Continuing our autumnal theme, mumu’s wife presents a lovely scene with a persimmon tree, tea, a pair of cats, and a lady in a kimono:
Check out the beautiful obi (sash) on the woman:
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Tag Archives: Minifigs
Hot Oden on a Cool Autumn Evening
With three other guys picking up some of the slack over on The Brothers Brick, I’m hoping I can get caught up on the Asian-themed LEGO creations I’ve missed this summer. Bruce gets me started with a great little food cart from Brickshelfer kobachan:
I’m not sure what all the letters on the carts sides are, but the first letter is O (お), so I’m thinking this is an oden stand. Oden is a hot pot or stew that includes ingredients such as daikon radish, potatoes, carrots, chikuwa (fish cakes), boiled eggs, and konnyaku (yam cakes). It’s popular in the autumn and winter, and even in modern Japan you might be able to find a street stall serving steaming hot oden to keep you warm.
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Busiest Zumbi Ever!
MisterZumbi is at it again. I’ll leave a couple things for the other guys, but let’s kick this off with Mr. Z’s real-life version of Tim Gould’s Maschinen Krieger SAFS:
Plus several funny new minifigs, including Albert Einstein and a one-eyed, mad professor:
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Figs of the Verse
With a BrickLink order that included a generic African-American head, I was finally able to make Zoe. I took the opportunity to update update nearly all of my Serenity and Firefly minifigs, so check ’em out on Flickr:
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Helico’s Good vs. Evil
The Empire vs. the Rebellion. Mordor vs. Gondor. Tom vs. Jerry. The most interesting conflicts are always fundamental struggles between good and evil. Markus Lütkemeyer (aka Helico) gives us a classic pair in “Good vs. Evil”:
Cool jetpack.
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Hanom
Name: Hanom
Mission: Ruler of the Deep.
Archrival: Nahoa.
Origin: Evolved from diatomacious ooze, irradiated by the underwater atomic war that wiped out the Atlanteans 30,000 years ago. Now lives in the Mariana Trench.
Superpowers and weapons: Azure Pike of Oceanographic Equality; controls the currents of all oceans; can withstand 1500 bars; ability to summon megalodon and plesiosaur for joyrides.
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Lukas’ Very Dark Knight
Great use of the Jawa head, Lukas!
(And great contrast, BTW. What did you take this picture on?)
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Do the LEGO Numa Numa Dance!
Some love him, others hate him. Either way, Gary Brolsma became an internet icon when he did his Numa Numa Dance in 2004. When browsing YouTube, I came across — of all things — a LEGO version of the dance. It’s not really brickfilming, but it’s still cool. Check it out!
Here’s the original film, for comparison:
Otto the Awesome
Armothe recently posted a knight that is quite possibly the best custom fig I have seen yet. I give you Otto the Crusader!
The plethora of custom details is astounding, from the great helm to the barding, from the banner to the horse, virtually every detail is perfect.
As a finishing touch, Armothe has even given Otto a custom hairdo:
What an awesome fig!
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Krab Trooper! Go go go!
Mike “Count Blockula” Crowley is a true original, as evidenced by his recent “Krab Trooper”:
I like the one above better, but I’m also highly amused by Mike’s version that uses Mr. Krabs’ head:
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Thup-thup-thup-thup-PSHHHHH!!! Thup-thup...
Merry Christmas?
Perhaps Michael Jasper is showing us what Saint Nick does while he’s on vacation. But it’s September, you’d think the old elf would be busier at this point:
