Well, the real Tool lyrics say “rebuild,” but that was too perfect for a LEGO post not to tweak. I managed to skip Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan, but when Steve Vargo uploaded minifigs of the whole band, a Tool post was unavoidable.
Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan (the lead singer of Tool):
Steve Vargo’s Tool:
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Nearly six months ago I blogged Brickshelfer arvo’s LEGO Nord Lead synthesizer — so realistic it fits right in with a collection of real synthesizers.
A full-size version of a synthesizer is all well and good, but arvo proves he can reduce the same concept down to a much smaller scale (which I argue is harder) [...]
Izzo populates his “Heavy Metal Archive” with the mascot from Iron Maiden, “Eddie”:
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Well, he might not actually be crazy, but he sure does bounce around a lot. It’s Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers (by Izzo)!
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I don’t know yet if this is a trend, but another builder making musical minifigs can’t be a bad thing! Matt Zitron joins Izzo by creating two singer/actors — Tom Waits and Andre 3000:
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I know you planned it…
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Izzo wanted to build Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics in “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).” Who am I to disagree?
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Izzo melds music and movies with his most recent minifig, with Sting as the evil Feyd-Rautha in David Lynch’s Dune (1984):
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Izzo has great taste in music. Oh, and he makes nice minifigs too.
The Mars Volta demonstrate that they’re not in the least mute:
Cyndi Lauper shows her true colors:
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The latest batch of Izzo’s musical minifigs brings us heavy metal superstars.
Rob Halford from Judas Priest:
Ozzy Osbourne (with a very doomed rodent):
Heavy metal promoter and producer Masa Ito:
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It’s time for Flava Flav!
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More Beatles album art from Digger Digger Dogstar. Need I say more? I think not.
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Flickrite Digger Digger Dogstar has fantastic Photoshop skills, as he demonstrates by incorporating minifigs into Beatles album art.
His latest is With the Beatles:
Since I haven’t blogged them before, here’s Abbey Road:
…and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band:
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In today’s batch of tuneful minifigs, I present gods of grunge, costume-wearing indie-rockers, Edward Scissorhands, musical innovators, and Aussie rockers. Confused? Read on.
First up, some minifigs to go with Jonesy’s Leslie Anne Levine, Portland indie-rockers The Decemberists:
Next, the incomparable Soundgarden:
Venerable innovators Sonic Youth:
Robert Smith, pasty lead singer of The Cure:
Finally, up-and-coming Australian power trio Wolfmother:
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Jonesy demonstrates that costume-wearing indie-rockers can indeed inspire LEGO with Leslie Anne Levine, a cool little steampunk dirigible:
(Check out The Decemberists and even legally download several of their songs from their label, Kill Rock Stars.)
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How cool is that?
Jonathan Coulton is a musician who releases his songs under a Creative Commons license, just as I do with my LEGO pictures and blog content. The idea is that you allow other people to use your creations (music, artwork, text, etc.) as part of their own creative work. The type of CC [...]
Yes, he’s probably a hound dog, I wouldn’t call him “high-classed,” and I’m fairly confident he’s never caught a rabbit, but Steve Bishop has put the new Robin hair (from the Batcave set) to good use with an Elvis Presley minifig:
Also See Steve’s Elvis in a new vignette on Brickshelf, part of his ongoing “Great [...]
Ha! You were expecting a castle creation or something, weren’t you? (Via Brick Brick.)
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Chris Doyle presents Robert Smith of The Cure:
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Richard McCarthy presents a bunch of “random” minifigs, including a magician and a rock star named “Maxx Paulsa”:
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A Swedish company called Clavia makes digital musical instruments, including a synthesizer called the Nord Lead.
Brickshelf user arvo has created a LEGO Nord Lead:
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I’ve been making minifigs of my favorite musicians, bands, and composers for a couple of years now, quietly uploading their pictures to a Brickshelf folder. I’ve featured a couple of them here on DB, but I just uploaded all of them to a Flickr photoset, so I thought I’d highlight a few of my personal [...]
Another update to Michael Jasper’s Characters gallery:
In the spirit of true Pan-Pacific cooBrickation, I’d like to present creations by non-Japanese builders from other parts of Asia and the Pacific Rim whenever possible.
Brickshelf user Legokinsfolk presents a scene featuring legendary singer Sam Hui:
Caption: “Sam Hui sings a song telling the student should not have dating too early and not play football so [...]