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.

Jupol Sulvat

Jupol Sulvat

Name: Jupol Sulvat
Mission: Protecting unsuspecting earthlings from the likes of Desmodus, Invidia, and Cerebrus.
Origin: A mechanically enhanced alien from the planet Rothinius Prime.
Superpowers & gadgets: Super strength, telepathy, argon rebreather, the Crystal Rod of Galactic Justice.

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God of Gamblers, Starring Chow Yun Fat

Brickshelf user Legokinsfolk presents the stars of the 1989 Hong Kong action movie God of Gamblers, Chow Yun Fat and Andy Lau:

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Minifig Existentialists and a Bagpipe

Michael Jasper never ceases to amuse and amaze me. Today’s update to his Characters gallery includes Jean-Peal Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir:

I was also recently struggling with a way to make a LEGO bagpipe for one of my Canterbury Tales minifigs. Michael saves the day with this wonderful Scotsman:

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Of Royalty and Poverty

The latest updates to marakoeschtra’s castle characters include a king, his son, a beggar, and the beggar’s dog:

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Who would win?

If a pirate and a ninja fought, who would win?

To find out, click the photo below and check out the full photoset on Flickr:

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Ahoy!

Here be pirates fictional and legendary — Captain Jack Sparrow, Captain Barbossa, and the cook Long John Silver.

Captain Jack Sparrow:
Captain Jack Sparrow

Captain Barbossa:
Captain Barbossa

Long John Silver:
Long John Silver

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Avast!

Here be pirates historical — he of the black beard, Edward Teach; Bartholomew Roberts, also of the name “Black Bart”; and Captain Henry Morgan, rum-fiend (not really).

Edward “Blackbeard” Teach (1680-1718):

Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts (1682-1722):

Captain Henry Morgan (1635-1688):
Captain Henry Morgan

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Gandalf by Cyin

Cyin is never one to rely on standard minifig legs (as he showed with Radagast and Tom Bombadil). He demonstrates this again with his new Gandalf:

Here’s Gandalf with a cart full of fireworks:

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Minifig Modernists

Today’s batch of literary minifigs includes several more 20th-century writers.

Ezra Pound (1885-1971):
Ezra Pound

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940):
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961):
Ernest Hemingway

See Pillars of 20th-Century Liturature and More Writerly Minifigs as well.

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All Hail the Queen!

With interesting and innovative use of pieces, Michael Jasper is one of my favorite minifig builders. A recent update to his Characters gallery includes Queen Elizabeth I and a footman:

What I like especially is the use of the minifig helmet visor as a collar. (Credit goes to Classic-Castler smcginnis for figuring out what Her Majesty is wearing around her royal neck.)

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More Writerly Minifigs

Following up on my Pacific Northwest poet minifigs, today I present several of my favorite women writers and poets — Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and Anne Sexton.

Gertrude Stein (1874-1946):
Gertrude Stein

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941):
Virginia Woolf

Anne Sexton (1928-1974):
Anne Sexton

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963):
Sylvia Plath

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Mmmm... Yup.

Nathan Cunningham presents the alley behind Hank’s house, from the TV show King of the Hill:

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