Hi Everyone,

Yes we are open again after some days of downtime. Due to an unfortunate incident we lost 5 days of posts and are now running a backup from last week Wednesday. I am very very sorry for the loss of these 5 days and will do what I can from this happening ever again (it was the first time as far as I can remember).

We have been experiencing some server slowness which we hope to fix soon by moving to a very powerful dedicated server (now we are on a Virtual Private Server). The new server is rented but we are waiting for the access codes to arrive by regular mail. Since that might take few more days we have decided to re-open the board on the old server. Don't worry, everything will be moved over when the new server is available.

Discussion topic

- The EB admins

Prepare yourselves warriors. Eurobricks Ninja Month is upon us.

Enter Action Themes for more...

Very soon the admins will start a major forum upgrade moving us to the latest version of the Invision forum software. We are kinda forced to upgrade because our current version has reached 'end of life', which means we can't get any support from this moment onwards.

The previous time we did such a major upgrade we prepared everything for 6 months in the background. By the time we were ready Invision already released a new forum version, so we are not going to do it like that again. Instead we'll upgrade the board and get us going with one default forum skin. Once we have one skin ready we'll fix all the other skins over time. So that means you'll see a pretty uncustomized board immediately after the upgrade until we get one skin ready.

During the upgrade the forum will be closed as we need to 'freeze' our database.

Current target is to do the upgrade this Wednesday, starting 9am (CET).

Link to discussion topic.

10233 Horizon Express

Available through Shop@Home beginning January 2013

US $129.99 CA $149.99 DE 99.99€ UK 79.99 £ DK 899.00 DKK

Check out this awesome music video by NXTManiac for the song Houdini by Foster the People.

Head over to the Brick Flicks & Comics forum to leave your comments.

Railbricks Magazine #12 is out

Good news for all train aficionados. The excellent Railbricks magazine is here with a fresh new edition.

Download here

From TLG:

"It’s time to celebrate Bricktober at participating Toys “R” Us® stores! This October, make a qualifying LEGO® purchase in a Toys “R” Us store and you’ll be able to take home an exclusive vintage minifigure collection! There are a total of four unique volumes; a different set available each week during October. Collect all 20 vintage minifigures!

Take a trip down memory lane with the opportunity to bring home four volumes of the vintage minifigure collection! Each collection features 5 unique and famous LEGO minifigures from the past. Venture into space with the astronaut, explore the Wild West with the cavalry colonel, sail the seven seas with the pirate, and even protect the castle with the brave knight! There are lots more classic minifigures ready to join your collection. These friendly, smiling characters have always made building fun! Quantities are limited and will only be available in October from participating Toys “R” Us stores. Please note that the exclusive vintage minifigure collection is only available in participating stores during the month of October while supplies last. A qualifying purchase is required and this product is not available for individual purchase.

For more details please visit your local Toys “R” Us Store."

Discuss Bricktober here!

The race

A render by bbqqq using Hrontos LDD2PovRay tool.

Comment here

The latest AFOL Quarterly Survey, focusing on social media, is now online!

Don't forget to mention Eurobricks as your favorite LEGO website

Summer of Friends Building Contest Winners!

And the winners are:

Category 1 (Vehicles): The Friend Ship - Oky

Category 2 (Rooms): Marie's Bricklink Office - mordatre

Category 3A (Cross Over 16x16): Baby Rock Monster Nursery - Ninja Nin (Action)

Category 3B (Cross Over 32x32): Spinel Fox - The Pink Faerie Fox - Siercon & Coral (Historica)

Category 4 (Animals): Pet Wash - Leela

LDD 4.3.5 is released

Major news for all users of LEGO Digital Designer - version 4.3.5 was released today.

212 new bricks - 118 bricks bug fixes - 9 new decorations

Read more and discuss it all here

Hobbiton

Ever wondered what a massive LEGO display of Hobbiton would look like?

Wonder no more, simply click on the pic below to see what Legopard has created, it's amazing!

Reminder

You only have two more days to vote in the Summer of Friends Building Contest!

To see the entries and cast your votes in the different categories, use the following links:

Category 1: Vehicles | Category 2: Rooms | Category 3A: Cross Theme | Category 3B: Cross Theme | Category 4: Animals

Voting closes on Friday September 14 at at 23:59 GMT.

Eurobricks MOC Expert and aircraft genius Ralph_S never ceases to amaze me with his superbly realistic military aircraft, but he has really raised the bar this time.

Check out his largest aircraft model ever: the B-52H Stratofortress!

Click the picture for a closer look at this beauty in the Special Themes Forum!

It´s been around for a while but for those of you that missed it - hurry hurry over to the Historic Themes forum

and check out member Blake Baer truly gorgeous take on Rivendell, from the Lord of the Rings