Sarah Palin, the plastic Vice Presidential candidate
I’m sorry to have missed meeting Ochre Jelly during the public hours at BrickCon, but I was very pleased when he sent me a link to his latest LEGO creation.
OJ has captured the Alaska governor winking during her debate with Joe Biden:
OJ writes:
This is a new scale of LEGO that I am experimenting with. Not minifig scale, not miniland scale, but I’m calling it “marionette scale”. The goal was to figure out the smallest (which in my mind is the most interesting) scale at which I can create recognizable 3D facial likenesses.
October 18th, 2008 at 5:26 am
Well… at least the sculpture and the real person have the same IQ!
October 18th, 2008 at 7:15 am
Interesting scale.
We need more political MOCs like this. All in good fun.
October 18th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Great.
Who ever needed proof you CAN put lipstick on a brick.
October 18th, 2008 at 8:00 am
LOL
October 18th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Oh God, politics in LEGO. . . .
October 18th, 2008 at 9:30 am
This is more like life like than Palin herself!
October 18th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Grotesque!
October 18th, 2008 at 9:39 am
The MOC is, too. ;)
October 18th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Wow, so many “clever” jabs at Palin. The MOC itself is very well done. It’s a pity that a MOC like this isn’t simply appreciated for what it is and is instead used as a focal point for such inane comments.
October 18th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
You betcha! ;)
October 18th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Oh please, even Republicans think she is an unqualified dumbo.
October 18th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Indeed, that is my situation. :P
October 18th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Interesting, I thought this was a LEGO board and simply stated that it’s a pity that a MOC can’t be appreciated for what it is.
If you want to turn the board into a political platform, I also know Democrats who question Obama’s intelligence. Does that prove anything? Of course not. But congratulations on regurgitating the popular viewpoint.
This is my last post in this thread since these ultimately prove nothing, although I reiterate that it’s a shame that the comments aren’t being directed to the MOC that few of us (and certainly not I) could build and the techiques used to build it.
October 18th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
About the moc itself, and not the subject matter: Lovely techniques for the hair! Those glasses aren’t LEGO, though, are they?
October 18th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
… this creeps me out! Spooky!
October 18th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Wow it is interesting.
It looks so Sarah Palin!
October 18th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
While I do agree with you in a way, BLT, featuring a political MOC will unevitably lead to political comments.
And anyway, we’re just joking.
October 18th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Oh god, why Palin!!!!!!!!!!(I naturally hate her, idk why!)
October 19th, 2008 at 1:02 am
I think the glasses might be the clear plastic “glass” that is popped into window frames, like those in the Cafe corner. I think the wire holding them up is non-LEGO, though.
Pretty good model, and recognizable, but I think that upper the scale just a bit would allow for better modeling. Still, this scale intrigues me, and if I wasn’t a six-hour drive from my LEGO (and studying for two art history midterms at the same time) I’d experiment with some building of my own.
October 19th, 2008 at 1:11 am
D’oh, after looking closer, I think the glasses are just entirely made out of wire. I really should just get to bed :P
October 19th, 2008 at 9:01 am
BLT> This is a blog, not an MOC board. If you’d like to see MOCs without commentary I’d recommend Brickshelf. The model is of a politicial nature so people will respond politically. You should be happy that your compatriots are taking an active interest in politics.
You might also want to consider not loading your comments so strongly if you’d like to be taken seriously. Your blatant partisanism with a pretense of neutrality is fairly transparent.
October 19th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
sexy!
October 19th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
It’s funny, cause I captured this same picture and posted it on Facebook. Got lots of comments from the crazy-liberals I call friends. :D
Also, ditto what Tim said.
October 20th, 2008 at 10:00 am
[...] Sarah Palin, the plastic Vice Presidential candidate: A LEGO bust of Sarah Palin winking during the VP debate. [...]
October 20th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Dear God, you Democrats have something bad to say about everyone don’t you?
October 21st, 2008 at 1:52 pm
What a waste of bricks!!