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.
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Mickey Tooth
Known aliases: Mickey Tooth, aka Mickey Tums, aka Michael Fitzpatrick, aka Fitzroy Michaels, etc.
Occupation: Gangster.
Interests: Smuggling kittens.
Jasbir Singh
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.”
Hoffman and Tanzarian
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.
The Crew of the Betty’s Kiss
Names and Ranks: S/Sgt. Bob Berg, Engineer; Sgt. James McCooey, Gunner; Capt. Tom Coomer, Pilot; Lt. Tim Stout, Navigator/Bombardier; and Lt. Eddy Coursier, Co-Pilot.
Interests: Defending freedom and getting back on the ground.
History: Served together in Italy with the US Army Air Forces in 1944-45. Multiple citations. Disappeared somewhere over Switzerland on their 35th mission. Reappeared over Wangerberg, Liechtenstein exactly 60 years later.
The Explorers Club
Names: Reginald Fortescue, Miles Cavendish-Dehavilland, Nigel Pugthorne, and Clive Smith-Smythe-Smith
Occupations: Member of Parliament, Sargeant Major, Viscount, and president of a national bank.
Interests: Uncharted Asia (which they pronounce Ayyyzeea), darkest Africa (with a rolled R), and the wild tepuis of Venezuela. Oh, and cashews, lots and lots of cashews. They have them in large bowls at the club-house in Nigel’s backyard. Mmmm…cashews….
Minfig Obesity Reaching Record Levels
Or so it would seem, based on the recent spate of overweight minifigs (see “Fat Minifig by Mister Zumbi“).
Now Nelson Yrizarry has posted “Couch Potato,” captioned “Disaster strikes as Fatboy drops the TV remote:”
“Fat Minifig” by Mister Zumbi
“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
Antony Lau’s “Maxifig” Creations
Before LEGO introduced the minifigure in the late 1970s, the only people in LEGO sets were brick-built figures or what we now call “maxifigs.” I still have three or four of these, but Antony Lau seems to have a whole collection. Using modern pieces and building techniques, he’s created a number of interesting figures and vehicles:
MisaQa’s Advent Calendar
I recently begged MisaQa to add an adorable pug to the collection of lovely LEGO dogs on Stud-and-Tube.com. MisaQa responds:
Well, it’s not a pug, but…
From today, December 1st (Japan time), through December 24, I’ll be revealing a new bird-themed MOC every day as part of an “Advent Calendar” event:
Stud-and-Tube.com
Brickshelf GalleryI would be very happy if you enjoyed them as well.
MisaQa’s first creation is a “Mute Swan:”
Fantastic work as always! I’m really looking forward to another 23 days of great MOCs.