Last year, I was absolutely enamored with LEGO Fortnite 77072 Peely Bone, to such a degree that it was one of my favorite sets of 2024. So, of course I’ve gone ga-ga for this excellent microscale recreation by builder Water Snap! There’s so many great parts putting in work here, whether in the exposed skeleton half, the Peely Pick, or but I especially adore the use of the LEGO banana part for Peely’s peeled skin along the side of his head.
If you don’t really think about it, the nursery rhyme is harmless enough. But if you stop for a second to ponder, or maybe say it in a less sweet, sing-song tone, it becomes the stuff of nightmares. What if they really did come to bite in the middle of the night? And perhaps, as is the case with this poor fellow built by Water Snap, what if the bite mutates you? We’re not talking Spiderman here! I’m thinking more along the lines of The Metamorphosis, which the builder confirms in his description quoting protagonist Gregor Samsa. Yikes… But I digress. This giant LEGO bug employs some nice parts usage, and shaping. I particularly like the way it looks as if it’s sitting up in the bed, observing its altered limbs for the first time.
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