Name: Akuryo
Mission: Inspiring the evil in every person’s heart.
Origin: Unknown.
Evil superpowers: Telepathy, teleportation, summoning darkness.
Yearly Archives: 2006
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.
Real-Life Pics of LEGO Batman Sets on Flickr
Count Blockula (aka Mike Crowley) lives in Massachussetts, much closer to LEGO HQ in Enfield, CT than the rest of us. It sometimes seems like it takes forever to get new sets way the heck out here in Seattle.
Anyway, Mike picked up several sets from the new Batman line and posted pictures on Flickr:
Another Flickr user, Sortafast (Mark Sandlin), has also posted some set photos, including a nice little cartoon:
Tank from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure by Ichigou
Ichigou has posted a small tank based on an enemy in the manga (Japanese comic book) and anime series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure — 「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険」 in Japanese.
Click the image for the full gallery, and read more about JoJo on Wikipedia or Anime News Network.
Top 10 “Strangest” LEGO Creations on TechEBlog
TechEBlog has a weekly top 10 list, and this week it’s titled “Top 10 Strangest Lego Creations” (via LEGO’s Life).
I’ve seen cooler and stranger LEGO creations on both Brickshelf and Flickr, but they’re still pretty interesting, so check it out!
Mike Psiaki’s Airship
I’m not sure whether this is an update or not, but Mike Psiaki has posted a most excellent airship:
(Click the image for the full gallery.)