Universe Sandbox | blog » Uncategorized http://universesandbox.com/blog Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:49:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 City on Caterpillar Tracks http://universesandbox.com/blog/2010/02/city-on-caterpillar-tracks/ http://universesandbox.com/blog/2010/02/city-on-caterpillar-tracks/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:04:02 +0000 Dan Dixon http://universesandbox.com/blog/?p=126 This has nothing to do with astronomy or Universe Sandbox, but as a LEGO fan, I’m incredibly inspired by this creation:
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2010/02/19/crawler-town-brings-the-city-to-you/

Which seems to be directly inspired by fictional Traction Cities from Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines Quartet series of books:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traction_City

I think the idea of massive, movable cities is fascinating to think about.

Source: Brother’s Brick, an excellent LEGO blog.

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