Bill Ward’s Brickpile

With other members of the Bay Area LEGO Users Group, I helped install a new aquarium-themed display at the Stoneridge Mall LEGO store in Pleasanton, CA on Feb 20, 2006. My contributions to this display were two fish and some seaweed.

The fish that appear to be floating in air, and the seaweed that […]

This is another model that I built 3 years ago but only recently posted the pictures online.

This, along with the recently posted Road Bridge, was built for the BayLTC train layout in 2003.
The cliff module was designed to come apart into several sections for ease of transportation and storage. Each section […]

My wife and I will be traveling to South Carolina (visiting Hilton Head and Charleston) next month. If you’re in that area and would like to meet up, send me mail or comment under this entry.Technorati Tags: LEGO, South Carolina, Charleston, Hilton Head, meetup

In 2003 (or maybe 2002) I built a bridge for the BayLTC train layout. But it wasn’t a train bridge, it was a road bridge (for cars and trucks).

The road pieces came from LEGO’s 6600 Highway Construction set, and the bridge’s structural elements were built of Technic bricks.
Most of the angles in […]

Except in Germany, that is. It seems that a LEGO fan was recently arrested for playing with LEGO Mindstorms on a train. Thanks to my wife Holly for pointing this out.
The question is, how could anyone think that a robotics kit made from LEGO could be used to make a bomb? I’ll […]