Tag Archives: Minifigs

Everybody loves LEGO minifigures — well, almost everybody. Minifigs are often the stars of the LEGO models we feature here on The Brothers Brick, but we also feature some amazing custom minifigs you’d never expect to see in an official LEGO set.

Of Skellies Black and Scary

I love it when Martin Jaspers gets on a roll. Here’s another update to his castle characters, a macabre crew of dark skeletons:

(As always, Martin only uses real, unmodified LEGO parts — even if they’re in unusual colors.)

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Blogger Cory Doctorow as a LEGO Minifig

minifig returns to his “minifig blogger” series with Cory Doctorow, an author, journalist, and contributor to the world’s best blog, Boing Boing:

Minifig Monster Madness from Moko

Moko’s in quite the mood lately. In addition to building crazy-weird monster rats (previous post), Moko has been busy building crazy-weird minifig monsters:

Click the image to see the gallery on Brickshelf, with more strange creatures.

He wants to suck your blood

I missed these in Bronson Rash’s Flickr photostream when he uploaded them (don’t forget to tag your photos with “LEGO”, people!), but this is a very cool, wonderfully sinister Count Dracula:

Gregor Mendel Grows Some Peas

Alan Saunders proves once again that simplicity works, with his vignette of Gregor Mendel examining his pea plants:

LEGO has released a little working magnifying glass, but because it’s so big, it looks a bit rediculous when a minifig holds it. I like how Alan has used a wrench instead (and the oil can works well as a watering can).

Arcade Fire

minifig and I share a deep appreciation for music and minifigs. His latest band is a group from Montreal, Canada called Arcade Fire:

Howl’s Moving Castle Minifigs by Moko

Regular readers of The Brothers Brick probably know by now that my favorite movies by Hayao Miyazaki (maybe of all time) are the ones he released in the 80’s, including Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind and Laputa: Castle in the Sky. I’ve certainly enjoyed his more recent releases, such as Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away, but they don’t compare to my childhood favorites.

Still, Miyazaki’s latest film, Howl’s Moving Castle is a wonderful movie (which I just got on DVD for Christmas). Moko has created minifigs of the three main characters, Howl, Sofie, and Calcifer: