Paul “Polywen” Lee‘s take on the poster for Watchmen doesn’t expose us to blue LEGO hindquarters, but that just means we get to see the full glory of Dr. Manhattan:
Via Gizmodo (way to go, Paul!).
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LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Wall-E by Marc-Andre
QuéLUG member Marc-André (aka Bazmati/Bazmarc) has built a fully automated Wall-E using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and Power Functions:
I love the movement on Wall-E’s expressive eyes.
Thanks to reader William for the tip!
We are coming out of the darkness into the light!
I was a strange little boy, with my LEGO and my stories and my classic black and white movies. One of my favorite films to this day is Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator, from 1940.
Piglet recreates a famous scene in which Charlie Chaplin, as “Adenoid Hynkel,” parodies Adolf Hitler’s ridiculous (and ultimately terrifying) oratory style:
However, I like to think that this is the movie’s final scene, in which the Jewish barber (mistaken for the identical Hynkel) delivers a beautiful speech calling on humanity’s better nature. Here’s one of my favorite passages:
We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another.
In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.
Truer words couldn’t be said today, nearly seventy years later. Watch the full speech here:
Via VignetteBricks.
Celebrating GO MINIMAN GO – “30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure”
David Pagano, Nate Burr and myself were all recently asked by the LEGO Company to make a brickfilm to celebrate the LEGO minifigure’s 30th birthday. This is my contribution, 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure. How many historical figures/events can you name?
Don’t forget to check out GOMINIMANGO.com for more videos and a contest (details coming soon to a blog near you!)
“GO MINIMAN GO” by David Pagano
David Pagano, along with Nate Burr and myself, were recently asked by the LEGO Company to make a brickfilm celebrating the LEGO minifigure’s 30th birthday. David’s brickfilm is a romp through time and space, celebrating the best of the LEGO sets and minifigures over the past 30 years:
Don’t forget to check out GOMINIMANGO.com for more videos and a contest (details coming soon to a blog near you!)
Nate Burr celebrates GO MINIMAN GO
Nate “Blunty” Burr, along with David Pagano and myself, was asked to make a brickfilm to celebrate the 30th birthday of the LEGO minifigure. Nate delivers in typical Blunty3000 style, with his satirical brickfilm, Living in Meatspace:
Don’t forget to check out GOMINIMANGO.com for more videos and a contest (details coming soon to a blog near you!)
Pippi Longstocking’s Villa Villekulla by Erik Smit
Erik “Eti” Smit has built a faithful recreation of various locations in the world of Pippi Longstocking, including Pippi’s house, Villa Villekulla.
The two-story house has a porch (with a horse on it), lemonade tree, swing set, and detailed interior with a kitchen and bedroom.
Other locations in Pippi’s world include her father’s ship in the harbor, with Blom and Dunder-Karlsson in their prison cell.
Check out the full photoset on Flickr.
Del Boy and Rodney ride in style. Well, sort of.
Speaking of references to British popular culture that I’m not familiar with, Ronald Vallenduuk (Duq) has posted a great entry for the LUGNuts Sympathy for the underdog challenge inspired by the BBC comedy Only Fools and Horses.
Here’s Del Boy and Rodney of Trotters Independent Traders (in their “Heroes and Villains” Christmas special outfits):
The source of inspiration may not be a particularly stylish vehicle, but Rondald’s LEGO rendition of the three-wheeled Reliant Regal Supervan is very cool indeed.
More Preliminary 2009 Set Pictures (Indy and Clone Wars) [News]
lokosuperfluoLEGOman has updated the folder with more pictures of 2009 LEGO sets, including Star Wars: Clone Wars and Indiana Jones. Please keep in mind that these are all preliminary pictures and are almost certainly subject to change, therefore the use of old pieces in new figures (such as Patrick the starfish’s torso used for the brute in the Flying Wing set and the Imperial Guard torso used for Willie) will probably change. Also note that the Flying Wing preliminary set art includes a Swastika, something The LEGO Company will certainly not use in the final box art. Note that the pictures seen here are from corran11’s photostream on Flickr, because some images are cropped and rotated for easier viewing.
Mean Green Mother from Outer Space
Nathan Proudlove has grown -I mean built- his own mutant man-eating plant, Audrey II (from Little Shop of Horrors, entirely out of Bionicle pieces. Incredibly, this is Nathan’s first Bionicle creation. Nathan was inspired after listening to an interview of Bryce McGlone, who was recently featured on LAML.
Mommy Rex is very angry...
Mike Psiaki (who is no stranger to being blogged) has built a climatic scene from The Lost World: Jurassic Park that is better than the movie it was based upon!
Also check out Mike’s three Pteranodon and Parasaurolophus:
EDIT: fixed errors, thanks Dr. Paleo!
Syd Mead talks about his one-of-a-kind LEGO Technic Spinner
Remember BB Gadgets editor Joel Johnston’s trip to Syd Mead’s house, where he saw the Technic Spinner that LEGO built for him?
Now there’s a video, in which Joel and Syd talk about the unique LEGO creation:
What do I have to do to get LEGO to build something for me? Oh right, design something awesome that influences an entire generation of people.