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Lego Iron Man Must Be Seen to Be Believed

A masterful Lego builder that goes by the name of Arvo is the man responsible for this unbelievably awesome Iron Man figure. And with results like that, the dude doesn't even need a last name. Just whispering "Arvo" will get grab the attention of geeks the world over. Damn I wish there were more pictures. Apparently Arvo likes to slowly add them to increase the suspense. [Arvo's Brickshelf Gallery via Brothers Brick via Neatorama]

7:40 PM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Sean Fallon
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  • Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira at 07:45 PM on 12/14/07 *

    This is cool, but he uses some huge pieces, it would be uber awesome built out of the small lego pieces.

  • I want this mass produced as a lego kit that I can buy.

  • Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k at 08:25 PM on 12/14/07 *

    Fantastic work!

    Well done and a half!

  • Lego. Take note. Revive brand. Start producing sets that adults will buy that AREN'T Star Wars.

    Learn to tie into geeky movies, because the only adults that will buy Legos for themselves are geeks.
    Upcoming movies with possible Lego tie ins:
    1. Iron Man
    2. Indiana Jones
    3. Dark Knight

    I'm sure there's a lot more, but there's 3 big movies that could sell a LOT of Legos. And you've already got a deal with Lucas, might as well bring Indy into the fold. I can just imagine a big Lego boulder, and Lego snakes.

  • Lucky, they already have Indiana Jones sets as well as Batman sets. They've also tied in with Spider-Man in the past. Pay better attention!

  • @luckypictures:

    Well we already have a Batman and Indiana Jones Lego game to look forward to.

  • @NeoAkira: I'm pretty sure they are small pieces... it's just a very small figure photographed to make it look like it's bigger than it really is. In that pose, it can't be more than a foot and a half tall.

  • We want super complex 10,000 piece LEGO creations. That would be awesome to build.

  • Image of MagnoliaBoy MagnoliaBoy at 09:11 PM on 12/14/07 *

    I don't think it's built out of stock LEGO parts. Seems like a lot of custom pieces.

  • MAN. I don't know why you featured the ironman. I checked out his link - That Ford GT is sweeeet. They should make the real thing look more like that

  • Could very well be a render too...

  • has he mentioned the size and scale in any of the 2,050,227 files?
    i would sure like to know that...


  • Tie-ins are exactly what's killed Legos. Tie-ins are expensive, and they have to fork over lots of cash to do them, which in turn forces them to charge more for the kits, and leads to kits with lots of little custom parts that aren't useful for building anything else, which has affected the popularity of the toy. Lego needs to get back into doing technic stuff with parts that can be used to build anything. They need to focus more on the robotics kits, or at least remote control.

  • Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k at 10:04 PM on 12/14/07 *

    @Elliuotatar: While I can agree to some extent, there are quite a few Star Wars kits that I've left built just because they are such great renderings of the originals.

    More LEGO RC and Robotics stuff? ABSO-FRAGGIN'-LUTELY!

    What a perfect medium to explore not only the creative side but also learning about stuff like what works and what doesn't with different platforms and drive systems and stuff.

  • I CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS MOVIE.. I HOPE ITS NOT WITH LEGOS THO LOLOLOL

  • Image of Kaiser-Machead\'s Chips Ahoy! Kaiser-Machead's Chips... at 10:23 PM on 12/14/07 *

    KanedaBike FTW!!

  • The movie will be B*tchin

  • Seriously? I am so tired of Legos going out there on a "limb" thinking that creating something "specialized" like this kit is actually something people want. I am currently in the process of becoming an Architect because of legos. (any of you that know what it takes to become an Architect will understand the gravity what I am talking about) It is just ridiculous that they continue to think that putting out specialized "Sets" will actually help the company. I had a conversation with my co-workers tonight and every one of them sited legos as the reason they were driven to the industry. I am sad that the company doesn't understand what was so great about the original product. Oh well.

  • I don't think he is actually using hand made pieces so much as he is painting them. A lot of them seem to be windshields. A lot of the most interesting lego shapes are various windshields. Making them opaque seems to really change what legos can look like. I also notice on the tetsuo bike on his site that one of the pieces looks like one of those heads that are almost always yellow with some sort of face on it. This one appears to be red with no face.

  • @luckypictures: Aren't they making a lego batman video game?

  • Arvo's Vic-20 is priceless; and those are definitely some hand-fashioned parts.

    Lego need to stop with the Star Wars tie-ins (we'll all remember it fondly in 20 yrs, all the while wondering why- like the 70s).

    At this point big boxes of pieces pertaining to their various environments (underwater, space, viking/pirate, medieval, ect) would be a real plus. I like big boxes of blocks, with enough little pieces to give me some detail.

