I saw vehicles like these all the time growing up in Japan. Makes me kind of homesick.
A 7-11 delivery truck:
And a mail truck:
Monthly Archives: March 2006
News: Master Model Builder Coverage on CNET
In a third-floor art school classroom here, lifelong Lego fan Robin Dodd pitted his prodigious building skills against the rest of the best in Northern California.
Read the full article on CNET News (be sure to check out the gallery of pictures from the event).
“Land of the Dead” by cbolego
Some of you may have already seen this, but I haven’t blogged it myself yet, so I thought I’d post about cbolego’s “maxi-vignette,” — “Land of the Dead:”
There are lots of cool details you can see from various angles, so be sure to check out the full gallery (click the image above).
Japanese House by Dellta
Wow. That is all I have to say.
Akuryo
Name: Akuryo
Mission: Inspiring the evil in every person’s heart.
Origin: Unknown.
Evil superpowers: Telepathy, teleportation, summoning darkness.
Sonoko Sugihara
Name: Sonoko Sugihara
Mission: Protecting the children of Kurohime village from evildoers.
Superpowers: Telekinesis, plus all the gadgets her genius father, the famed Dr. Sugihara, can invent (like this jetpack).
Notes: Sonoko is based on Moko’s schoolgirls. I liked them so much I gave one of them a jetpack.
Triple Trouble Trilogy!!!
Ikkyu
Name: Ikkyu (一休 いっきゅう)
Dates: 1394-1481
Biography: Ikkyu was a Buddhist priest during the Muromachi period in Japanese history. Ikkyu was a poet and calligrapher, and he is credited with contributing to the tradition of the tea ceremony. He is also remembered as a mischievous boy (as shown in the animated TV series “Ikkyu-san”) and a bit of a libertine.
Further reading Wikipedia (English), Wikipedia (日本語).
Kotaro Ono’s Space Creations
Tintin Minifigs by Tupperfan
Brickshelf user Tupperfan (whose hilarious earbud Afro I featured previously) has been posting a lot of minifigs recently, so I thought I’d highlight my favorite group — a series of minifigs based on the classic Tintin comic books by Hergé (Georges Rémi):
Keep up the good work, Tupperfan!
Pumpkinhead
Name: Pumpkinhead
Mission: Disruption of the food supply.
Origin: Agricultural accident.
Evil superpowers: Summoning flame sprites to do his bidding; controlling vines and creepers; animating Jack o’ Lanterns.
Unit Zero One
Name: Unit Zero One
Mission: Defending Antarctica from alien attack.
Origin: Classified U.N. weapons research project.
Superpowers Robot strength, shields, interchangeable weapon pods, multi-spectrum vision.