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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."

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  1. 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