Brickshelf and Classic-Castle Forums member marakoeschtra has been posting interesting castle-themed minifigs over the last few days:
This is definitely a gallery I’ll be keeping an eye on.
Tag Archives: Minifigs
Cerebrus
Name: Cerebrus
Mission: Building ingenious mechanical minions to do his evil bidding.
Origin: Cut off his own head, put his brain in a jar, and attached his brain-jar to a robot body he built himself.
Evil superpowers: None.
The Broccoli Avenger
Secret identity: The Brocolli Avenger
Real name: Brocco D’Arrigo
Mission: Making sure children (and presidents) eat their broccoli.
Superpowers: Impervious to cancer, super vision, unbreakable bones, immune to diseases. All that, plus the ability to make steamed veggies taste like chocolate.
Akuryo
Name: Akuryo
Mission: Inspiring the evil in every person’s heart.
Origin: Unknown.
Evil superpowers: Telepathy, teleportation, summoning darkness.
Sonoko Sugihara
Name: Sonoko Sugihara
Mission: Protecting the children of Kurohime village from evildoers.
Superpowers: Telekinesis, plus all the gadgets her genius father, the famed Dr. Sugihara, can invent (like this jetpack).
Notes: Sonoko is based on Moko’s schoolgirls. I liked them so much I gave one of them a jetpack.
Ikkyu
Name: Ikkyu (一休 いっきゅう)
Dates: 1394-1481
Biography: Ikkyu was a Buddhist priest during the Muromachi period in Japanese history. Ikkyu was a poet and calligrapher, and he is credited with contributing to the tradition of the tea ceremony. He is also remembered as a mischievous boy (as shown in the animated TV series “Ikkyu-san”) and a bit of a libertine.
Further reading Wikipedia (English), Wikipedia (日本語).
Tintin Minifigs by Tupperfan
Brickshelf user Tupperfan (whose hilarious earbud Afro I featured previously) has been posting a lot of minifigs recently, so I thought I’d highlight my favorite group — a series of minifigs based on the classic Tintin comic books by Hergé (Georges Rémi):
Keep up the good work, Tupperfan!
Pumpkinhead
Name: Pumpkinhead
Mission: Disruption of the food supply.
Origin: Agricultural accident.
Evil superpowers: Summoning flame sprites to do his bidding; controlling vines and creepers; animating Jack o’ Lanterns.
Unit Zero One
Name: Unit Zero One
Mission: Defending Antarctica from alien attack.
Origin: Classified U.N. weapons research project.
Superpowers Robot strength, shields, interchangeable weapon pods, multi-spectrum vision.
Real-Life Pics of LEGO Batman Sets on Flickr
Count Blockula (aka Mike Crowley) lives in Massachussetts, much closer to LEGO HQ in Enfield, CT than the rest of us. It sometimes seems like it takes forever to get new sets way the heck out here in Seattle.
Anyway, Mike picked up several sets from the new Batman line and posted pictures on Flickr:
Another Flickr user, Sortafast (Mark Sandlin), has also posted some set photos, including a nice little cartoon:
Lord of the Flies
Name: Lord of the Flies
Mission: World domination.
Origin: Industrial accident.
Evil superpower: Controlling winged insects, seducing women with powerful pheremones.
The Green Blade
Secret identity: The Green Blade
Real name: Flora Sylvan
Mission: Protecting the earth.
Superpowers: Regeneration and photosynthesis.