Mike Crowley puts a LEGO troll in Boba Fett armor to hilarious effect:
Previously on The Brothers Brick: Wearable Boba Fett costume built from LEGO
Tag Archives: Minifigs
LoP Aquanaut 1 Dive Suit by Tim Zarki
With so much amazing stuff to blog, I sometimes feel like we don’t feature the smaller creations often enough. I really think small creations take a lot of talent to design well, which is one reason why I like Tim Zarki‘s dive suit so much:
This would be perfect for, you know, hunting underwater zombies. ;-)
Michael Jasper’s shopping cart
The Genius of Tiny Things, Michael Jasper recently posted a new minifig accessory — the shopping cart:
And for those who missed it, a very tiny motorcycle:
Celebrating GO MINIMAN GO – “30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure”
David Pagano, Nate Burr and myself were all recently asked by the LEGO Company to make a brickfilm to celebrate the LEGO minifigure’s 30th birthday. This is my contribution, 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure. How many historical figures/events can you name?
Don’t forget to check out GOMINIMANGO.com for more videos and a contest (details coming soon to a blog near you!)
“GO MINIMAN GO” by David Pagano
David Pagano, along with Nate Burr and myself, were recently asked by the LEGO Company to make a brickfilm celebrating the LEGO minifigure’s 30th birthday. David’s brickfilm is a romp through time and space, celebrating the best of the LEGO sets and minifigures over the past 30 years:
Don’t forget to check out GOMINIMANGO.com for more videos and a contest (details coming soon to a blog near you!)
Nate Burr celebrates GO MINIMAN GO
Nate “Blunty” Burr, along with David Pagano and myself, was asked to make a brickfilm to celebrate the 30th birthday of the LEGO minifigure. Nate delivers in typical Blunty3000 style, with his satirical brickfilm, Living in Meatspace:
Don’t forget to check out GOMINIMANGO.com for more videos and a contest (details coming soon to a blog near you!)
Clikits + genius = fairy
Just a few of the smallest LEGO parts let Micah Berger (micahberger) create this adorable fairy. Genius.
Coming out at the Christopher Day Parade
Working my way further back through Moritz N‘s photostream, I encountered this great vignette highlighting the importance of being tolerant:
Moritz says:
Although there are still incurable boneheads in both the dwarf and the troll society, Gnork and Shroeder finally summon up the courage to come out of secrecy.
Living their relationship freely they join the Cristopher Street Day parade to demontrate for tolerance and equal opportunities.
Go Gnork and Shroeder, go!
*smooch*
Click through for the punch line to this great little vignette by Moritz N. (nolnet on Flickr), featuring a little gray frog on a table and a rather unhappy princess.
Via VignetteBricks.
EDIT: And, it would seem, via The Brothers Brick. :oops: This is what I get for blogging while jetlagged… Thanks Tyler!
Interior decorating by minifig
I had the pleasure of hanging out with Thom (aka minifig) on my recent trip to London. Over non-alcoholic drinks at a lovely neighborhood pub far from the tourist crowds, the conversation inevitably turned to LEGO.
Thom apparently decorates his home with great little LEGO scenes. On arrival back in the States, I was pleased to see that he’d uploaded several of the scenes we talked about, including this intrepid streaker:
And these Technic figures with their AT-AT pet:
I was going to close with a sarcastic comment about the obscurity of the British people that Thom’s been honoring in ABS lately, but it turns out that Townes Van Zandt was an American, and I’m just ignorant. :-P
Happy 30th birthday to the LEGO minifig!
The LEGO minifigure turns 30 today. The very first minifig I got was in 1978, when I was 3 years old. Mr. Policeman had a stickered torso (right).
Today, minifigs are of course my favorite aspect of playing with LEGO, mainly because minifigs represent infinite possibilities.
Former LEGOLAND Master Model Designer Mariann Asanuma puts it best: “Minifigs, in all their countless varieties, are one of the best things that LEGO ever invented.” Indeed.
Naturally, the Internet is abuzz with congratulatory messages for our little plastic friends.
Here at The Brothers Brick, we’re hosting the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest, and Gizmodo is hosting a GO MINIMAN GO Video Competition.
If you’re interested in reading all about how the minifig was invented, you can read Minifig History on Minifig.co.uk.
It may just be another day at the office for Justin Vaughn:
But Michael Jasper, the Leonardo da Vinci of minifig builders, conveniently updates his “Things” folder with a pair of tricycles:
There’s a surprising turn of events in this birthday scene by J.R. Schwartz:
So, a very happy birthday to the LEGO minifig! I hope I’m still playing with minifigs when I’m 63, and then again when I’m 93.
Announcing the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest [w00t!]
August 25th is the 30th birthday of the LEGO minifigure. Here at The Brothers Brick, the minifig holds a very special place in our hearts — after all, we started out as a tiny little blog highlighting our favorite minifig finds.
To wish the minifig a happy 30th birthday, I’m pleased to announce that The Brothers Brick is hosting the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest. With awesome prizes like 10185 Green Grocer and four copies of 10190 Market Street, there’s some serious brick to be won. You can build a vignette or diorama and submit it in one of four categories that represent the decades in which minifigs have graced LEGO sets — from the 1970s through today.
The contest is open to everyone in the world who’s 18 years old as of August 1, 2008. You have until October 31, 2008 to submit your entries using our Contact Us page and the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest group pool on Flickr.
Here’s an example of the sort of scene you could build:
Entries will be judged by a Master Model Builder and Creative Director from LEGO, along with the Editor-in-Chief of The Brothers Brick (that would be me).
There are important rules for where and how to enter your LEGO creations in this contest, so please read the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest Rules carefully.
To see what else is going on to celebrate the 30th birthday of the LEGO minifig, check out GOMINIMANGO.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Why is this only open to people over the age of 18?
A: Although we welcome and encourage online participation on The Brothers Brick by anybody over the age of 13, we can’t ask for real names and addresses from people who are not yet adults. This is a legal requirement, and is not intended to discriminate against the talented teenage builders we frequently feature on the blog.
Q: What kind of creations are acceptable in each category?
A: How you interpret the four categories is entirely up to you. Let your imagination run wild! The only requirements are that your entry is a vignette or diorama and that it features a LEGO minifig.