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.

Japanese Mythical Creature: “Kappa”

I debated whether to post my latest minifigure over on my minifig-themed blog, but it does require a bit of explanation, so I’ll post it here instead.

Kappa are mythical water imps from Japan. Kappa inhabit lakes, ponds, streams, and other bodies of water. If you do a little research, you’ll find that kappa are associated with some pretty nasty legends. For example, they drag people into the water and eat them.

Their favorite food is cucumbers, which is apparently why cucumber rolls are called “kappa maki.” Long ago, parents would sometimes carve their child’s name into a cucumber and toss the vegetable into water in an attempt to prevent kappa from stealing the child. Generally, though, kappa are considered mischievous creatures today. Here’s a more contemporary, “cutified” kappa:

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Norse Gods and Goddesses (Updated!)

I’ve updated my Norse gods and goddesses, based largely on feedback I received from Classic-Castler The Hordesman and many others. Thanks guys!

Specifically, Odin is now darker (black hat instead of blue and dark blue legs instead of regular blue), Thor is now a red-head, and Freyr the Peaceful (or something like that) no longer has a sword.

And the whole set on Flickr.

“Fat Minifig” by Mister Zumbi

If Pugsly were a real boy:

“Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil” by Michael Jasper

A great combination of faces, torsos, and accessories:

The whole folder full of wonderful miscellany:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=140593

Dark Knights by forrestman

Brickshelf user forrestman has just posted some interesting dark or undead knight minifigs:

Hmmm… Are those horns modded parts (they’re not the new Viking horns)? I guess we’ll let these slide…

“Kitarou” by mumu’s wife

In some families, the husband and wife build together. (Ahem! I said…) One such family is the mumu household. Mumu frequently posts creations by his wife, including several recent entries in the long-running shiritori word game.

Mumu’s wife’s most recent contribution is a group of three (four?) minifigs from the long-running Anime series Gegege no Kitarou. Sort of like the Japanese Scooby-Doo or an animated Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the series features a title character (Kitarou) who fights ghosts, monsters, and other nasties alongside his father, a disembodied human eye.

I like the tan hinge pieces as wooden sandals, the black turban as Kitarou’s hair, and the 1×1 white clip piece as tiny little feet on Medama Oyaji (“Pops the Eyeball”).

(I don’t actually know much about the show, since I wasn’t allowed to watch it growing up. Ghosts and monsters were just too close to the occult for my missionary parents.)

More shiritori entries comin’ right up!

Happy Year of the Dog!

Despite past behavior to the contrary, Pugsly has promised to be good to my LEGO in 2006.

The Bounty Hunter 4-LOM by Chris Deck

Chris Deck is a man after my own heart. Here’s a quote from his FBTB Forums post:

Same rules apply for him as for all my other minifigs, too: No saw, glue or paint.

Ah, sweet, sweet music to my purist ears! ;-) Oh, and here’s the alien Bounty Hunter 4-LOM himself:

I would not have thought to use binoculars on his face. Nice job, Chris!

Sugegasa’s “Fig-9”

Sugegasa has just posted a sinister-looking minifigure called “Fig-9” (okay, so all of Sugegasa’s minifigs are numberd, but “Fig-9” just seems like an appropriate name for this one):

“Fig-9” would fit in well in the Tech West theme. I wonder how Sugegasa attached the rifle behind the fig?

“Cogitry Throckwood” by Mark Stafford

Mark Stafford, new Classic-Castler (aka Brickshelf user Nabii), recently posted a cool little “clockwork wizard:”

Great use of Technic parts, purple pieces, and the Doc Ock head. And boy! Those pneumatic T pieces sure do come in handy!

Has anybody else noticed the uptick in really awesome brick-built minifigures lately?

Martian by Count Blockula

Mike “Count Blockula” Crowley has made a Martian based on one of the best bad (you know what I mean) movies of the last ten years, Mars Attacks:

The ray gun is sweet!

Peladofigphobia

Felix Greco posted the following on LUGNET:

Do you find the appearance of a minifig with no hat, hair, or helmet to be unsettling?
Do you find your minifigs to be incomplete without something covering that top stud?
When veiwing the creations of others, do you find the appearance of a minifig with an exposed stud on its head an indication of a poor builder?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then you are a
peladofigphobiac. You may wonder, what is a peladofigphobiac? Observe…

peladophobia– fear of bald people

fig– contraction of the term minifigure for the AFOL, a yummy treat to the muggles

peladofigphobia– fear (or loathing) of minifigs with an exposed stud on thier head.

Hi, my name is Andrew and I’m a peladofigphobiac.