Duel of Pirates #7

Contest:
Hosted by: Brick Pirate
Description/categories: This is a head-to-head matchup between Cecile and Fujia to build using the specified seed part (tan ladder)
Deadline: December 18
Contest rules

Iron Builder Mixels Dungeons & Dragons contest

Contest: Iron Builder Mixels Dungeons & Dragons contest
Hosted by: Builders Lounge, Crazy Bricks, LEGO
Description/categories: Build a Mixel D&D monster
Deadline: December 30
Contest rules

Chibi Contest

Contest: Chibi Contest
Hosted by: Brothers-Brick
Description/categories: Build a chibi version of a vehicle from TV, the movies, or a LEGO theme
Deadline: January 4
Contest rules

Middle Earth Contest - vote for the winners

Contest: Middle Earth Contest
Hosted by: Eurobricks
Vote here.

Colossal Castle Contest XII

Hi all,
First up, I just wanted to apologize for my six month hiatus. I've been blogging about LEGO for nine years now, and from time to time I've just gotten a bit run down and distracted from my family of blogs. However, in the meantime, I'm constantly going through Flickr, Brickshelf, and other sites, and probably every day I bookmark a few more things that I keep meaning to post. I've gotten a couple of nice notes asking where I've been, and I guess it's time to come back. Also, during the year I save up LEGO books to review as people are getting ready for Christmas, and want to get those posted. And so, back to blogging. Hopefully I won't have too many interruptions in the near future. I've certainly got a backlog of great creations to feature.

Okay, there are lots of great either recently completed or ongoing. I can't say I'll go back and feature everything from the last six months, but I'd be remiss if I didn't feature my favorite. I'm an admin at Classic-Castle and we're currently holding our annual contest:

Contest: Colossal Castle Contest XII
Hosted by: Classic-Castle
Description/categories: 11 categories ranging from a single fig to giant scenes
Deadline: December 31
Contest rules