Minifig

Lego Should Make This Custom Fan-Made Groot An Official Minifig

The Guardians of the Galaxy superheroes all seem destined for Lego fame, and I gotta say minifig artist, MikMikEternity totally outdid himself with his fully-sculpted custom Groot minifig. Here are some specs: The paints I used to make Groot were mainly Delta paints and Apple Barrel, and some folk art as well! The legs, arms,…

Tech News Tatiana Danger Aug 10

Meet the First Female Lego Minifig Scientist

She carries two small Erlenmeyer flasks and a bright, cheerful smile. She’s the first of her kind and she’s positively delightful! This weekend Lego unveiled their Minifigure Series 11 and the stand-out is the female scientist. This is Prof. Bodin, the minifig who’s breaking the brick ceiling. According to her bio, Professor C. Bodin “won…

Tech News Tatiana Danger Sep 3

Why There Are No Baseball Bats In the Lego Universe?

Believe it or not, there are no baseball bats in the Lego universe. Why? Probably because a minifig could use one to break another minifig’s plastic cranium. And we all know that you can’t use weapons in Lego’s universe, much less break minifig craniums. This is why Brickarms, the dealer of All Things Violent for…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 26

Why Lego Is Awesome: The Heartwarming Story of a Kid Who Lost a Minifig

This kid is Luka Apps, a 7-year-old kid from Great Britain. Luka got some money this Christmas, which he decided to spend in a shiny Lego Ninjago Ultra Sonic Raider set. Unfortunately, Luka lost one of his new favorite Lego minifigs on a shopping trip with his dad, which made him very sad. But instead…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 21

Man of Steel trailer gets a stop-motion LEGO minifig remake

We’ve already seen one homemade remake of the Man of Steel trailer, but Antonio Toscano, Andrea Toscano, and Francesco Patanè turned to stop-motion animation for their version, using LEGO minifigs to play out the early days of Superman. https://gizmodo.com/shot-for-shot-remake-of-the-man-of-steel-trailer-is-hom-5970858 [via Comic Book Movie]

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 20

What you won’t see in the Lincoln biopic: Lego Honest Abe riding a velociraptor

While Steven Spielberg gives us his biopic view of Abraham Lincoln this weekend, Lego builder Andrew Becraft offers a less realistic view of the United States’ 16th president. He mounts minifig versions of other American leaders atop plastic dinosaurs, gives them guns, and creates moments from a strange alternate universe. At Brothers Brick, Becraft has…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 10

I Wish All Streets Had Lego Minifigs Painted on Them

This street 3D painting was created at the Sarasota Chalk Festival last week: a Lego minifig terracota army, inspired by the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses commissioned for the burial of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-video-how-lego-builds-its-minifigs-5041136 It was made by Planet Streetpainting, a street chalk painting company based in the Netherlands.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 7

These Three Lego Minifigs Are Going to Jupiter

These three Lego minifigs are standing ready to launch inside Juno, NASA’s next interplanetary spacecraft. From left to right, they are Galileo Galilei, the goddess Juno and her husband, Jupiter. They will reach the mighty gas giant in five years. If everything goes according to plan, they will be launched inside their spacecraft on top…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Aug 3

A Lego Helmet For Making Comics Books’ Zaps! Pows! Bangs! Even Louder

What better way to encourage a kid to begin reading, than by fashioning a Lego minifig helmet with padded speakers that read the comic books’ blurbs aloud? Naturally part of the deal is that said kiddywink must read the comic book as well, thus getting some education along with the enjoyment. Designer Jonathan Robson proposes…

Books & Comics Kat Hannaford Apr 26

I Must Get These Lego Classic Space Minifig Cufflinks

I have never seen these Lego Classic Space Minifigs before. Needless to say, I’m getting a pair right now because they are so cute and amazingly retro that they blew my underpants off. You can get the space minifig ones at Nuji for a ridiculous $17 a pair. And if they are sold out, maybe…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 2

Giant Star Wars Minifig Alarm Clocks = Holiday Shopping, Done

That’s it. I’m done. No more holiday gift thinking for me—Gigantastic 8-inch tall Star Wars stormtrooper Lego minifigs for everyone! And Darth Vader for me: Oh yes. And it’s just $30. These would be perfect stocking stuffer, especially for people with iPhones. [Think Geek] https://gizmodo.com/did-you-oversleep-because-your-iphone-os-alarm-failed-t-5684252

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 16

Girl Recognizes Lego Star Wars Minifigs by Sucking on Them

You really have to suck a whole lot of Lego Star Wars minifigs to do what this girl is doing: Identify the characters by putting them inside your mouth. Somehow, I find all this strangely arousing. [Youtube via Boing Boing] https://gizmodo.com/35-310-lego-star-wars-clone-trooper-army-invades-earth-5020703

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 10

Knitted Lego Minifig Will Replace My Teddy Bear

Oh Lego Minifig, you were perfect in your plastic symmetry and Mona Lisa smile before. But now that you’ve been knitted, I just want to hug you. Unfortunately, you can’t buy this right away. You’ll have to do it yourself: https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-the-evolution-of-the-minifig-5070884 Some Assembly Required is a pattern that will enable you to make an adorable…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 1

Holy Crap, They’re Making a Lego Movie!

