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Sugegas’s Figs 12 and 13

Sugegasa continues his series of numbered minifigs, this time showcasing some pretty cool minifig weapons.

Here’s Fig 12:

…and Fig 13:

Sugegasa Rides the Air

Mecha master Sugegasa’s dozens of “unmanned control experiment machines” are generally controlled from afar by adorable minifig girls. According to his most recent blog post, this sometimes presents a bit of a problem:

At first, the girl simply ran after the unmanned machine, calling out instructions, but being too close proved death-defyingly dangerous, and ambient noise also sometimes prevented her commands from reaching the mecha. So, with parts she had lying around, the girl built a vehicle with enough speed to keep up with the mecha and a transmitter to clearly relay her voice commands from a safe distance.

Now, I’m generally not a fan of convoluted backstories for LEGO creations, but that is just too awesome not to pass on to all of you English-speaking LEGO fans.

Without further ado, here’s Sugegas’s flight-board:

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Purple Mecha Madness!

Like fellow Japanese builders Izzo and Moko, Sugegasa is an all-around great builder, regularly posting new mecha, vignettes, minifigs, and even larger creations. He often incorporates new parts into his creations in unusual ways. His latest unusual use for a new piece is in a mecha that includes several motorbike cowls from Catwoman’s bike:

Sugegasa’s Fig-10

Sugegasa has been posting almost nothing but mecha lately, but he’s taken a break to post an Exo-Force minifig dubbed simply “Fig-10” with some rather interesting shoulder armor:

He also uses that same hair to create a “flame-punch” effect with another minifig:

Two Vignettes from Sugegasa

Sugegasa has recently posted two uniquely Japanese vignettes. (Bruce credits Sugegasa as one of the earliest builder of LEGO vignettes — the “haiku” of LEGO building styles.)

Japanese bathtubs are smaller and deeper than American bathtubs. You wash off outside first, and then you soak in the water. Many bathtubs have hot water heaters attached directly to the bathtub (kind of like a hot tub), and some of the more old-fashioned bathtubs have chimneys, like this one in “Chimney Bathtub” (a continuation of the long-running shiritori word game):

A wonderful wintertime tradition in Japan is to sit around a kotatsu and eat mandarin oranges, or mikan. Kotatsu are low tables skirted with a quilt and a heater underneath. Mmmm…toasty… In this vignette, one of Sugegasa’s recurring minifig characters sits at a kotatsu eating mikan and watching TV:

Sugegasa Tames a Raptor

As if taming a lizard weren’t enough, Sugegasa goes a step further and tames a Dino Attack raptor:

Can’t wait to see a tamed T-Rex!

Sugegasa Tames a Lizard

Who knew those crazy dinosaurs from the Dino Attack theme could be incorporated into anything?! But Sugegasa manages:

What I like about Sugegasa’s creations is that all the fiercest robots/lizards/rocket launchers/dragons are always driven/ridden/wielded/controlled by adorable smiley-faced minifigs. (Oh, and I want that torso! Minifig belly buttons are just so cute!)

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?