For today’s batch of minifigs, I present the X-Men:
And here’s Magneto:
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Nahoa
Name: Nahoa
Mission: Covering the surface of the earth in flaming rivers of lava.
Origin: Magma demon from the dawn of time.
Evil superpowers: Controlling tectonic activity. Yeah, that pretty much covers it.
Odji
Name: Odji
Mission: Spreading plague and sowing discord.
Origin: Corrupted, reanimated mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Nephrotep III.
Evil superpowers: Summoning bubonic plague, anthrax, sleeping sickness, dysentery, cholera, etc.
Moko’s Little Sister Gets in on the Action
Apparently, great minifig-building runs in Moko’s family. Here’s a little “Demon Child” Moko’s little sister put together:
Oh, and check out this cool gun Moko himself made recently:
Both of these show great uses for the new pieces in the Batman sets.
Izzo’s Power Suits
Izzo doesn’t just build great vignettes — he’s also quite the mecha builder. Lately he’s been on a power-suit-building kick:
Here’s my favorite, a Batsuit:
(By the way, in addition to his legostyle Web site, Izzo has a new blog, legostyle-LOG. If you want automatic updates of his latest creations, be sure to subscribe to his feed.)
Der Falkner
Secret identity: Der Falkner
Real name: Swenja Beizjäger
Mission: Preventing crime in Stuttgart. (No wonder it’s the German city with the lowest crime rate!)
Superpowers: Eagle vision, flight, ability to call forth birds of prey to assist in defeating evildoers.
Desmodus
Name: Desmodus
Mission: To rule the night.
Origin: A criminally insane “subject” was injected with the irradiated saliva of the vampire bat.
Evil superpowers: Flight, invisibility, drawing strength from the blood of his victims.
Jupol Sulvat
Name: Jupol Sulvat
Mission: Protecting unsuspecting earthlings from the likes of Desmodus, Invidia, and Cerebrus.
Origin: A mechanically enhanced alien from the planet Rothinius Prime.
Superpowers & gadgets: Super strength, telepathy, argon rebreather, the Crystal Rod of Galactic Justice.
Invidia
Name: Invidia
Mission: Making everything his own.
Origin: Evolved from the frog that the princess didn’t kiss.
Evil superpowers: Senses jealousy and envy in his opponents and twists those feelings to his advantage.
Notes: I made this one to express my jealousy that a certain Classic-Castle Forums member (and fellow Washingtonian) was bequeathed a large quantity of older LEGO sets. I was green with envy, thus Invidia.
Cerebrus
Name: Cerebrus
Mission: Building ingenious mechanical minions to do his evil bidding.
Origin: Cut off his own head, put his brain in a jar, and attached his brain-jar to a robot body he built himself.
Evil superpowers: None.
The Broccoli Avenger
Secret identity: The Brocolli Avenger
Real name: Brocco D’Arrigo
Mission: Making sure children (and presidents) eat their broccoli.
Superpowers: Impervious to cancer, super vision, unbreakable bones, immune to diseases. All that, plus the ability to make steamed veggies taste like chocolate.
Akuryo
Name: Akuryo
Mission: Inspiring the evil in every person’s heart.
Origin: Unknown.
Evil superpowers: Telepathy, teleportation, summoning darkness.