Dude, We're Getting The Band Back Together!

I pulled together a couple of instruments for a band, and it turned out looking pretty awesome. I'll show you how to make the drum set, keyboard and more.

Everything is awesome!

Everything is cool when you're part of a team!

Josh is our drummer, Reagen is lead singer, Mom is on keyboard and Dad is the Saxophone.
First off, the LEGO saxophone. Here is the link to my post before with the tutorial for it.

 Now the keyboard. While the saxophone came from a book, the keyboard was entirely my own invention. Here's how to build it.

 LEGO Keyboard
You'll need:

• 1 black 2x6 plate
• 1 black 1x6 tile
• 2 black 1x1 plates
• 2 black 1x1 tile
• 4 black 1x2 bricks
• 4 white grilles

You could also substitute brown pieces for black for a wood piano. However, keyboards are more often black.

 Stack the bricks in two stacks of two and attach them to the plate for the legs of the keyboard.

 Now, put the four grilles on the plate as shown. These are the keys and the gaps where the black shows through are the black keys.

 Now add the plates and tiles on the sides.

 Now place the 1x6 tile on the two 1x1 plates so it covers up half of the grilles.
There, now you have a keyboard.

 Time for the tutorial for the drum set.
LEGO Drum Set

 Here's what you'll need:

• 2 antennas
• 2 round 2x2 bricks
• 2 small radar dishes
• 2 2x2 sliding plates
• 2 technic connector with half round
• 1 2x6 plate with five holes
• 2 things to use as drumsticks

 Poke the rounded parts of the technic connector into the holes as shown. Then, place the antennas on the top two corners.

 Now, top the antennas with the radar dishes. Place the 2x2 round bricks on the technic connectors upside down.

 Lastly, put the sliding plates on the round bricks. Ta-da! Your drum set is ready to rock and roll.

Standing Mike
What you'll need

• 1 antenna
• 1 1x1 plate with ring
• 1 1x1 round plate
• 1 er... whatchamacallit. Oh, just look at the picture.

 Assemble as shown. Stick the round 1x1 plate onto the whatchamacallit, then poke the whatchamacallit onto the plate with ring, and poke the plate with ring onto the top of the antenna.

Now you have a keyboard, saxophone, mic and drum set for your band. Now go rock to "Everything is Awesome" or the song of your choice.

Bot Party!

My brother and I built several little robots. Here they are!
First off, the Chopping-Bot:

 It wields an ax and chainsaw. The hinge bricks built in allow it to chop both horizontally and vertically.

 Next, the Cleaning-Bot. It has a broom, wrench, antennae and bottle of cleaning spray.It also rotates thanks to the turntable.

 Next is the "Where Are My Pants" robot. It can download and play every episode of Where Are My Pants. (A TV show the LEGO people watch in The LEGO Movie.)

 I present to you the Stomping Robot.

 Ta-da, It can sit! Hinge bricks are built into it so the legs can bend. And yes, that's a Creeper from Minecraft on the top. My brother has a Minecraft LEGO set.

 The Arm-Bot. I really have no idea what this one does. Freak people out?

 Rock-Bot. Plays music. Select the song to play using the buttons. The music comes out the megaphone. Or, for just one person, take the hat and headphones to listen.

 The Food Robot. Use the buttons to program the food you want, then it comes out of the barrel. Throw any trash away in the trash can. Its wheels allow it to go anywhere food is needed.

 Missile-Bot. Launches its four red missiles and fires lasers out of its eyes.

 Cannon-Bot. Shoots cannon balls from the barrels. Carries one rider.

Multi-Bot. A Hodge podge of pieces. Performs a variety of tasks such as talking, thanks to the droid head, shoots off its guns, laser and crossbow, plus, it functions as a can opener because of the giant, orange claw!

 Terminator-Bot. One, red laser eye. Missile defense system. Room for a rider. Laser shooting cameras. Doom on wheels.

Robots can do anything you want them to, can take any form you want the to and can use any pieces or be any size. That's what makes them so fun to build. Think of a thing you want your robot to do, then build it to fulfill that purpose, whether it be refueling your race car, scrubbing windows or defending your home.

I Could Build a Spaceship!

So after seeing the LEGO movie (Again), my brother was inspired by the character Benny (1980 something space guy) to build a spaceship. Here it is!

 There are three crew members. These two are sleeping.

 An interior view.

 The nose here is an example of the SNOT building technique (Studs Not On Top) (Ha, Nose! Get it?)

 Not the most aerodynamic ship though... Still looks cool.

 Close up of the wings.

 The hearty crew.

If you haven't seen the LEGO movie, I suggest you do. It is hilarious and as someone who enjoys building with LEGO, I saw lots of cool ideas for things to build!

Candy Model

My brother made a cool LEGO art/sculpture/whatchamacallit made to look a piece of candy.

 He added a base (a 4x6 plate), a hinge brick so he could display it at an angle and some 2x3 and 2x4 plates to hold the pieces together.

It was made from four 3x6 double angled plates

Giant Scout Ship

So I posted before about the microscale spaceships we call Scout Ships. My brother decided to build a massive one.

So naturally, we built him a microscale counter part.

If you're wondering about the gray stripe, it's because we ran out of slanted white pieces.
We named them Andy and Andy Jr. Why, you ask. Because, they are black and white (and gray), like the TV show Andy Griffith.

Castle

My brother built a LEGO castle. We planned on filming a movie set in the middle ages, but all the sets we built were destroyed before filming. It is similar to a LEGO castle set he had, which is where the pieces with vines came from.

Close up of the second floor. There is a bed and a chest for the royal gems.

A close up of the lower floor. The floor is made of varying sizes of gray tiles to create a pattern.

Here is a view of the tower. This is where he would perch the archer so he could keep an eye out for enemy attacks!

A view of the back. Bricks with side studs were built into the wall so that 1x2 tiles could be attached. This gives the appearance of bricks sticking out and it gives the building more texture. It's a technique he learned from his LEGO play book.

One final view of the castle...