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Lego 'CubeDudes' By PIXAR Animator

Posted by samzenpus on from the toy-art dept.

An anonymous reader writes "PIXAR Animator Angus MacLane has created an incredible series of LEGO 'CubeDudes' modeled after beloved characters from sci-fi movies and comic books. From Star Wars heroes R2D2 and C-3PO to Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear and Jessie, the pixellated creations bear a remarkable likeness to their forebears. MacLane says, 'When I had a moment here and there I chip away at a few at a time. I'll have the body of one Dude and a head of another that I will be working on at the same time. It takes me about 10-15 minutes to make one CubeDude and I average about two a day.' The hardest part is the color palette — LEGO doesn't make purple bricks, so villains like Lex Luthor, The Joker, and Grimace are a challenge."

34 comments

  1. Stormtrooper by Netshroud · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks more menacing when the stormtroopers appear to have pincers.

  2. stardudes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This immediately reminded me of stardudes... http://download.theforce.net/theater/animation/stardudes/stardudes.html

  3. Mind over LEGO by Obble · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ho Ho ho, Your Legi mind tricks wont work on me.

  4. The Hulk! by Chih · · Score: 2, Funny

    Needs a breast reduction!!

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    1. Re:The Hulk! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Needs a breast reduction!!

      So does yo mama, nigga.

  5. McEvil? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    " LEGO doesn't make purple bricks, so villains like Lex Luthor, The Joker, and GRIMACE are a challenge."

    I always felt there was something wrong about him....

    1. Re:McEvil? by Aboroth · · Score: 1

      Nothing can kill The Grimace.

    2. Re:McEvil? by stonewallred · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually LEGO does make purple bricks. I have a decent selection of LEGO, around 600 pounds or so, give or take a pound or two. And I have a whole container full of purple blocks, a container oif purple plates and another one of purple plates. So this Article is full of lies and ignorance.

    3. Re:McEvil? by Red_Chaos1 · · Score: 1

      My first thought after reading the article was "Since when has Grimace been a villain?"

    4. Re:McEvil? by ScottCooperDotNet · · Score: 2, Informative

      They are almost exclusively in the girls sets though. Since the late 90s LEGO seems to believe girls can't build anything but 50 piece mansions so those sets are almost useless to make anything else. :(

    5. Re:McEvil? by KreAture · · Score: 1

      How about a grinectomy (Adam Savage - Mythbusters) ?

    6. Re:McEvil? by TheCycoONE · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The article doesn't say they don't make purple bricks; actually he uses purple for Buzz Lightyear.

      Article:
      “There are a ton of characters that I want to build that have color schemes that Lego hasn’t made or hasn’t made a ton of. More purple would really help me out in making villains such as Lex Luthor, The Joker, Grimace, etc.”

      Summary:
      The hardest part is the color palette — LEGO doesn't make purple bricks, so villains like Lex Luthor, The Joker, and Grimace are a challenge."

      The summary is full of lies and ignorance.

    7. Re:McEvil? by ornel · · Score: 1

      A purple blob selling junk to little children sounds evil enough to me

  6. Too much power by tux0r · · Score: 1

    The unslashdotted original interview is here: http://www.bricksabillion.com/interviews/interview-with-angus-maclane-about-cubedudes/

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  7. Grimace by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Villains like ... Grimace
     
    This guy is brilliant, totally brilliant.

  8. Purple Lego bricks do exist by LazLong · · Score: 5, Informative

    "LEGO doesn't make purple bricks, so villains like Lex Luthor, The Joker, and Grimace are a challenge."

    This statement may be true, however I know that Lego has indeed made purple bricks. I just stepped on one in front of my garage today. I believe my nephew got it as the exit gift from going through the 'Lego Factory' at Lego Land in Southern California. Not the huge impressive one available here on Amazon:

    http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Harry-Potter-Knight-Bus/dp/B0001A86BO

    The toy my nephew received was only a double-decker.

    1. Re:Purple Lego bricks do exist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      He didn't say they don't make purple bricks, he said more would help. Crappy summary.

  9. Pixar + Lego by epsilon720 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Certainly not the first Pixar/Lego crossover: http://tinyurl.com/25k99l8 (As seen in the Pixar lobby)

  10. haha @ rightmost tags on this story about Pixar by crow5599 · · Score: 1

    ... the tags being "toy" followed by "story"

  11. Purple Bricks - go to lego.com by jamesh · · Score: 3, Insightful

    http://shop.lego.com/pab/
    Select color 'purple'

    Look! purple bricks!

    1. Re:Purple Bricks - go to lego.com by Skrynkelberg · · Score: 1

      They look more like pink to me, not the kind of purple you'd want for the Joker.

    2. Re:Purple Bricks - go to lego.com by Crookdotter · · Score: 1

      Green! Purple! Green!

  12. Incredible? by Zedrick · · Score: 1

    I don't get it. What's incredible about these? Most kids have probably made stuff at least as good as this.

  13. brinklink is good too by LostMyBeaver · · Score: 1

    http://www.bricklink.com/browseList.asp?itemType=P&catString=5

    Pretty good selection of purple and dark purple

  14. I choose to... eat a plastic brick. by Skrynkelberg · · Score: 1

    I totally love the red and blue pills in Morpheus' hands. http://www.inhabitots.com/2010/08/03/amazing-lego-cubedudes-by-pixar-animator-angus-maclane/cubedude6/

    1. Re:I choose to... eat a plastic brick. by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 1

      Ha ha! I completely missed the red and blue pills.

      -FL

  15. And a GOOD morning to you, too! by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just finished work. I'm so sleepy that anything could make me laugh, but these ones did so especially. . .

    Egon Spengler from Ghostbusters.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27826007@N05/4190988749/

    J Jonah Jameson
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27826007@N05/4190276747/

    George Lucas
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27826007@N05/4176945104/

    ALL the STNG figures. Especially Riker and La Forge.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27826007@N05/page10/

    Elvis
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27826007@N05/page15/

    Batman & Robin, (and Aquaman; that little curl of hair; genius!)
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27826007@N05/page16/

    Okay. Enough mucking around. I'm yawning and it's sack-hittin' time!

    -FL

  16. TFFT - thought it was only me who didnt get it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "Grown Man makes reasonably good lookalikes from Lego"

    Brilliant. Go Slashdot.

  17. Steve Jobs cubedude by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This one made me laugh
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27826007@N05/4306796879/

  18. Wonder Woman by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

    Everyone likes a wonder woman whose face looks like one of those plastic heads that they sell at the porno shop that you're supposed to somehow be able to respect yourself while sticking your dick into them

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  19. Figmas Can't Be Tamed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Figmas Can't Be Tamed

  20. And... by sealfoss · · Score: 1

    ....why is this news? Great. Cube dudes. This isn't exactly awe inspiring.

  21. Cube Dude Gallery by listentoreason · · Score: 1

    The link to the artist's Flickr page is shown in the article summary, but it's handy to view with HiveMind, which shows a slew of large thumbs per page and default sorts by "interestingness".