Archive for May, 2009
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They’re probably a little crunchy, so be careful. 
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I was originally designing this road for use in a different episode of The Brick Side, when it occurred to me that I could stand it on it’s side and have a road “less traveled.”
This is my first Power Miner’s set. The Mine Mech (LEGO set #8957) is used here unmodified, though Boulderax (the Rock Monster) is not in the scene. I picked the set primarily because Boulderax is the green Rock Monster (green’s my favorite color), and secondarily because this device is a Mech. Mech’s are a pretty popular thing to build in the AFOL community, so it was pretty cool to see LEGO come out with an official one.
Once I put the Mine Mech together it occured to me that it would be pretty complicated to learn how to drive one of these things. The Professor comes with two faces; the one I used above definitely epitomizes how I think I would feel if I was learning how to drive a Mech.
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Minfigs on the Moon
No, I didn’t really take my minifigs to the moon to set up this shot. And I’m not sure if anyone has ever tried. Hmm..there’s some inspiration for all you potential astronauts!
I edited this background in from a public domain photo from NASA that I found at Wikipedia. The image was taken by astronaut Bill Anders during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968. The Wikipedia information also notes that such a shot, with the Earth in the background, cannot actually be taken from the moon’s surface, and was taken from orbit.
It’s amazing where ideas come from some days. This one we happened to be eating supper and Kristina had asked for a piece of cheese. It occured to me that I could cut out a decent slab, set a LEGO rat next to it, take a picture, give her the cheese and I’d not only have a satisfied child but a nice shot for an episode of The Brick Side.
This may be a menial task that you take for granted, but think of others who have a harder time than you brushing their teeth.
Within The Brick Side I intend to have a number of ongoing themes. Here’s one that I’ve enjoyed thinking up: Where bad minifigs go. For whatever reason, this traveling band of bad minifigs ends up in a lot of bad situations. And, yes, for those wondering, that is Joe Vig in the back.
After last week’s parody of Cap’n Crunch cereal, I could hardly resist a play on crunch berries. Yum. I just couldn’t bear adding milk. Not fun to clean out of the neck holes in minifigs. I’m having a hard enough time sorting all those types of heads I combined.
This episode of The Brick Side kicks off another series I expect to do a lot with: movies you may have missed.
The set I used for this particular episode is a reworking of the actual Indiana Jones LEGO set # 7623, Temple Escape, based on the opening sequence from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Seemed like every Indiana Jones LEGO set for 2008 had the exact same minifig of Indy. On a plus note, it looks like the 2009 sets have a much greater variety.
My sister said that the bowl of Cap’N Crunch Minifig Head cereal has been her favorite ones so far, so I came up with a few more. This is the next installment.
As far as these minifigs are concerned, I guess it’s all a matter of perspective.
This is another example of what happens to bad minifigs. Be afraid. Be very afraid; you might be next!
I’m sure someone else has come up with this particular parody of American Idol, but I’ve never seen it done, and especially not with LEGO.
This may be one of Randy Jackson’s nightmares. Actually, I can’t say that I’ve watched American Idol much, but whenever you see snippets of the show or commercials it seems like Randy refers to everyone as “dog.” I guess that’s supposed to be “cool” (or is it “hip?”) these days. So for this episode of The Brick Side, I simply take the idea to it’s logical conclusion.
The Brick Side presents a LEGO minifig boy and his personal collection of stuffed ducks.
Since I am transitioning The Brick Side from its original home at Duckingham Design to this, its own domain, this particular episode seemed to be appropriate.
As soon as it occurred to me to juxtapose the LEGO Jester as an “evil” Sith Lord overseeing a young Darth Maul’s journey through the Dark Side, I couldn’t stop laughing. Expect this one to be an ongoing series.
It was bound to happen: the confrontation between bad minifigs and Cap’N Minifig Head cereal.
Yeah, you know you were thinking it.
Another in my series of what happens to bad minifigs. This particular one is a direct follow up to episode [#08]. And yes, their legs are really frozen in ice cubes.
I had a lot of fun working on this episode in Photoshop. Certainly my techniques are far from perfect and a professional designer might cringe, but hey, I’m learning and I’m on a tight deadline!
The original shot I took was completely on a green basplate which I “magic wanded” out and put bits and pieces of jungle scenes from Wikimedia Commons into the background. Actually, I don’t think this episode turned out too bad for a free comic that nobody had to pay for.
I really wanted to do this shot in something more like a Ferrari. Unfortunately, I don’t know very many people who own Ferraris.
If you have a Ferrari and are willing to let me do a photo shoot in it, I’ll be willing to re-do this episode.
This is actually one of the first episodes I conceived for a LEGO web comic, but took a while to get a picture that was lit somewhat decently, no flash reflections. And, no, I didn’t really glue Percival to the TV. He’s actually Spider-man in disguise.
When I’d first come up with the idea that germinated into episodes 2 & 9 of The Brick Side, I really thought I was done. But this is now the fifth episode in the Cap’N Minifig Head “cereal serial,” and I’ve already got a couple more thought up. Who would have thought you could do so much with a bowl of heads?
I originally had Darth Ludicrous’s line, and thought that was plenty funny. As I was getting ready to have a thought bubble of Darth Maul’s just filled in with question marks and exclamation points, it suddenly occured to me that just thinking about Darth Maul writing home to mom & dad was hilarious.
Like Episode 23 earlier this week, this is another one that I conceived very early on. In fact, I think this was the very first “Where Bad Minifigs Go” I came up with. But after I’d shot several, it occured to me to use Joe Vig (the only one not screaming), so I’ve gone back and re-shot some of those. Plus, in the photo I’d originally done, you could actually see the name of the disposal company. I’d hate for anyone to sue me over it, so I made sure to cover it up for this shot.
