Kevin Blocksidge presents a batch of Victorian crime fighters:
And the heavy artillery:
Jack the Ripper better keep a low profile now that the Steam Squad is on the case!
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Favorites from the Eurobricks Superhero Contest
Okay, so today is all about Eurobricks. As I blogged a week or so ago, Eurobricks is hosting a superhero contest. I entered Unit Zero One (with a beefed-up origin story).
The entries thread is closed and voting has begun, but I thought I’d highlight a few of my personal favorites (in no particular order).
Justin Ramsden’s The Mysterious Crab:
And my absolute favorite (though it didn’t end up in the final voting)…
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Name Those Philosophers!
Brickshelfer Helico has posted a nice series of philosopher minifigs, but without individual shots or keywords, I don’t know who all of them are — though I have my guesses. Okay readers, try and name ’em all! ;-)
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You’ve left me no choice but to go inside and build...
Well, the real Tool lyrics say “rebuild,” but that was too perfect for a LEGO post not to tweak. I managed to skip Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan, but when Steve Vargo uploaded minifigs of the whole band, a Tool post was unavoidable.
Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan (the lead singer of Tool):
Steve Vargo’s Tool:
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A Pimp, Robin Hood in Space, and Steampunk Security
I seem to have missed a couple cool figs from lego2000/m20xr, but I hope you’ll agree that they were worth the wait.
A pimp to go with his pimpmobile, plus Robin Hood — in Space!
But here’s what I find especially cool — a steampunk security force for one of his floating rocks:
(Check out the funky steampunk jetpack one of them is wearing.)
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Artistic Minifigs
It’s been a while since I created any historical people, so I was pleased earlier this weekend while throwing together pieces when Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec popped up in the palm of my hand:
Naturally, that inspired me to keep building this morning, ending up with a full complement of Impressionists, including Claude Monet (you know, of waterlilly fame):
I wasn’t happy with earlier versions of Van Gogh, Picasso, and Dali, so I rebuilt and re-photographed them. Here’s Vincent van Gogh:
I made several more, so check ’em out on Flickr:
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Princess Mononoke Minifig by Andrew Horvatits
Try as I might, I can’t think of a better way to build Princess Mononoke minifigs than the way Moko did. With San and Ashitaka out of our reach, the rest of us mere mortals are stuck building minor characters, as Andrew Horvatits does:
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The Way of the Robot Warrior
I spent an hour or two before heading to the SEALUG meeting this afternoon building a few new minifigs. One batch I was pretty happy with was this group of four robots inspired by ancient Japanese warriors:
I also built a couple more futuristic minifigs. Here’s my Blacktron-ish commando:
I’ve always loved jetpacks. I just started adding pieces to the old Spaceport jetpack to make this one. Naturally, it also fires rockets that go boom:
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Laughing gas these hazmats...
allmusic lists over 80,000 artist biographies, so Izzo has a long way to go before he runs out of material for his musical minifigs.
His latest is inspired by The Gorillaz’ Demon Days album art:
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Life down there is just a strange illusion...
Izzo populates his “Heavy Metal Archive” with the mascot from Iron Maiden, “Eddie”:
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Samara the Witch
Eurobricks member and Brickshelfer “Apophis Voo” presents Samara the Witch. Given that she’s a minifig, I suspect she weighs less than a duck:
What I like about Samara is that Apophis has combined bits and pieces from lots of different themes to create an awesome fantasy minifig. I also think this is the first time I’ve seen Draco Malfoy’s head used on a female fig.
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Lunatic on a Pogo Stick
Well, he might not actually be crazy, but he sure does bounce around a lot. It’s Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers (by Izzo)!
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