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News: More Mid-2007 Sets at Nuremburg Toy Fair

Pictures from the Nuremburg Toy Fair have shown up on Brickshelf. We’ve seen pictures of most of these sets already, and known most of them were in the pipeline, but it’s nice to see pictures — and there are a couple surprises.

EDIT: Looks like the pictures have been moved or deleted, and the folder itself is currently not public. I’ll add pictures again once they become available.

Arrr!!! redux

I can’t get enough of pirates. (And ninjas, of course. Simmer down, Hattori. You’re still Da Man.) Anyway, Brickshelfer amanda100101 (aka Classic-Castler Lamanda2) presents a jaunty pirate with a colorful parrot:

Volkswagen Camper by legospod

Portuguese blogger Biczzz has found a really cool Volkswagen Camper on Brickshelf, complete with retro box art:

Here’s a bigger picture:

Arrr!!! *beep* *boop*

The creatures contest is coming along nicely, but two little dudes caught my eye among the awesome critters in Arpy 2.0′s Flickr photostream. Behold a Pirate and Islander Pantsbot!

YOUR FACE

Classic-Castler TsoAutTmo has discovered some unlikely parts contain faces when flipped upside down:

Speaking of science — and drooling…

Alan Saunders adds another scientist to his minifig ranks with “Ivan Petrovich Pavlov”:

Ding-a-long! *drool* (Via VignetteBricks.)

Monkeys Love Science!

A less disturbing monkey-themed creation, this one by Michael Jasper, is this scene featuring Charles Darwin:

Mmmm … science… *zzzzzz*

(Via Moyblik. Also don’t miss Van Gogh.)

Monkeys are Delicious!

The fact that the butcher in rupi’s “Butcher Shop” is dismembering a monkey is vaguely disturbing, but the meat grinder is just plain awesome:

Mmmm … monkey meat… *drool*

EDIT: Check out the comments on this post for links to Rupi’s back story in Portuguese and his story in English.