PINK GLITTER ICE CREAM CART • BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS

Above: The PINK GLITTER ICE CREAM CART shown assembled with female minifigure GABBY.

PINK GLITTER ICE CREAM CART • BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS

This posting features images and instructions identical to the printed directions which come along with this custom BRICK TRICK DUDE kit available exclusively on Ebay.

Below: Parts included in the custom building kit.

PARTS LIST
1 dark pink 4x4 parabola
1 white antennae pole
1 orange 1x1 cap
1 white 2x4 plate
1 white 1x2 plate w/handle
1 white 1x2 tile w/panel
1 white 1x2 grill
1 dark pink 2x2 brick
1 pink trans. glitter 1x2 brick
1 white 2x2 45-degree inverse slope
2 yellow trans. 1x1 caps
3 dark blue trans. 1x1 caps
3 neon orange trans. 1x1 caps
2 black and gray gearshifts
1 clear transparent goblet
1 light orange ice cream scoops
1 green trans. 1x1 cone
1 red trans. 1x1 cone
2 light gray 2x2 axle plates
4 black smooth rubber tires
4 white 8mm wheel rims

GAL PAL Minifigure“Gabby” is assembled.
1 dark tan “bob cut” wig
1 female head w/eyebrows, red lipstick/alternate face on back
1 blue/white overall torso
1 blue hips/legs

Step 1: Snap orange cap on to dark pink 4x4 parabola. Stack dark blue transparent caps and orange transparent caps, add gearshifts. Place “scoops” in goblet. Add yellow transparent caps to red and green transparent cones.

Step 2: Build cart base by attaching pink and glitter bricks to light gray axle plates, add white inverse slope. Place white 2x4 plate on top along with white 1x2 plate w/handle. Place black tires on white rims.

Step 3: Add the white 1x2 tile w/panel and white 1x2 grill to the cart base as shown in photo. Add condiments, bottles and ice cream sundae to pegs as shown or in your own unique layout.

Step 4: Add cap/parabola to white antennae pole and place “umbrella” on cart. Carefully add wheels to pegs on light gray axle plates and you’re ready for a big day of ice cream sales.

CUTE LITTLE COTTAGES

Above: A row of cottages designed and built by Brick Trick artist PHILIP BUCHAN. Each tiny house has a different holiday tree inside.

Below: The row of cottages shown with the rooftops removed, so the interiors can be more easily viewed.

CUTE LITTLE COTTAGES

Greetings BRICK TRICK BLOG Friends!

This posting features images of a series of Holiday Cottages built by PHILIP BUCHAN for the 2009 Brick Trick display. Each tiny building sits on a 16x16 peg base plate and no two homes are exactly alike.

Below: The LIME COTTAGE has a bright yellow roof. Through the large "living room" window you can see the white holiday tree decorated with black ornaments.

Above: A closer view of the tree in the LIME COTTAGE.

Below: Another view of the LIME COTTAGE. On the right side is a dark red cottage built entirely of plates. On the left is an 8x16 peg base plate with a tree and flowers used to create landscaping as well as space between the buildings.

Above: The interior of the LIME COTTAGE is visible with the yellow roof lifted off. Each building was designed to have a removable roof.

Below: A building made of dark green bricks with a red roof has a tree inside constructed with two shades of purple plates and decorated with white 1x1 caps.

Above: A closer view of the purple holiday tree inside the DARK GREEN COTTAGE.

Below: The PINK COTTAGE has a red tree with lime decorations.

VALENTINE MIX & LOVE MOSAIC

Above: The Valentine "Love" mosaic designed by Brick Trick artist Trick Richey.

VALENTINE MIX & LOVE MOSAIC

Greetings BrickTrick BLOG Friends!

Despite all the many kits and other things we've built, we'd never really experimented with brick mosaics. So Trick set out to create a brick Valentine using bold colors including red and two shades of pink. The result is a free standing mosaic built on two 8x16 peg base plates which can be placed side-by-side as shown. The design also works when the base plates are arranged on top of each other in a square layout, though the mosaic panels cannot stand up in this position and have to be laid flat for display. The LOVE mosaic incorporates several cool bright pink, dark pink, red transparent and white bricks and plates, as well as lots of red transparent 1x1 smooth tiles which cover the entire background of the base plates between each of the letters and the heart motif.

More details about this project and building instructions using new software we're experimenting with will be available in a future posting.

Enjoy and happy building!

Below: Image shows a Valentine color-themed mix of bricks and other parts being offered by BRICK TRICK DUDE on Ebay, (sold as a bagged mix with 202 pieces; click the pic to view sales listing).

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Above: A street scene featuring the three buildings currently available from the manufacturer in large kits. Pictured are, (from left), the FIRE BRIGADE, GREEN GROCER and the CAFE CORNER brick models. Note that some customization has taken place, such as replacing the tiny mug on the cafe signage with a big, red "Scala" coffee pot and the minifigs putting up, (or maybe taking down), a string of Christmas lights above the grocery store.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We hope you had a safe and happy holiday season and that you got all the cool Lego® products you wanted from Santa! As you can see from the photo above we've been busy building the new kits we got for Christmas. While we often feature kits we create ourselves here in the BRICK TRICK BLOG, we love to build sets from the manufacturer, too. In addition to these sets having awesome results, they also include cool pieces and colors not always so easy to find. We also enjoy learning new building techniques and these kits often have ideas we'd never thought of. While the image above shows three kits built by Philip, we also built several other projects including the new tan-colored FAMILY HOME (Model #6754) and the very delightful CARGO TRAIN. Thanks to Santa for all of the extra train track sets, too! More images of our projects will follow in future postings, right now we're getting back to more building!

Enjoy!

REMINDER: Click on the picture to view an enlarged image.

Street of Larger Buildings

Above: Pictured are several architectural creations from the BRICK TRICK studio. These structures, which include a cinema, hotel, hair salon and pizza parlor among others, were designed and built to accompany the GREEN GROCER kit from the manufacturer. Future postings will feature images of each building, as many of the projects have fully furnished interiors and the floors and rooftops lift off for easy viewing and play!

Happy Holidays!

PINK & MAGENTA CONVERTIBLE CAR KIT with GAL PAL HANNAH

Above: The PINK & MAGENTA CAR KIT shown assembled with a new female minifigure we named HANNAH. After receiving numerous requests for car kits with "blonde" figures, we're offering this popular pink vehicle building kit with GAL PAL HANNAH wearing a white floral print blouse and blue pants. This kit is available until sold out from BRICK TRICK DUDE on Ebay, CLICK HERE.

RED SNOWMOBILE with GUY PAL CHARLES

Above: After receiving numerous requests, we created a male minifigure version of this popular holiday building kit. The RED SNOWMOBILE & CHRISTMAS TREE kit is now available with guy pal CHARLES. Review the directions to build this kit, CLICK HERE.

Check out all the BRICK TRICK DUDE custom building kits available on Ebay, CLICK HERE.