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.

What would a ninja do?

If you’re ever confused about the choices you should make in your life, you can just ask yourself, “What would a ninja do?”

A friend of mine was recently given a “What would a ninja do?” spinny folder at work (buy your own). We began consulting the folder for all of our business decisions. Unfortunately, this approach didn’t work out, because we all got laid off yesterday. Cool folder, but bad business strategy.

I haven’t made all twelve ninja actions, but here are three from the first six I’ve made so far:

Escape on a motorcycle:

Smash something:

Hypnotize someone:

Be sure to check out the full photoset on Flickr (with three more ninja actions, and the rest coming soon)!

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Yeah baby, groovy!

Nathan Cunningham presents a cool little scene from Austin Powers:

Austin Powers isn’t perfect, but Dr. Evil is spot on. Nicely done.

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Taiko V-Pod by Hiro

I love a good taiko (Japanese drum) show. Here’s a nice one from Hiro:

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Pining for the Fjords

Here’s another one of my pre-blog creations that I just uploaded to Flickr — the dead parrot sketch (also called “Pet Shop”) from “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”:

Click the image for the full photo set on Flickr.

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Shizuka Arakawa by Moko

The figure skating World Championships are apparently going on right now, and Moko was inspired to create 2006 Winter Olympic gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa as a LEGO minifig:

Nice skates!

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The New King of the Vignette Series?

A week or two ago, I posted about a small creation Ichigou made based on the long-running manga (Japanese comic book) series Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.

Well, Ichigou has been posting vignette after vignette to a Brickshelf gallery (as featured on VignetteBricks). It’s almost like Ichigou wants to dethrone Izzo as the king of the vignette series! ;-)

Anyway, Ichigou has kindly posted snippets of the scenes he’s recreated as vignettes. Here are a few rough translations:

Demon, Part 3
“Hey! Polnareff! I’m gonna bite that bauble of yers right off!”

High Priestess, Part 3
“It’s, it’s a stand!”
“It, it was disguising itself as the seafloor! It’s, it’s huge!”

Anubis, Part 3
“It’s under your chin, Polnareff!”
“What?!”
“It’s me, you idiot — the reminder of Anubis’ stand.”

This manga has a complicated storyline and deep mythology that’s unlikely to be meaningful unless you’ve read it. For example, “stands” are “manifestation of an individual’s innate power over the ‘ripple’ and represent the individual’s psyche.” Huh? If you’re interested, Wikipedia has an excellent overview of the storyline, characters, and terminology.

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Shakespeare, Serenity, and Racers, oh my!

Scott Quick (divepoet on Brickshelf) has posted some massive updates to his gallery — all very cool stuff. Here’s just a small selection.

A series of Shakespearean vignettes (which he showcased last year at Brickfest):

A micro-size Serenity:

A whole bunch of tiny little “Arrow Racers:”

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Monkey Spa V-Pod by Izzo

There are hot springs in Japan populated by Japanese macaques, who soak themselves in the hot water when it gets cold.

Izzo has captured just such a hot spring in his “Monkey Spa” V-pod:

Triple Trouble Trilogy!!!

I generally let Bruce blog vignettes, but I really like Izzo’s latest series of vignettes, in which Joe Vig gets into some serious trouble:

Tank from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure by Ichigou

Ichigou has posted a small tank based on an enemy in the manga (Japanese comic book) and anime series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure — 「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険」 in Japanese.

Click the image for the full gallery, and read more about JoJo on Wikipedia or Anime News Network.

Happy Anniversary to VignetteBricks!

I can hardly believe it’s only been a year since Bruce launched VignetteBricks, the premier LEGO blog dedicated to vignettes.

VignetteBricks was one of the first LEGO blogs I encountered, and I personally would not have started either Dunechaser’s Blocklog or Pan-Pacific Bricks if it weren’t for Bruce’s inspiration.

But enough from me — head on over to VignetteBricks to read Bruce’s thoughts on VB’s first anniversary and express your own thanks!

Joe Vig Goes Fishing

With the help of Japanese LEGO fan Izzo, Nelson Yrizarry and I recently introduced Joe Vig to LEGO builders on the other side of the Pacific. We hope Joe will catch on in Japan the same way vignettes in general have caught on everywhere.

Izzo himself has posted several Joe Vig vignettes already, and he recently sent me a link to another Japanese builder’s home page. HIRO has already posted a Joe Vig vignette, titled “Fishing:”