  • In the eyes of my 5 1/2 year old, Lego is losing ground vs MegaBlocks precisely because MB has far better (his his eyes) movie tie-ins.. really great Pirates pieces, the Spiderman sets, etc.

    Lego remain da bomb, but they'll lose the next generation if they're not careful.

  • Yah, the video games are fun, but I miss something about building a giant Lego structure.

  • PS - Does anyone have proof that tie-ins have killed Legos? I'd be curious. Haven't followed the company in years.

  • Image of Kaiser-Machead\'s Chips Ahoy! Kaiser-Machead's Chips... at 01:52 AM on 12/15/07 *

    @luckypictures: The whole point of Legos was that you could build whatever you wanted out of the pieces. These new kits have kit-specific bits that don't work well with any random project a kid would have. When I was growing up, lego kits consisted of widely interchangeable blocks and pieces, and the only kit specific parts were things that were needed to make certain shapes, like a nose cone of an airplane, a wing, an engine etc. Now they're too specific, and are impossible to fit into totally unrelated builds. It sucks.

  • Gyffes, if I were you, I'd really try to encourage your son to buy LEGO sets, or MB sets that aren't tie-ins. I remember as a kid my experience with Mega Blocks was that once I built that set, it was the end of it, but I always was eager to tear apart my LEGO sets to build an idea I'd thought of on my own. As someone said earlier, tie-ins aren't beneficial to the companies at all, and they definitely don't benefit the child's creativity, either.

  • You guys realize, of course, that those are all renderings of legos, not real bricks... right?

    Not only are they far too perfectly "photographed" with impossibly deep reflections and super clean with no fingerprints, dust, dirt or scratches from being handled, but most of those "bricks" don't exist and several of those shapes would be extremely difficult if not impossible to build.

    As designs, they're very nice. As actual lego objects, they range from unlikely to ridiculous. It's called "skepticism" and it will help keep you from looking like a moron for believing everything you see on the internet is real or true.

  • @Stacky Botrus:You can download the trailer from the PlayStation Store if you have a PS3.

  • @luckypictures:

    Pssssssssssst they're MAKING Indiana Jones Lego kits starting next year.

  • @inkswitch: Man, I hate to be a dick, but those reflections aren't impossibly deep. They're photographed using a light table, and various types of plexi. And if they're fake, then someone spent way too much time making realistic reflections in the plastic of the Legos.
    I'm sorry, but the reflections found in the photographs are Dreamworks quality reflections if they're renders. For example, take a look at the camera. You can see the reflection of what's going on outside, which is presumably a window. The head of the Alien, when viewed from above, has a gradation of color that would not be produced with a render. They're not renders.
    Your account of fingerprints and scratches is a bit flawed as well. Any flat surface can be cleaned. And scratches only develop if the Legos are handled as we did as children. Not only that, but most scratches could easily be removed with a circular polarizer were they present.
    All that being said, if that much time is taken into building such objects, one would assume that they are not disassembled. It is not out of the realm of improbability to use cotton or rubber gloves to build such objects, so as to, in fact, keep them pristine. But again, see about as to a reason for not seeing scratches or finger prints. Not only that, but none of the photos are available at a high enough resolution to see minor scratches. At that size, we'd only see large gashes.
    If you'll notice, it's not just Legos in there, but certainly a LOT of parts from Technics sets.
    A knowledge of photography, and digital rendering might help you not go on an unfounded rant, and "looking like a moron."

  • *...see above as to a reason...

  • Ok, cool, but where did he get all those custom "bricks"? Too many non-standard bricks to be truly impressive (like building from a kit - anyone could do it with the pre-shaped pieces).

    If this had been done using standard brick pieces like some of the really impressive stuff from past posts, then it would be my favorite. As is, I just think it's ok (only average if it was truly a kit).

  • That entire model is pure, 100% Lego. No custom bricks, no paint, all pieces that you can get in Lego sets. While the picture may have been touched up in Photoshop, the model itself is not a rendering. If you would like to see pictures for proof, look here.

  • looks like the japanese comic book guy... JOJO

  • @huygir: I assume that by non-standard you mean they're not the basic square blocks? Over the years Lego has produced thousands of different bricks for their various lines, most of the unusual bricks are for more complicated tie-ins where making small models out of regular bricks wouldn't work. Why shouldn't this artist be able to use any of the lego bricks available? I've a huge collection of lego from when I was a child and looking at that model, the only bricks I'm unfamiliar with are the large looping ones used on the gauntlets and shoulder cuffs.

    As a child I loved making lego things, my brother and myself used to try and out-do each other, once we made large semi-articulated manga style robots, Mine was best obviously :) But nothing that could begin to match this quality!

    It takes some amazing vision to do a project like this and be able to visualise how its going to come together. Using regular square blocks the thing would be close to life-size if you would want to maintain the same kind of detail!

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