Minifigure Monday - Mr. Freeze

This weeks featured figure is the Arkham version of Mr. Freeze designed by Fig-Nation

Check out Tony's other figures and builds on FLICKR and if you want to pick up this figure for your collection it can be found here on EBAY

Nightmare Freddy

The new and improved digitally printed torso for our Nightmare Freddy figure

available for purchase here

And the original Freddy first created way back in November 2010:

 Laser engraving ABS plastic has severe limitations. 

If you use to much power you melt the plastic and get a "ridge" around the edge of the engraving.

If you don't use enough power it's not deep enough to color fill 

The wider the graphic the harder it is to color fill
etc., etc., etc .

Back in 2010 a laser engraver was the only machine available to me so I worked with what I had. Although I wish I could have started pad and digitally printed years ago I don't regret the engraving years!

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still, a photo by customBRICKS on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
This micro scene is from the original 1951 version of The Day the Earth Stood Still.

This movie was an anomaly for its time. It was the first "A" science fiction alien movie with top notch actors, directors, music, etc in an era where most alien movies were low budget and shot in 1 week or less

This movie also produced one of the first memorable robots, Gort, and the now often quoted phrase "Klaatu barada nikto"

Is the alien spaceman Klaatu friend or foe? Check it out if you get a chance!

build is 16x16 studs

Hillside Moai of Rapa Nui

Also known as the Easter Island heads.

I watched a documentary yesterday about this island, the ancient people who lived there and why and how they think these people carved and moved these massive Moai to their present locations.

The island is now home to 887 of these Moais. They vary in height from 12 ft to 30 feet and the heaviest Moai weighs 82 tons.

Rapa Nui is also known as Easter Island because the Europeans first landed here on Easter day.

Lego Super 8 camera

This is based off an image found on shutterstock. Everything is stock legos except the "super sound" text with was digitally added.

Now I just need to get a group of friends together to make a zombie movie and just randomly come across a train which crashes and releases an alien into my small town. I'd be a zillionaire if I could sell that story.. oh wait, it's already been done. Darn.

Tribute In Lights

The Tribute in Light is an art installation of 88 searchlights placed next to the site of the World Trade Center to create two vertical columns of light in remembrance of the September 11 attacks. It is produced annually by The Municipal Art Society of New York. It initially ran as a temporary installation from March 11 to April 14, 2002, and was launched again in 2003 to mark the second anniversary of the attack. As of 2010, it has been repeated every year on September 11.

text from Wikipedia

Destro Minifigure

Cobra Commander Minifigure