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Today, we are featuring Cement Addiction, showcasing his builds and the process behind them. You can find him on Flickr and Instagram.

I’m Cement Addiction, or Ben (one of many in the community!)

What kinds of LEGO MOCs do you like to build?

I primarily like to make characters, usually inspired by either pre-existing ones, or I like to use older parts in unique ways to create my own. I also like to host and join collabs – it always provides some fun new ideas! I never would have made something like “First Round Pick” (2025) if it wasn’t for that specific collab, and it really opened up some new ideas for building! The opposite is true too, I love hosting collabs to force all my friends build things that are my special interest, like the collabs for Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto’s birthdays.

Where do you get your inspiration?

I’m inspired by other artists and builders in the community. Some of the key inspirations for me are Djokson, the Maestro, Fuzz-E, and dee.3×3. For traditional artists, I take a lot of inspiration from ZloNoNameSov, Mamoru Nagano, and Arata.

What are some of your favorite pieces or building techniques?

My favorite pieces are the angled technic connector #4 and almost anything old and really specific! Some highlights are the octagonal Aquazone parts, Znap, and the silver Krika parts. Anything from the early days of LEGO that’s huge, stupidly specific, and annoying to use are my favorite parts to challenge myself to build around and make the centerpiece of a character.

I also love building in monochromatic colors, specifically silver and old dark grey. I find the latter super fun because of how many part restrictions you have, and it forces you to get really creative with almost exclusively pre 2003 parts.

MOC Highlights

Built for Droneuary 2026, this was built around 2 key parts: the Duplo barrel (I had it sitting on my desk for 3 years) and the Technic Tread Frame 5-point in the middle.

Kasane Teto MOC built in collaboration with several others in celebration of her birthday.

Exercise in using primarily old dark gray, with the giant UFO saucer pieces as a seed part.

Other Comments?

I find that the most important and enjoyable aspects about LEGO are collaboration, critique, and style. Collabs are a great way to get closer with people in the community and step out of your comfort zone! And if you want to do more collabs, take the matters into your own hands – create your own! Invite people who you think would have the right style for the subject matter, and have fun!

Thank you Ben for sharing your answers and your builds. Stay tuned for more BioniLUG Member Spotlights featuring our talented builders!

Today, we are featuring Alex_MOCs, showcasing his builds and the process behind them.

I’m Alex, I go by alex_mocs on Instagram, Flickr, and Discord.

What kinds of LEGO MOCs do you like to build?

I’m a creature and character builder from Canada. My roots are in Bionicle building, but these days I focus on realistic fantasy characters. Some of my builds are revamps of old characters (Makuta, Gali) or from pop culture (Elesh Norn, Bomb Devil, Hatsune Miku) and some of my builds are original concepts (Viridis Mantidae, Nymphaea). I also like to participate in collabs like Silverpuke and the Bones Collab.

Where do you get your inspiration?

I get my inspiration from other builders and from concept art I largely find on Pinterest. I also occasionally dump out tons of parts and let the parts guide what I build.

What are some of your favorite pieces or building techniques?

Lately I’ve been building more with technic and Bionicle. I’ve developed a particular love for technic connector (2 x 7 with 2 Ball Joint Sockets) AKA Visorak thigh. The sockets for ball joints give you posability while the array of axle and pin holes are super versatile to build out. I use one in most of my recent builds including several unposted ones.

Who is your favorite Bionicle character?

I always had a soft spot for the original Makuta Teridax. I got him as a set when he came out and also enjoyed his appearance in Mask of Light as a kid, and was happy to be able to do a revamp of him for the MoL collab.

Other Comments?

I want to shout out all the folks who have been pushing the envelope with building lately, especially Djok, Toni, Max, Kat & Ben. They have been putting out some really interesting and unique stuff and it just goes to show how open-ended this hobby is and how much room for exploration and expression remains. They have inspired me to let go of some of my strongly held convictions around what “good MOC design” means and try something new.

I also wanna encourage people to join the Bio-Cup. This year there is no elimination and we give points per round, with the winner based on the best 3 of 4 rounds. Come join the fun and win some prizes!

Thank you Alex for sharing your answers and your builds. Stay tuned for more BioniLUG Member Spotlights featuring our talented builders!