Variety reports that Warner Brothers is developing a Lego movie that will be “a family comedy that will mix live action and animation.” An “action adventure set in a Lego world.” Let’s hope it doesn’t put a buzz kill on my childhood memories the way GI Joe and Transformers have. Dan Lin, who is shepherding…

Movies Danny Allen Aug 13

The Creepy Anatomy of a Lego Minifig: Now In 3D

Remember the fascinating and spooky anatomy of the Lego Minifig? Well, it gets even more fascinating and spookier when it’s animated in 3D, which is precisely what the original designer—Jason Freeny—did. [Moist Production via The Brothers Brick] https://gizmodo.com/the-anatomy-of-a-lego-minifig-is-as-fascinating-as-it-i-5063801

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 7

Lego Battleship Yamato Is Biggest Lego Ship Ever

Like its real counterpart, this Battleship Yamato is the biggest Lego ship ever constructed. At 22 feet long, it took 6 years and 4 months to complete by one of our Lego contest winners. [Updated] https://gizmodo.com/winners-of-the-go-miniman-go-lego-video-contest-5119970 The Yamato—along with her sister ship Musashi—was the largest battleship ever constructed: 862 feet and 10 inches long and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 16

Short Round and Sean Connery’s Papa Jones are My New Favorite Lego Minifigs

The new Indiana Jones Lego sets are awesome. Not only do they adorably recreate several classic scenes from the three non-retarded Indy flicks, they’ve evolved the minifig to new heights: Short Round heights. That’s Short Round there on the right in the top photo, next to the beefy Egyptian Luftwaffe Nazi that gets diced up…

Movies John Mahoney Feb 16

Lego Snowman Has All His Naughty Bricks Frozen Too

We have seen the Lego Minifig in many places, from playing on the beach to getting drunk pretending to be human. We never saw him frozen. [Brothers Brick] https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-the-evolution-of-the-minifig-5070884

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 5

Minifig Fashion Statement, The T-Shirt

If you think it’s difficult to get dressed in the morning, just imagine the anatomically induced wardrobe complications for a LEGO minifig. This shirt, Identity Crisis, is available in its first printing for $16. It’s not officially licensed or anything, but I’m gonna go out on a limb here and assume that much of Giz’s…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 21

Lego Pole Dancer Actually Dances, Turns On Ogres Like Me

Lego Middle Earth brewery? Check. Lego beer, check. Drunk Lego knights and peasants, check (me included). Glowing Lego ogres, check. Half naked Lego pole dancer that actually moves her booty around? ASFFGGAGADGAFGDH!!! Gizmodo reader Andrew sent us pictures of his Lego brewery in the middle of a river. It’s quite nice on its own, but…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 2

Minifig

Lego Should Make This Custom Fan-Made Groot An Official Minifig

Meet the First Female Lego Minifig Scientist

Why There Are No Baseball Bats In the Lego Universe?

Why Lego Is Awesome: The Heartwarming Story of a Kid Who Lost a Minifig

Man of Steel trailer gets a stop-motion LEGO minifig remake

What you won’t see in the Lincoln biopic: Lego Honest Abe riding a velociraptor

I Wish All Streets Had Lego Minifigs Painted on Them

These Three Lego Minifigs Are Going to Jupiter

A Lego Helmet For Making Comics Books’ Zaps! Pows! Bangs! Even Louder

I Must Get These Lego Classic Space Minifig Cufflinks

Giant Star Wars Minifig Alarm Clocks = Holiday Shopping, Done

Girl Recognizes Lego Star Wars Minifigs by Sucking on Them

Knitted Lego Minifig Will Replace My Teddy Bear

Holy Crap, They’re Making a Lego Movie!

The Creepy Anatomy of a Lego Minifig: Now In 3D

Lego Battleship Yamato Is Biggest Lego Ship Ever

Short Round and Sean Connery’s Papa Jones are My New Favorite Lego Minifigs

Lego Snowman Has All His Naughty Bricks Frozen Too

Minifig Fashion Statement, The T-Shirt

Lego Pole Dancer Actually Dances, Turns On Ogres Like Me

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