Episode 2 of the LEGO Club Show ends with a Paganomation tour-de-force. First up is another installment of “Cool Creations with Flappy,” animated by Jeff Wallenhorst. Then, it’s another LEGO Music video — “BUILD!”, animated by myself and Matt Witham. Enjoy!
Posts Tagged ‘LEGO’
LEGO Club Show 2.4
Monday, March 8th, 2010“Little Guys!” featured on Make: Online
Monday, March 8th, 2010Make: Online is taking the month of March to talk about DIY moviemaking, and one of the first topics they’re covering is LEGO animation. And they’ve included my film “Little Guys!” as one of the most awesome LEGO films made, to be used for inspiration. I’m flattered!
Make: Online : Brickfilms: Lego stop-motion [Thanks, Nathan!]
LEGO Club Show 2.2, 2.3
Monday, March 1st, 2010Here’s the next two installments of episode 2 of the LEGO Club Show. I had nothing to do with either of these, but they’re still pretty cool. The interview with Patrick Boivin is of particular interest to stop-motion animators and aficionados, and it’s great to hear his insight and advice.
Mechanical Memory I
Monday, March 1st, 2010Here’s an entry to the ThinkGeek Brick Shirt contest by myself and Nelson Diaz.
Ice Planet 2010
Friday, February 26th, 2010
AFOL: A Blocumentary
Friday, February 19th, 2010Here’s a really fun look inside the world of adult LEGO hobbyists. Their work is just fantastic, and this documentary by Jess Gibson brings it all together really well.
AFOL A Blocumentary from AFOL on Vimeo. [Thanks, Roger!]
Top 17 Most Amazingest LEGO creations EVAR in the Whole Universe and the Future
Friday, February 19th, 2010Many 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.
Models from the “Zack the LEGO Maniac” video
Friday, February 19th, 2010I just uploaded some images of the Maniac Monster and Blacktron Cadillac from the “Zack the LEGO Maniac” video to my MOCpages account and Flickr. Check ‘em out!
Zack, the LEGO Maniac Monster on MOCpages
Blacktron Cadillac on MOCpages
LEGO Hero Factory
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
The most recent (March 2010) issue of ToyFare magazine reveals the exclusive secrets behind LEGO’s next line of buildable action figures, which have been discussed here before.
LEGO Hero Factory is it’s name, and it’s a constructable action figure line in the tradition of Bionicle. In fact, it seems very close to Bionicle in it’s concept (robot-looking elemental characters), which is a little bit disappointing. However, I’m intrigued by the “factory” aspect of the line, which promises users the ability to create their own Heroes from pre-existing parts, and apparently even make comic books featuring their personalized characters. A short concept synopsis from the article:
“The Hero Factory is an enormous high-tech facility that builds futuristic heroes, located in a futuristic city… it is up to users to define the missions and build their heroes.”
Interesting, but is it far enough away from Bionicle to become LEGO’s next big thing? I’m actually more interested in the Ben 10 figures, to be honest. Either way, I look forward to trying my hand at animating these characters — more LEGO ball-joints can only be a good thing.
Space Police Behind-the-Scenes
Monday, January 4th, 2010Here’s a look behind-the-scenes at the LEGO Space Police series I worked on last year for LEGO.com.