Many of you have linked me to a feature on the Huffington Post blog today, which touts itself as presenting “The 17 Most Awesome LEGO Creations Of All Time.”
Now, there are a lot of cool creations in this list, many of which I think are awesome. But this post still bugs me for a number of reasons:
- The hyperbole. If you’re going to claim to have the Most Awesome LEGO Creations OF ALL TIME, then maybe your blog post shouldn’t just look like you did a Google search for “LEGO” and picked seventeen things you thought looked cool. Research plz?
- The number. Why ARE there seventeen images? Seems a rather esoteric amount. And they’re not in any particular order. What’s the deal?
- The time frame. All of these images seem relatively recent. Some of the creations, like Jack Skellington and the John Lasseter bust, have been posted online only within the past several weeks or so.
- The credits. There are none. Who made these creations? Where are the photo sources, so I can see the artists’ other creations? It doesn’t say. Isn’t this like netiquette rule #1?
But I digress. Obviously, as an AFOL myself (and a little bit of a fanboy snob), I’m bound to disagree with this post and these choices. And I do, but that’s the thing — you can’t really posit something like this; it’s almost completely subjective.
With all this in mind, I decided to compile MY “Top 17 Most Amazingest LEGO creations EVAR in the Whole Universe and the Future.” In no particular order. Enjoy.
