I’ve been waiting for Moko to post this on Brickshelf, but it’s too cool to wait any more:
Nice use of the new Viking horns, helmet, and axe heads, as well as the Harry Potter Deatheater face and black wings.
Tag Archives: Minifigs
Mr. and Mrs. Chen
Names: Charles and Judy Chen
Occupation: Artists.
Notes: An eccentric son of a New York real estate developer, Charles met and married Judy while attending Burning Man. At the age of forty, Charles grew a Fu Manchu mustache and began wearing traditional Chinese clothing to “get in touch with my roots.” Of course, Charles doesn’t speak either Mandarin or Cantonese, and the furthest east he’s been is Taos, New Mexico.
Afro!
The photography is bad and the picture is way too big (sorry Tupperfan). And what sets this minifig apart isn’t even a LEGO piece, but this is just too good to pass up:
If I’m not mistaken, that’s an earbud cover. Nice.
EDIT (3/8/06): Tupperfan has taken updated pictures. Thanks dude!
Guildford Postlethwait
Name: Guildford Postlethwait
Occupation: Ethnographer, best-selling author, popular lecturer. Charlatan.
Published works: Reflections on Fieldwork Among the Tuba. The Purple Snows of Kashmir. Life with the Yak-Herders of Samoa. Tanganyikan Tiger-Hunting Rituals. In Marco Polo’s Footsteps: Retracing a Spaniard’s Discovery of the West Indies.
Quincy’s Escape from New York
Check it out, a LEGO Kurt Russell:
Hatena-gumi
Name: Hatena-gumi
Occupation: Charitable organization.
Interests: Security, international trade, banking, real estate, shipping, pharmaceuticals, construction, heavy industry, government, agriculture.
Giancarlo Verrecchia
Name: Giancarlo Verrecchia
Occupation: Taxi driver in Rome.
Interests: Freestyle skiing. Winning a gold medal in the Torino 2006 Olympics. Viva Italia!
Melinda Tottinghouse
Name: Melinda Tottinghouse
Occupation: Debutante.
Interests: Ponies. Show-jumping. Sparkly things. Unicorns. Rainbows. And uh, debuting? (Sheesh, I have no idea what a debutante’s interests are!)
Brett Carmichael
Name: Brett Carmichael
Occupation: Daredevil.
Interests: Strapping himself to rockets! Crawling on the outside of an F-18 fighter jet! Jumping between helicopters! Outrunning a freight train in a tunnel! Leaping tall buildings in a hot rod! Riding to the grocery store on a motorcycle!
Jacko, a Tramp, and a Monk by Michael Jasper
More pictures of 9247 Community Workers
Over at I Love Cute LEGO! mumu has posted that he purchased the 2006 version of 9247 Community Workers (my previous post, which for some reason isn’t showing up on the main page or archives — weird).
Here’s the Brickshelf folder (when public), and click on over to mumu’s original post for deep-links in the meantime.
In addition to the two brown dogs, there are a couple note-worthy elements. Mumu’s close-up shots show a nice pin-stripe suit design and a tan, pocketed shirt design (different from the Star Wars version) I hadn’t seen before. I’m going to disagree with mumu about the all-smiley cast, though. I’m a fan of “face diversity,” and I’m also a bit disappointed that this set doesn’t have the rarish wavy black hair that was in the 2005 version. Overall though, a nice set of town minifigs.
Joe Kent
Name: Joe Kent
Occupation: Unemployed Boeing machinist.
Interests: The Sonics, the Sounders, the Mariners, the Storm, the Thunderbirds, and the SEAHAWKS!!!
Notes: Currently worried that the Sonics will leave Seattle (that jersey he’s wearing was expensive!), and the fact that the Hawks get no respect.
Edit (2/6/06): Stupid refs. That is all I have to say. Harumph.