Brenden Wilson of Masoko Tanga recently interviewed talented young builder Lukas Winklerprins.
Lukas talks about the difference between the hardcore adult fan community of a few years ago, discovering that world, and the much more diverse LEGO fan community today:
The starting group in toy chat rooms, LUGnet, and ultimately Classic-Space was started by men pretty much over the age of 30…. We weren’t aware of this more intense way of building until we were old enough to get on the internet and realize we could participate too….I realized how much people really cared and how much work other people put into the hobby
And on building microscale:
Once you toss the minifig out the window [*shock* -AB] really anything can be made…. it lets extraneous parts get unique uses and doesn’t destroy my collection. It also allows for a myriad of unique shapes unrestricted by gravity or that pesky thing known as “common sense.”
Read the full interview on Masoko Tanga.
Wooty Booty! Thanks for the shout-out Andrew!
Additionally, that picture isn’t very flattering. Feel free to use http://profile.ak.facebook.com/v222/1806/99/n1129862471_2597.jpg .
Also, so it doesn’t look strange my last name is Winklerprins.
Done and done. :)
I thought the first photo was a laugh. Thanks for linking me Andrew! I owe you.
Throw out the mini-fig?
I just can’t do it, they are too cute
Building around Minifigs is interesting, but does indeed blow the scale up to where it strains my weak parts count.
I do love the Star Wars minifigs though. I have them aside in a case on display with a few SW sets. :)