Comments on: Interview with LEGO Agents designer Matt Ashton [Interview]

By: LEGO fan vs. LEGO Designer — the Mark Stafford interview [Part 3] | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:52:31 +0000

[...] huge “Thank you!” to Mark, his boss Matt Ashton, and Steve Witt for working with us on this interview. Andrew posted this entry on Sunday, [...]

By: From LEGO fan to LEGO set designer — the Mark Stafford interview [Part 1] | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:47:48 +0000

[...] fan today, I know many of us have dreamed of working for The LEGO Group as a set designer. In our interview with Matt Ashton, we learned about one path to this dream [...]

By: Interview with Nnenn on Novvember [Interview] | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:44:41 +0000

[...] Matt Ashton: Designer for the LEGO Agents theme. [...]

By: BrickCon 2008: Andrew’s wrap-up | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog

BrickCon 2008: Andrew’s wrap-up | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:41:52 +0000

[...] Playthemes Creative Director Matt Ashton autographing my 7979 Castle Advent Calendar (photo by Nannan below), which he [...]

By: BrickCon 2008: Saturday, October 4th | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog

BrickCon 2008: Saturday, October 4th | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:22:05 +0000

[...] Zombietown. The LEGO Group sent four members of the product design division to BrickCon, including Matthew Ashton, Simon, and Nik Groves. Matt designed 7979 Castle Advent Calendar, so I had him sign that for me. [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:27:01 +0000

So were the sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads inspired by Austin Powers?

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:27:26 +0000

@Jacob- Ha! He wasn’t involved in that. That was Lego Marketing. I do think that catalog is going to be a collector’s item though.

By: DJ

DJ — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:12:31 +0000

Now I’m introuble for showing my six year old the sharks can eat minifigs :-)

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:28:04 +0000

You forgot to ask about the manboob incident.

By: szww

szww — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:29:07 +0000

”As well as new hairdos for minfigs….think it’s my background in fashion or something”

can’t wait to see those, Agent Trace’s head-dress is the best ever

By: Ramone

Ramone — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:47:28 +0000

Yes, thanks for posting. I enjoy hearing from/about the designers.

By: thwaak

thwaak — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:17:51 +0000

Thanks for the interview! It was very enlightening.

By: David

David — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:40:47 +0000

“TBB: What was the reason to use hose nozzle pieces for the guns as opposed to other LEGO gun pieces?

Matt: It was a company decision not to replicate realistic firearms in this theme, to balance the tonality of the theme, without pushing things too far.”

Funny because there are “real” guns in the theme.

And I hate the metallic parts they look like Megablocks.

By: Claus Schioldann von Eyben

Claus Schioldann von Eyben — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:58:18 +0000

Ofcause – The Thunderbirds – why didn’t I think of them? Best animated tv-series ever!!! They string.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:53:22 +0000

Thay are kept in a secret file somewhere, never to be revealed outside the confines if the LEGO Design dept!