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Lego 'CubeDudes' By PIXAR Animator
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."
Looks more menacing when the stormtroopers appear to have pincers.
Ho Ho ho, Your Legi mind tricks wont work on me.
Needs a breast reduction!!
For best results, avoid doing stupid things.
"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.
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.
Certainly not the first Pixar/Lego crossover: http://tinyurl.com/25k99l8 (As seen in the Pixar lobby)
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. :(
http://shop.lego.com/pab/
Select color 'purple'
Look! purple bricks!
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
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.