Gigantic mystery minifig appears on Dutch beach
Here’s the caption from the BBC News Web site:
A huge Lego toy has mysteriously appeared on Zandvoort beach in Holland. Nobody knows where it comes from.
Any of our readers from The Netherlands know something about this?
(Thanks to readers Sharon and Cynthia for the link!)
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August 7th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Darn it Andrew, you beat me to it again!
I really want one of those dudes for my collection.
August 7th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Seems that maxifig was part of “Dance Valley” celebration.
Check out: http://www.egoleonard.com/opreis.html
August 7th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
I’ll save you the time. Images here:
http://www.egoleonard.com/dancevalley/dancevalley.html
August 8th, 2007 at 3:30 am
The mystery’s already solved?
Damn, and this pic has even hit my local paper here in Ireland!
August 8th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Yup, I just googled the text on his shirt and I came about egoleonard website. I know the people he worked for @ dance valley. (Globalicious) and thus it’s part of a art project.
the real question is WHY it is at the beach?! and WHY do I have to go there again on friday
August 8th, 2007 at 9:06 am
I was checking the pics out on brickshelf yesterday. I just found it randomly. I went to the website, and good God it’s all dutch!!
I am not dutch. i d not speak dutch. Linus, please give a translation or something!!
August 8th, 2007 at 9:12 am
Linus is Swedish, not Dutch.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:32 am
I’m crushing your head! I’m crushing your head!
August 8th, 2007 at 10:53 am
That’s what I was about to post until I scrolled down! LOL
August 8th, 2007 at 11:08 am
That looks horribly photoshopped. lol
August 8th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
@David
It made the news here in the States, there was video, so not likely photoshop. Though I admit it does look it.
August 8th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Tim,
It was either that or Klaatu barada nikto!
August 8th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Ha, it has my sigfig’s head. Coincidence?
O.O
August 8th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
It isn’t photoshopped. It even made it to my local news (during their “Oddity of the Day” 30-second filler.
I want one.
August 8th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Here are more pics of the “Giant” on the beach: http://jerrykramer.web-log.nl/jerrykramer/2007/08/legopop.html
Publicity stunt by the artist, or a prank gone wrong? I hope we find out…
August 8th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
I would like to take this opportunity to start a completely unfounded rumor that this minifig is a Danish Trojan Horse — the precursor to the Danes invading Holland. Once the Dutch bring the monstrous minifig further inland, a Danish special forces squad will leap out of its torso and begin paving the way for the full-scale invasion.
(Clearly, I have a violent American imagination.)
August 8th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
I still say it’s aliens.
August 9th, 2007 at 5:41 am
That’s what the Danish invaders want you to think!
August 9th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
AAAAAAAAAAAAAH DANISH INVASION!!
NOT AGAIN!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!
Get the clog-guns!!
OK.
Enough of the rubbish.
In Holland its 50 years of legos.
I guess this explains a lot?
August 9th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Well, mister Dune chaser, our violent American imaginations are what got us this far. if we didnt have the imaginative idea to forcefully remove the brits from the colonies we would still be having tea time.
I think that they are Danish- Marshian hybrids hiding inside that giant thing. They have been planning thier assult for over 50 years,refining thier plot to take over the earth. they only missed two litle dtails.
1. Grammar. No real than you are? i mean come on!
2. the beach is CLEARLY not the minifigs natural habitat. They usually inhabit boxes, tins, and tiny cities.
I’m also sad that they didnt place thier infiltration device/bomb/lego guy in california. i live near the beach and i wanna be a part of the action. sigh… i never get to have any fun.
August 10th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Don’t worry Lego Shark, today The Netherlands, tomorrow THE WORLD! They’ll be in Cali soon…
August 10th, 2007 at 11:44 am
YAY EVIL ALIENS!
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