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Girl identifies Star Wars minifigs with her mouth

Nannan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:44:11 +0000

A girl appeared on a German TV show to identify Star Wars minifigs, not through any conventional way of referencing Peeron or Bricklink but by using her mouth! I’d say that’s a pretty useful skill to have, don’t you think?

Via Boing Boing.

Apoc Story

Nannan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:36:05 +0000

Kevin Murney (legorevolution) apologizes in advance for ruining your childhood with this disturbingly apocafied rendition of Toy Story. The creation features Psycho Green Car, Gas Mask Woody, and Buzzsaw Buzz. I will not say more, I think you get the point.

Good afternoon. Are you in need of any assistance today, sir?

Caylin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:03:06 +0000

Pixar movies seem to be a serious favorite here, and for me, UP is no exception. Peter Aoun’s latest little vignette brings the same sense of wonder, of far off places, of strange birds…and Doug.

Miniland Alice in Wonderland characters by Tommy Williamson

Andrew — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:13:31 +0000

One of the cool things about the LEGO hobby is that it brings together people from various backgrounds and professions.

Tommy Williamson (GeekyTom) works for CafeFX as an effects artist, and supervised the 3D-ification of Alice in Wonderland. Naturally, Tommy built some of the characters from the movie to commemorate its release:

Johnny Depp makes a perfect Mad Hatter, and Tommy’s miniland version is perfect as well.

Some kind of Hot Tub Time Machine!

Andrew — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:17:22 +0000

For once, we’re going to pass up a StarCraft II LEGO creation by Matt De Lanoy (Pepa Quin) in favor of what’s sure to be the next Snakes on a Plane. What could that be? Why, Hot Tub Time Machine of course!

All those … moments will be lost in time

Andrew — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:18:48 +0000

There’s a moment in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner that sends chills up and down my spine every time I watch it. Rutger Hauer and Harrison Ford stand on a rooftop in the rain as Hauer’s character breathes his last.

Zach Macias has recreated that scene in LEGO:

Blade Runner – Tears in Rain (in LEGO) from Zach Macias on Vimeo.

Via LegOficina dos Baixinhos.

Mechagodzilla stands ready to take on the King of the Monsters

Andrew — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:11:41 +0000

This Mechagodzilla by Yasutaka (AIWSMOYA) takes me back to the monster movies and TV shows my brother and I grew up watching early on weekend mornings back in Japan.

The sculpting on Mechagodzilla’s head is particularly great, with nice use of cheese slopes and small wing plates.

This is also exactly the sort of LEGO creation we’d love to see tromping through a LEGO Tokyo for the Big in Japan display we’re planning for BrickCon 2010.

It’s a Smurfy Day

Josh — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:21:08 +0000

At least that’s what this build by Elex says to me.

LEGO Technic RDA Samson battle helicopter from Avatar

Andrew — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:54:40 +0000

This Technic version of the Aerospatiale SA-2 Samson VTOL aircraft from James Cameron’s Avatar by Barry (barman) features so many working components it’s hard to list my favorites.

With counter-rotating props, doors that open and close, and a central joystick that controls the angle of the props, you have to see the video to believe it:

Thanks for the tip, mahjqa!

First LEGO movie: The Adventures of Clutch Powers released [News]

Nannan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:27:10 +0000

The first full-length LEGO Movie, The Adventures of Clutch Powers, has just been released. You can buy it from Walmart.com (and Amazon.com), and I assume other stores will carry it as well.

Here’s the trailer:

Via Toys N Bricks

You are the resistance.

Andrew — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:26:51 +0000

After really enjoying Terminator Salvation last year, I thought we’d see quite a few LEGO creations inspired by the movie, but the only LEGO I’d run across was my own Terminator Salvation minifigs.

Thankfully, tbone_tbl seems to have appreciated what I think is the best movie in the series, and has created a microscale vignette of the first scene in the movie.

The micro A-10 Warthog in the foreground is certainly nice, but that Harvester mech in the background is excellent.

Home Alone house + X-Files bonus

Andrew — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:48:06 +0000

This microscale version of the McCallister house from Home Alone by Rob H. (rh1985moc) evokes cold Northeast winters and warm nights by the fireplace.

Like several of his previous creations, Rob has added LEDs to the windows so it lights up in the dark.

Of course, this also a good excuse to highlight Rob’s older microscale J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building.

It’s a really nice building, but the same photoset yields Special Agent Fox Mulder at his desk in the basement office relegated to the X-Files.

Warning: foreign contaminant

Nannan — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:23:33 +0000

Matthew Raehl’s (Puddleglum) Microbe Obliterator will obsessively clean your ship and any Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class that it encounters.

This creation uses curved slopes to achieve the shape of M-O’s head and body, which definitely results in an improvement.

Since he’s dead, he can take off his head

Andrew — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:56:55 +0000

Proximity to Valentine’s Day seems appropriate enough for the Halloween/Christmas hybrid that is The Nightmare Before Christmas.

This vignette by Stefan (brainbikerider) featuring Jack Skellington singing beneath the full moon won a recent vignette contest among Austrian LEGO fans.

Toy Story 3 trailer confirms LEGO in movie, plus more LEGO Pixar goodness

Andrew — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:52:42 +0000

In our interview with Angus MacLane back in 2008, we asked him why none of the toys in the previous two installments of the Toy Story series were LEGO. Read the interview to find out, but that gap has been corrected in Toy Story 3.

They’re a bit hard to spot in this screen cap by Bill Toenjes, so check out the photo on Flickr for notes and the full-size version. Watch the complete trailer for more LEGO, as well as a notable appearance by Totoro.

In related LEGO + Pixar news, this year’s giveaway Toy Fair premiums from LEGO included a CubeDude Buzz Lightyear signed and numbered by Angus himself (via FBTB’s complete Toy Fair 2010 coverage):

Now I’m mad that LEGO didn’t send The Brothers Brick an invite to this year’s Toy Fair. Hey LEGO, what gives? I demand my CubeDude Buzz Lightyear!

Finally, Toy Story director (Toy Story 3 executive producer) John Lasseter received the LEGO treatment at Toy Fair with this great bust built by Erik Varszegi (via Gizmodo):