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And the Winners are...

Visit the Town forum to have a look at the winners and all the entries in this year's competition.

First place

30. Confectionery Shop by Legonardo

Second place

15. Weihnachtspyramide by Gunman

Third place

13. Brewery by Pate-keetongu

Eurobricks Forum member, LEGO customiser and BrickWarriors founder Thrash shares news of his latest item designs: Top Hat, Steampunk Helm, Trench Coat, Gentleman's Pipe and Powerfists!

(Click on the images above to join the discussions, or browse the Minifig Customisation Workshop to learn more about the LEGO customisers' world)

New member Vincent Q created this awesome 18th Century Mansion!

Stop by the Pirates forum and comment on this 18th Century Mansion!

The Urticans are back! And how! Eurobricks Fellow Cecilie shows us that these fearsome bears also need to relax from time to time!

Check out the details in History!

For there lurks the Spurdog!

Eurobricks member and Aquazone builder Pimbo has created this impressive submersible. Check it out in Action and Adventure Themes

:wub: !

Go here to check it out!

In case you've missed these, a couple of excellent MOCs have been posted on the forums since the start of the New Year.

First up, from the Town forum, Legopard and his lovely Tree House.

Meanwhile, vitreolum has been gracing the Special Themes forum with a number of highly original creations full of inventive part usages. In no particular order:

Bad Elf

First Snow

Room with a View

and The Princess and the Knight

Enjoy!

Thanks to everyone who entered the sixth annual Expand the Winter Village Contest. We have a record-breaking 57 qualifying entries this year!

You can now vote for your favourite entries in the voting topic. Before placing your votes, please read the voting rules carefully.

It's almost the end of January and there's already a lot of great entries for the Frozen Beyond Contest. Like this one made by Captain Flint. You can feel the cold of Mitgardia just by looking at it!

Check out more details in the Guilds of Historica forum!

I really love this bastion which Captain Green Hair made for Brethren of the Brick Seas.

The Sea Rats must be very happy with this amount of fire power protecting their port.

Want to know more about Brethren of the Brick Seas? It's a community build with 4 fraction that's just starting in our pirates forum.

Check out following topics for more info:

• Brethren of the Brick Seas (BoBS) Introduction and Starting Thread
  
• Welcome to BoBS and Merry BoBSmas! [MASTER INDEX]
  

It's no surprise (well...) that the very first Eurobricks' member to register for Andromeda's Gates, Mike S, is also the one posting the official 1000th build for the game! Don't hesitate to look around the galaxy, there is so much marvels to discover in every corners of the galaxy! You'll see much more there than in a ship's hold!

Brethren of the Brick Seas has launched! I recommend checking out the following topics first:

• Brethren of the Brick Seas (BoBS) Introduction and Starting Thread
  
• Welcome to BoBS and Merry BoBSmas! [MASTER INDEX]
  

The Empire of Corrington

Nickname: The Scientific Kingdom

Colors: Red and Black

Flag:

The Empire of Oleon

Nickname: The Kingdom of Faith

Colors: Blue and Dark Blue

Flag:

The Empire of Eslandola

Nickname: Cash Empire

Colors: Green, Gold

Flag: Although this is the official flag, you are welcome to create your own variations or stick with purist flags.

The Sea Rats

Nickname: Pirates

Colors: Black, Yellow, Medium Blue

Flag:

Our own CorneliusMurdock has completed a wonderfully detailed review of the new LEGO Ghostbusters 75827 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters! Click the picture to check it out in the Licensed Forum!

Eurobricks Action Figure Moderator and Academy Teacher VBBN has successfully completed the rest of the 1HY 2016 Bionicle sets. There's a lot to look at here!

Click to view each review:

71300 Uxar Creature of Jungle

71301 Ketar Creature of Stone

71302 Akida Creature of Water

71303 Ikir Creature of Fire

71304 Terak Creature of Earth

71305 Lewa Uniter of Jungle

71306 Pohatu Uniter of Stone

71307 Gali Uniter of Water

71308 Tahu Uniter of Fire

71309 Onua Uniter of Earth

71311 Kopaka and Melum Unity Set

Perhaps these builders were thinking of those of us in the Southern hemisphere or were already looking forward to the Summer of 2016 when they built these beautiful MOCs in the middle of the Winter.

Looking for ideas for your next fairground set, TLG? tkel86 cleverly incorporates Power Functions in his Swing Ride.

Resident EB MOC expert snaillad was inspired by classic town sets and particularly the Paradisa theme when he built his Paradisa Cafe.

Check out these MOCs and many great entries for the Expand the Winter Village Contest VI in the Town forum.