minifigs

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An eight-foot tall LEGO “minifigure” was found on the beach at Siesta Key Village, Florida earlier this week…

From the story at Boing Boing…

Boing Boing reader Jeff Hindman says he chanced across a “giant Legoman washed ashore” today while strolling on the beach at Siesta Key Village, Fla.

“It is very big, about 8 ft. tall,” Hindman said. ” … I worked with Lego in my younger days, but this piece is amazing, it’s still there on the beach.”

A photo of the creature shows it beached on a sandbank, in otherwise good condition. On its chest is the message, “No real than you are.”

This suggests it has the same origin as Lego men who washed ashore in Zandvoort, Holland, three years ago, and then in Brighton, England.

Doesn’t look like the LEGO man is in any distress from his ordeal. I mean, look at how big ...

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Thirty years ago today LEGO introduced the minifig: the micro-sized citizenry that populate almost every facet of the LEGO universe. To celebrate the anniversary, Gizmodo has a report on how the minifigs are put together from start to finish (turns out that they’re the most expensive part of any LEGO set). And Gizmodo is also sponsoring a contest that’s inviting people to submit videos featuring the minifigs. The grand prizes: the vintage Yellow Castle and Galaxy Explorer sets! Just last month I posted here about how much I’ve always lusted for a Galaxy Explorer. Looks like now might be my biggest chance ever to snag one and bring my life’s work one step closer to completion 🙂

I used to have fun customizing LEGO minifigs. Most of them didn’t turn out so well (especially the lineup of Cenobites from the Hellraiser movies that I attempted). I still ...

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