In the spirit of true Pan-Pacific cooBrickation, I’d like to present creations by non-Japanese builders from other parts of Asia and the Pacific Rim whenever possible.
Brickshelf user Legokinsfolk presents a scene featuring legendary singer Sam Hui:
Caption: “Sam Hui sings a song telling the student should not have dating too early and not play football so often, they should study hard.”
Name: Patrick J. Robertscum
Occupation: Televangelist and paragon of moral outrage.
Interests: Blaming hurricanes on gays. Blaming terrorist acts on Hollywood. Bilking old ladies of their life savings. Railing against miscegenation. Spreading God’s love to people everywhere.
Names: Bartholemew O’Hurlahey and Mario Fratelli
Occupation: Captain and first mate of the fishing vessel Pequod II
Notes: Capt. Bart fancies himself the long-lost descendent of Herman Melville’s Capt. Ahab. He insists on carrying around a harpoon, even though they mainly catch herring, with a little cod and pollack thrown in. He also affects a limp, despite being in peak physical condition. Whenever he spots another boat on the horizon, he screams at Mario that it’s “the white whale!!!” and forces him to haul in the empty nets and give chase. Mario just sighs and rolls his eyes, muttering under his breath that Huckleberry Finn is a better candidate for canonization as the Great American Novel anyway… Sometimes when Mario is drunk, he gets angry at Capt. Bart and reminds him that Capt. Ahab is “fictional, you crazy coot!” He then breaks down sobbing that he misses his long-lost brother, who dresses in green instead of red.
Name: Casey Lundquist
Occupation: Beach bum.
Interests: Backdooring a gnarly tube. Catching air. Hanging with the brahs. Trying not to cluck. Going off.
Pet peeves: The meatball flag. Squids. Poser gremmies. Wannabes. Getting worked.
Stage name: Bobo the Clown
Real name: Thanh Nguyen
Occupation: Professional clown.
Interests: Juggling, miming, prancing, ventriloquism, prestidigitation. Giant shoes, lollypops, baggy pants, flowers that shoot water. Amusing children, frightening adults.
Mark Stafford (whose awesome “Cogitry Throckwood” I blogged about previously) has posted some amusing minifigs based on the BBC television series Little Britain:
FBTB and Classic-Castle Forums user lego2000 has posted a couple really cool brick-built minifig weapons for his Iron Reich creations.
First, the flamethrower:
And the sniper rifle:
I seem to have missed the last couple updates Michael Jasper has made to his wonderful Characters gallery, so let’s get caught up. First off, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (in honor of his 250th birthday today):
Next, St. Francis of Assisi (with some birds) and Oskar Matzerath (from Günther Grass’ novel The Tin Drum):
Name: Blaine McPherson
Occupation: Student.
Interests: Finding himself (hint: he’s somewhere between Oslo and Istanbul). Finding cheap beverages. Finding a girl, preferably in Spain. No longer having to pretend to be Canadian.
Known aliases: Mickey Tooth, aka Mickey Tums, aka Michael Fitzpatrick, aka Fitzroy Michaels, etc.
Occupation: Gangster.
Interests: Smuggling kittens.
Name: Jasbir Singh
Occupation: Rock star!
Interests: Filling stadiums. Being a positive role model. Lasagna. The music.
Pet peeve: Music journalists and critics who label him the “the Sikh Matisyahu.”
Names: Dirk Hoffman and Greg Tanzarian
Occupation: Vice cops (circa 1976).
Interests: Kickin’ a__ and takin’ names. Fast cars. Loose change. Slow walks on the beach. Hard drinks. Soft hands. Blowin’ s___ up.
Typical day: Wake up at noon. Bust an international heroin-smuggling ring. Pay off an informant with confiscated drug money. Interrogate a couple of hippies. Cruise around in the Chevelle. Bust a local kitten-smuggling ring. Hit the discotheque.