The figure skating World Championships are apparently going on right now, and Moko was inspired to create 2006 Winter Olympic gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa as a LEGO minifig:
Nice skates!
I always look forward Moko’s updates to his Original Figs folder. Here are my favorites from the latest batch — a couple of cyborgs, a knight, and a magician. All of these minifigures use Moko’s unique brick-built leg assembly:
Nice hockey player — very dynamic (click the image for the full gallery):
Three more additions to marakoeschtra’s gallery of castle characters — a lady with a swan, a jester, and a hangman:
A miniseries on TV in Japan called “Densha Otoko” (“Train Man”) told the story of a geek who helped a woman harrassed by a drunk on the train. As a window into Japanese geek (otaku) culture, it also included snippets of the protagonist’s favorite anime, a fake show called “Getsumen To Heiki Mina” (“Mina the Weapon-Bunny of the Moon”; rabbits live on the moon — didn’t you know?).
Brickshelf user nias has built an adorable Mina, complete with her double-carrot tails (or whatever they are):
Name: Invidia
Mission: Making everything his own.
Origin: Evolved from the frog that the princess didn’t kiss.
Evil superpowers: Senses jealousy and envy in his opponents and twists those feelings to his advantage.
Notes: I made this one to express my jealousy that a certain Classic-Castle Forums member (and fellow Washingtonian) was bequeathed a large quantity of older LEGO sets. I was green with envy, thus Invidia.
The latest updates to marakoeschtra’s ongoing series of castle characters are a baker (yes, that’s a LEGO croissant), and a gooseherd, with an absolutely fantastic gaggle of geese:
I’ve been making minifigs of my favorite musicians, bands, and composers for a couple of years now, quietly uploading their pictures to a Brickshelf folder. I’ve featured a couple of them here on DB, but I just uploaded all of them to a Flickr photoset, so I thought I’d highlight a few of my personal favorites.
U2, from the album art for All That You Can’t Leave Behind:
Johnny Cash (before I started taking straight-on photos):
An Abbey Road vignette of The Beatles:
And last but definitely not least, Nirvana:
(Phew!!!)
Continuing from my previous post, marakoeschtra brings us a couple more cool castle characters — a shepherd and a blacksmith with his apprentice:
