that with your support, idea might be produced as an actual LEGO set – voting takes no longer than couple minutes.

Support Tyrannosaurus rex here: lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/48453

Support Stegosaurus here: lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/56748

Remember to check out Sami Mustonen’s other 3D rendering projects and more images of these creations over at his Flickr photostream here and share your opinion on his LEGO dinosaurs in the comments section below.

See all of the models we have featured for MOC of the Week here.

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2014 Set Images

Now that I am back from being on holiday last week, we can get stuck back into the latest LEGO news and, in particular, 2014 set images. Brickset has reported that images of next year’s first wave of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes sets have been revealed in a catalogue.

I received that early 2014 consumer catalogue with December’s Australian/New Zealand LEGO Club Magazine and it does show five Marvel sets (76014 Spider-Trike vs. Electro, 76015 Doc Ock Truck Heist, 76016 Spider-Helicopter Rescue, 76017 Captain America vs. HYDRA, 76018 Hulk Lab Smash). All these sets will be released in March and April 2014.

It seems as though LEGO is starting to take a different approach with the latest Super Heroes sets (the Spider-Man ones in particular ) and focusing the sets and minifigures on the comic books rather than the current films that are being produced.

This probably is result of MEGA brands (who are the parent company of Mega Bloks) has the license for the Spider-Man movies and LEGO has the one for Ultimate Spider-Man (a comic book series running from 2000 – 2009 from which a cartoon TV series was based off).

Personally, I’m not that much of a LEGO Super Heroes fan as much as some people are, but for this wave my favourites are the Captain America and Spider-Man helicopter sets.

What is your opinion on the first wave of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2014 sets? Do you prefer the cartoonish look over minifigures and sets being based on current super hero movies? Share your thoughts on these five sets in the comments below.