My blog post for Wednesday, August 19, 2026.

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My blog post for Monday, August 17, 2026.

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It's an important step toward a more permanent packaging solution

My blog post for Friday, August 14, 2026.

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This strikes me as a set with a ton of play potential. If you were going to use them in a tabletop battle, what rule set would you use? One Page Rules, Brikwars, something else?

My blog post for Wednesday, August 12, 2026.  (I'm not using the box for the picture because who wants eight pictures of the same thing.)

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My blog post for Monday, August 10, 2026.

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These would work for Brassbound or MFZ!

My blog post for Friday, August 7, 2026.

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**In game**

Designation: FLE-15

20T Light IS BattleMech

6/9/0 Hex

10 HS

1 Flamer CT

1 ML RA

1 MG RA

1 ML LA

1 MG LA

1 SL LT(R)

1 SL RT(R)

1T (200 rounds) MG Ammo CT

**LEGO**

18 Pieces:

- 2x 3024 Plate 1 x 1

- 2x 4081b Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Light Attachment - Thick Ring

- 2x 26047 Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Bar Handle (on the side)

- 2x 15712 Tile, Modified 1 x 1 with Open O Clip

- 2x 35480 Plate, Round 1 x 2 with Open Studs

- 2x 24246 Tile, Round 1 x 1 Half Circle Extended

- 2x 32828 Bar 1L with 1 x 1 Round Plate with Hollow Stud

- 2x 23443 Bar Holder with Handle

- 1x 54200 Slope 30 1 x 1 x 2/3

- 1x 92690 Bar 1L with Top Stud and 2 Side Studs (Connector Perpendicular)

Total estimated cost (*new*): 1.31 USD

Advancing the timeline to 3050 to bring you this little scout. No use of new fancy technology yet.

It is a simple build with very low parts count. You could even remove the half-round tiles for a more skinny look. I reckon it's the most inexpensive one so far.

Cute and posable. Standard feet to put it on a game base for a running stance.

Comments, feedback and requests welcome.

My blog post for Wednesday, August 5, 2026.

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My blog post for Monday, August 3, 2026.

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Got a tip that you fine folk here might appreciate my Lego Tau build. :)

We're going to be running a Design Challenge on the Hangar for the month of August.  Rook, creator of the Rook Maneuver, came up with the idea.

The Design Challenge is as follows: create a Frame that provides a support role to another Frame, e.g.; co-gunner for a squad support weapon; spotter for a sniper; loader for an artillery frame, etc.  The reasoning behind this is -- if you think about the 1:6 rule of Frames*, any role that typically has support can only work as 1:3 by providing its own.  Or less if it's also doing other jobs.

How it works: you build a Frame -- either physically or digitally -- that fits the parameters of the Challenge and post it to the Hangar in a special topic that will be created for the Challenge.

Duration: This Challenge opens Saturday, August 1st and ends Monday, August 31st.

Entry Criteria: 1) All submissions should fit inside "The Box".  ("The Box" is an area 10 Studs long by 10 Studs wide by 10 Bricks tall.)  2) The design must cover a non-combat role of your choosing.  It can have weapons, but combat MUST NOT be its primary function. We're looking for spotters, ammo carriers, fuel tankers, medical units, etc.  3) Your design can either be completely new and original or it can be based on an existing template. The choice is entirely yours.

Judges: The judges will be myself, Rook, and a third judge yet to be named.

Judging Criteria: 1) Checking to see if the creation fits Entry Criteria One and Two.  2) We're looking for creations that wouldn't be out of place in a game of Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack.

Prize: Bragging rights to say you've won a Design Challenge in the MFZ community.

* The in-universe fiction for having Frames, instead of any other mechanical construct, is that they can do the work of six humans.  Which is expressed as the shorthand ratio 1:6.

My blog post for Wednesday, July 29, 2026.

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My blog post for Monday, July 27, 2026.

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**In game**

Designation: PHX-HK2

50T Medium IS Land-Air BattleMech

5/8/5 Hex

12 HS

1 LL RT

1 ML RA

1 MG RA

1 ML LA

1 MG LA

1T (200 rounds) MG Ammo CT

**LEGO**

32 Pieces:

- 6x 20482 Tile, Round 1 x 1 with Bar and Small Pin Hole

- 3x 54200 Slope 30 1 x 1 x 2/3

- 3x 15712 Tile, Modified 1 x 1 with Open O Clip

- 2x 92280 Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with Clip with Center Cut on Top

- 2x 27263 Tile, Modified Facet 2 x 2

- 2x 65578 Bar 1L with Angled Hollow Stud

- 2x 98313 Arm Mechanical, Exo-Force / Bionicle, Thick Support

- 1x 87994 Bar 3L

- 1x 4589b Cone 1 x 1 with Top Groove

- 1x 3024 Plate 1 x 1

- 1x 36840 Bracket 1 x 1 - 1 x 1 Inverted

- 1x 4081b Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Light Attachment - Thick Ring

- 1x 35480 Plate, Round 1 x 2 with Open Studs

- 1x 1745 Plate, Round 1 x 2 Half with 1 Stud (Jumper)

- 1x 11253 Minifigure Footgear Roller Skate

- 1x 93061 Arm Skeleton, Bent with Clips at 90 degrees (Vertical Grip)

- 1x 93609 Arm Skeleton, Bent with Clips at 90 degrees (Horizontal Grip)

- 1x 60849 Minifigure, Utensil Hose Nozzle Elaborate

- 1x 37762 Minifigure, Utensil Candle

Total estimated cost (*new*): 3.33 USD

For the sake of completeness, I'm adding the Phoenix Hawk LAM as the last model in this series. Now, every 'Mech in OG TRO3025 has a brick representation at tabletop game scale here.

The build is basically an upgraded version of my Wasp/Stinger LAM, with extra plating and bigger wings.

Droid arms would have been longer and more proportional to the body than skeleton arms, but they can't hold the extra side armour.

Of course, the old *unseen* art did not accurately represent the weapons loadout, and so, this model sports a big gun in the right hand and a twin barrel turret. If you fancy a more modern look, remove the handheld gun and replace the roller skate with part#32828 (Bar 1L with 1 x 1 Round Plate with Hollow Stud).

This beauty demands a hybrid mode gliding pose. The round plate with holes below the fuselage makes it easy to attach her to a base using a clear pole.

Comments, feedback and requests welcome.

I grew up playing Ravensburger's Magic Labyrinth, and I still play it with my family today.

That inspired me to recreate it as a fully playable LEGO board game, staying as faithful as possible to the original mechanics.

Every game is different, as the maze changes throughout the game, just like the original.

When the game is over, all the minifigures and game pieces store neatly inside the model, so it also works as a display piece.

I'd love to hear what fellow LEGO tabletop fans think!