Tag Archives: Vignettes

Vignettes are like the haiku of the LEGO world. Usually built on a base 8 studs wide by 8 studs deep, vignettes show a little scene or a moment in time. But like written poetry, there’s plenty of variation on the basic theme.

Favorite runners-up from the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest

LEGO fans submitted nearly a hundred entries to the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest, which made choosing the Grand Prize, First Prize, and Second Prize winners very hard.

Here are are a few of my personal favorites from among the rest of the entries.

Moritz Nolting packs a crowd of minifigs aboard a party truck, led by a dude with a monkey tattoo on his chest:

Peter Edwards constructs a lovely scene using a megalithic RCX brick:

Second Prize winner dabol_t entered nine photos in the contest. Here are my own favorites:

Fabuland, check! Maxi-figs, check! Retro car, check! This diorama by Aaron Andrews includes so many nostalgic elements, I’m about to pop! Plastic Revolution indeed.

Each of Erik Smit‘s entries was in contention for a prize in its category, and combined, they’re a truly wonderful series (best viewed large):

So, dear readers, what were your favorite entries?

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Announcing winners of the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest [News]

We’re very pleased (and relieved) to finally announce the winners of our GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest!

Grand Prize goes to “The Surfer” by tiberium_blue:

Erik Smit takes himself back in time for First Prize in the 1970s category with “Me in the 1970s”:

Al Eisenbart captures the spirit of the 1980s with “Iron Maiden – World Slavery Tour Circa ’84”:

Alex Eylar keeps things musical through the 1990s with “Mid-nineties: The Rise of Indie Rock”:

“30: The Photograph” by keithcku wins First Prize in the 2000s category:

Second Prize winners:

1970s: “Watergate” by au_riverhorse
1970s: “Daydreamin’ of Adventure” by Shmails
1980s: “Go Miniman Panic Go!” by Ricardo Silva
1980s: “Live in Wan Chai Street in Hong Kong” by Alex Hui
1990s: “Me in the 1990s” by Erik Smit
1990s: “Go Miniman Go Downhill” by Rupi
2000s: “The 2000 Recount” by Alex Eylar
2000s: “Minifig Museum, Year 12000 by dabol_t

Congratulations to all the winners! And thanks to LEGO Brand Relations for generously providing the prizes and judging. Winners, we’ll be putting you in touch with LEGO for your prizes shortly.

Thanks for your patience as we stepped through the judging process. Look for my roundup of my favorite runners-up shortly as well. ;-)

The Many Poses of Lloyd Whittle

Recently Lloyd Whittle has posted a series of small creations that all feature minifigures in interesting and creative positions, including a swashbuckling pirate:

Beach bullies (the girl’s legs inspired by a creation by Amanda Baldwin):

And a creepy pool scene:

Andy finds a new way to make Billy eat his fruits & veggies

Kitchen scenes that include refrigerators seem to be all the rage these days.

Dr. X finds inspiration in Weird Al Yankovic’s “Eat It.” Note the sticker on the fridge — a cut-up version of the “I Love Hamburgers” sticker from a SpongeBob SquarePants set, if I’m not mistaken.

Benlego braces for an explosive winter

Benlego presents a couple of winter wonderland scenes about to be interrupted by those rascally Power Miners:

As a bonus, check out this creative shadow puppetry:

And, finally, thanks to the new Castle and Pirate sets, minifigs can finally go fishing properly:

Joan Miró burns up the art scene

Stefan shows the artist Joan Miró at work:

Sometimes, simplicity works best.

Samurai showdown

Paul Brassington prepares you to witness a showdown over the fate of the sacred dumpling. This creation warrants a detailed look at its construciton and accompanying humorous captions. Don’t miss it!

The colorful surrealism of Dr. X

As much as I love the work of our resident surrealist, TBB reader Dr. X demonstrates that phantasmagoric LEGO creations need not be monochromatic.

About our first featured photo from Dr. X, he writes:

The dynamite represents water, and instead of fish, there are slimy rotten hands. Hands are very easy to catch, but the only bait they will bite for is sparkplugs or lit matches.

Click through the photo below for the caption to “Imbogorian Flying Bloodfish” — if you dare:

Your Leftovers hate you too

Nolnet has tapped into the universal angst surrounding leftovers. Little did you know that they feel it too…

That fridge is incredible. Why don’t I ever think of things like this?

UPDATE (AB): Moritz has added instructions for his great little refrigerator:

SlyOwl channels his inner Escher and builds an expressionist castle

Echoing the works of M.C. Escher, as well as German Expressionism, Sly Owl‘s lopsided, sinking, crooked, all around messed-up castle is colorful and appealing in its craziness: