Yearly Archives: 2006

More Plastic Geeks!

A month or so I posted a batch of geeky minifigs. Today I’m back with more.

Richard Stallman (aka RMS), free software demigod:

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, founders of Google:

Blaise Pascal, mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and inventor (1623-1662):

Ada Lovelace, the founder of scientific computing (1815-1852):

Steve Ballmer, my boss (well, a few people removed):

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Peachtree’s Lighthouse

I like Japanese builder Peachtree’s creations (blog and Brickshelf) because, like large vignettes, each one contains a lot of detail in a very small space. Peachtree’s latest project, a lighthouse, is no exception:

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Squieu’s Ant-Gravity Bike

Brickshelfer squieu builds fantastic mecha that use clips, hooks, and other small pieces to create lots of detail and articulation. (Look for more of his mecha on this blog in the future.) Squieu has used this technique for an awesome anti-gravity bike:

I don’t think the LEGO bike actually transforms, but check out the alternate form it can take:

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LEGO King Championship Footage on YouTube

Last November, I blogged about the LEGO King Championship event broadcast on TV in Japan. Now, via the aptly named TV in Japan we have actual footage of the show:

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Mr. Polegohead by Allan Bedford

Allan Bedford, author of The Unofficial LEGO Builders Guide, has posted a cute LEGO sculpture of Mr. Potato Head. Naturally, he calls it “Mr. Polegohead”:

Edit (6/6/06): Updated with the correct spelling of Allan’s name (in case this shows up in the feed again).

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Crime doesn’t pay, but neither does farming these days!

Here is a supervig o’ my own! George is a disgruntled farmer who has decided to try another line of work:

Here is George and his cat:

His unfortunate victim:

And the Bringer of Conseguences:

The temporarily insane gallery!

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Favorites from the FBTB Star Wars Vignette Contest

If you’ve been following Bruce’s posts on VignetteBricks, you know that FBTB Forums have been hosting a Star Wars vignette contest. The contest has spawned many great vignettes, but here are a few of my favorites. (FBTB Forums admin Onions has kindly posted a photoset on Flickr with all of the entries.)

Two vigs from bwu that use micro vehicles and minifig heads in an interesting way:

Han Solo drops a toolchest on Chewbacca’s head in a vignette from Mark Stafford:

Another micro vehicle entry — this one from yellost:

Finally, my personal favorite, an explosive scene from Return of the Jedi by Big_X:

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Mark Stafford’s Crysilon Silverfish

Mark Stafford’s most recent creation seems to be the first entry in a new Space faction, the Crysilons. Mark describes the Crysilons as “Strange aliens allied to the insectoids and with no colour sense at all”:

And check out the minifig pilot! I believe that’s a CLIKITS piece for a head:

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Toshiya’s Kuromi

Sanrio (of Hello Kitty fame) recently released a counterpart to pink-hooded bunny My Melody called “Kuromi.” Apparently there’s a TV show centered around My Melody in Japan (official Web site and clip on YouTube — both in Japanese).

Toshiya has built a nice little Kuromi statue, complete with key, black hood, and spiky devil tail:

Yes, that’s a red skull on Kuromi’s hood.

Robopants?!

Looking through Graznador’s photostream again today, I caught something I’d missed earlier. Graznador proves that those horrible Galidor action figures LEGO made a few years ago can be used for something. Specifically, rediculously awesome robopants: