Via Kotaku, Nathan Sawaya presents larger-than-life PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 controllers made from LEGO:
I say “larger-than-life,” because here’s Nathan holding the controllers:
Monthly Archives: April 2006
Piglet’s Golden Coach
Desmodus
Name: Desmodus
Mission: To rule the night.
Origin: A criminally insane “subject” was injected with the irradiated saliva of the vampire bat.
Evil superpowers: Flight, invisibility, drawing strength from the blood of his victims.
Jupol Sulvat
Name: Jupol Sulvat
Mission: Protecting unsuspecting earthlings from the likes of Desmodus, Invidia, and Cerebrus.
Origin: A mechanically enhanced alien from the planet Rothinius Prime.
Superpowers & gadgets: Super strength, telepathy, argon rebreather, the Crystal Rod of Galactic Justice.
God of Gamblers, Starring Chow Yun Fat
Brickshelf user Legokinsfolk presents the stars of the 1989 Hong Kong action movie God of Gamblers, Chow Yun Fat and Andy Lau:
Minifig Existentialists and a Bagpipe
Michael Jasper never ceases to amuse and amaze me. Today’s update to his Characters gallery includes Jean-Peal Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir:
I was also recently struggling with a way to make a LEGO bagpipe for one of my Canterbury Tales minifigs. Michael saves the day with this wonderful Scotsman:
Chinese Poetry
Brickshelf user tiger0207 posts beautifully photographed and consistently interesting creations that all seem to tell some sort of story. The problem is, tiger0207 tells these stories in Chinese. Here’s an example Bruce and I have been wondering about:
According to Classic-Castle Forums member Gumby (who showed the picture to his grandmother), this is a famous Chinese poem that goes something like this:
Fine red wine should be drunk at night,
I hear the sound of drinking, eating, and the zither atop my horse.
On the battlefield, the soliders are drunk,
Since olden times, how many people return from battle?
One mystery solved; dozens more to go! If anybody wants to send me information on the rest of the text in tiger0207’s gallery, just drop me a line at dunechaser AT gmail DOT com.
Of Royalty and Poverty
The latest updates to marakoeschtra’s castle characters include a king, his son, a beggar, and the beggar’s dog:
What would a ninja do?
If you’re ever confused about the choices you should make in your life, you can just ask yourself, “What would a ninja do?”
A friend of mine was recently given a “What would a ninja do?” spinny folder at work (buy your own). We began consulting the folder for all of our business decisions. Unfortunately, this approach didn’t work out, because we all got laid off yesterday. Cool folder, but bad business strategy.
I haven’t made all twelve ninja actions, but here are three from the first six I’ve made so far:
Escape on a motorcycle:
Smash something:
Hypnotize someone:
Be sure to check out the full photoset on Flickr (with three more ninja actions, and the rest coming soon)!
Steampunk Time Machine
Andrew Horvatits has been posting work-in-progress pictures of a cool little steampunk time machine, and now he seems to have posted the final version:
Very nice. Worthy of the esteemed Mr. Wells himself.
Yeah baby, groovy!
Nathan Cunningham presents a cool little scene from Austin Powers:
Austin Powers isn’t perfect, but Dr. Evil is spot on. Nicely done.
