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Santa’s Cottage reaches 10K supporters on LEGO Ideas!
A couple of days ago my Santa’s Cottage achieved the coveted 10,000 votes on LEGO IDEAS: it's unbelievable!It all started on December 1st and ended on February 1st: exactly two months!I've worked hard these 63 days to promote the project and I am delighted to have...
Santa’s Cottage fully detailed interiors are out now!
The past few days I've worked hard to build the interiors of the Santa's Cottage and now here they are right for the project update No. 8, in other words 8.000 supporters achieved. Thank you all! ...and if you haven't yet please support Santa's Cottage on LEGO IDEAS:...
2021: A YEAR IN REVIEW
As usual it's time to look back and take stock of what I've done in the past twelve months. Alongside the traditional buildings of MOCs (scroll the images for a deeper look) this year I submitted two builds on the LEGO IDEAS: the A-Frame Cabin in spring, that reached...
A jump into the Santa’s Cottage building process
While Santa's Cottage is gathering support on LEGO IDEAS - please don't forget to vote it - it's time to take a look at some unreleased work-in-progress snapshots of Mr. Claus residence straight from the Polar Circle.Follow the "step by step" building stages, scroll...
Santa’s Cottage (on LEGO IDEAS too!)
It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas...As usual in this period it's time for a Christmas themed creation and here it is Santa's Cottage, a cozy shelter for Santa who is preparing his worldwide tour for delivering gifts. Let’s give the iconic Santa's Cottage a...
Theo’s Trebuchet Fishing Hut: behind the scenes of the building process
Let's take a look at some unreleased WIP snapshots of my latest creation straight from the sea.Follow Theo's Trabuchet "step by step" building stages, scroll through the images and find out the secrets of my fishing diorama.Below the captions of the photos. Step 1:...
Theo’s Trabuchet fishing hut
The Trabucco (Trabuchet) is a typical and ancient fishing machine from the east coast of Italy.It's made of wood and consists of a platform into the sea connected to the coast by a tight bridge made of wooden boards.From this platform, two (or more) long arms called...
From sketch to model: behind the scenes of the Sweet Tooth building process
Even for my latest creations, the Sweet Tooth cabin from Netflix TV series, I took the work in progress photos, or rather the steps to assemble the parts of which the diorama is made up of. While you can take a look at the photos below to check out the assembly steps,...
Sweet Tooth Cabin
I recently saw the Netflix TV series Sweet Tooth (an American fantasy drama streaming television series developed by Jim Mickle based on the comic book of the same name by Jeff Lemire) and, although I'm not a big fan of the TV series, the first episode gave me a...
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Bugatti Barn Find
As a petrolhead I've always dreamed about finding a classic car hidden for years in an old barn or shed. And that is what is called "Barn find". My latest build showcases two car-hunters discovering a classic Bugatti Type 35 Grand Prix in a barn. Close to the blue...
The Takehito Yamato Coupé
I saw this classic Hot Rod on Chop & Roll magazine and I was stricken by the uncommon colour (PPG 1936 Cordoba Tan) and by the smooth design of this Deuce. Plus its story was really cool: built in California and shipped to Japan where its new owner lives. Japan...
Esso Gas Station, W.M. Dudok (1953)
Put a tiger in your tank! If you think about retro gas station you probably think about something really cool and stylish: modernist architecture, art deco gas pumps and other outstanding car stuff displayed outside the station.You can find all this in the elegant gas...
Scooter Shop | Dream Garage
Officina Super Sprint turns twenty in 2015 and to pay tribute for this important anniversary I built the LEGO model of the shop.Officina Super Sprint is a Vespa specialized workshop. It was founded in 1995 by two friends, one of them is also an AFOL (Adult Fan Of...
Volkswagen Workshop | Garage Life
Besides my passion for LEGO bricks I've always been involved in vintage car and motorcycle issues and I have always been fascinated by “garage life”. So after having built the last few years almost exclusively 1/13 scale trucks I devoted myself to a new project: a...
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Andrea Lattanzio named LEGO Builder of the year 2019
No words can express my joy when few hours ago I’ve been named LEGO Builder of the Year 2019 by The Brothers Brick, the world’s no.1 source for LEGO news, reviews, and fan creations…
Norton74 Minifig SERIES 3 is out now!
The brand new Norton74 Minifig Series 3 is finally right here!
Produced in only 100 numbered pieces and 6 different color combo it comes with an exclusive de-luxe clamshell blister packaging…
LEGO House one year later
My time at the LEGO House has expired. It’s time to bring my MOCs back home. It was great to be part of the LEGO House project and I’m happy to see new talented builders taking my place at the Masterpiece Gallery…
Norton74 Commemorative Brick
Celebrating Norton74 at the LEGO House Masterpiece Gallery with these commemorative custom bricks wrapped in an elegant and cool packaging…
Awards:
The Brothers Brick LEGO Builder of the Year 2019
Archbrick Build of the Year shortlist 2019
The 10 most popular custom LEGO creation instructions on The Brothers Brick for 2018
Shortlist for Brothers Brick LEGO Creation of the Year 2018
Official exhibitor at the LEGO House Masterpiece Gallery (2018/2019)
The LEGO car blog Master MOCer
Tiles or Studs Special Interview with Andrea Lattanzio a.k.a. Norton74
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