One More Toy Fair 2012 photo roundup

DC Direct.




Mattel Collectors.





Lego.



Neca.

*Buy Voltron toys at eBay.

Instructions for making Lego Angry Birds

Instructions by Iain Heath for making Lego Angry Birds. And you can vote here if you'd like to see this turned into an official set.

Lego Opee Sea Killer and Gungan Submarine

Lego Opee Sea Killer and Gungan Submarine by Pepa Quin.

(The Phantom Menace wasn't a good movie, but it had its moments and was packed with brilliant new vehicles and robots and monsters and characters and locations. Jar Jar was so incredibly annoying because he was a completely convincing character.

Episodes II and III were terrible movies and introduced very few memorable designs. Dooku's lightsaber and ship, and the Bodyguard droids are the only ones that come to mind. Grievous was very cool in the Tartakovsky cartoon, but mostly just weird in the movie.)

*Buy Star Wars Lego minifigs at Amazon.

Lego Atlas and P-Body from Portal

Lego Atlas and P-Body cake toppers by Legohaulic.

Help turn Clay Morrow's Lego anatomy model into a mass-produced set

As you may have heard, Lego has a program where people can vote on designs to be turned into official sets. I featured Clay Morrow's anatomy skeleton way back, and he's posted it for vote.

Now I'm trying to convince him to get Superbrothers on board so he can submit his Sword and Sworcery Scythian. I'll buy that in a second.

Retro space noir Lego Batman and Batmobile

One of Shannon Sproule's designs for a Lego Batmobile design contest.

*Buy Batmobiles at eBay.

Lego boxer

Lego boxer by rongYIREN.

*See more Lego here.

Tifa Lego Minifig

Lego for Girls minifig turned into Tifa from Final Fantasy by Victor Fernandez. Via.

*Buy Lego minifigs at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. If you're in San Francisco tonight, go see Charmaine Olivia's new show at Shooting Gallery. First 50 people get a cool poster.

2. Computers are totally disrupting the job market:

Because they take out the middle, it is a lot harder to pursue the American dream by working your way up the ladder. Climbing up rung by rung, you will find a machine staring down. And it won’t retire or move up the ladder to make room for you. Once in place, a retirement or promotion is not going to happen, it isn’t going to be opening up a spot.

Via.

3. Air pollution in China is horrendous. The US Embassy in Beijing Tweets air quality reports. Via.

4. Parts list and photo instructions for building a great looking Lego X-Wing. Via.

5. I just installed send to Kindle on my computer. You just install it and sign in to your Kindle account, and then you can right click on pdfs and send them to your Kindle devices. Quick and easy.

More fun with the Lego for Girls

Fighter plane by Nathaniel Brill:

Taking her concerns for animal health and welfare to the skies, Mia teams up with veteran gunner Oscar and takes to the skies in "Beauty" a retro-inspired, environmentally conscious low-emission long range scout.

Via.

*see more Lego designs here.

Lego robot super hero

Lego robot super hero by Legohaulic.

*See more Lego creations here.

Customizing the new Lego for Girls minifigs

Mike the Builder turned Mia from the LEGO Friends Heartlake Vet 3188 set:



into this warrior:



Via.

Masters of the Universe Lego diorama

Captain Glenn/Queen Marlena's crash landing by Castle Greyskull made in Lego by Alex Jones. The Lego minifigs are custom, but you can buy the Captain Glenn/Cringer two-pack at the BBTS. And you can watch the relevant episode from the Masters of the Universe original series here:

Lego moon bus from 2001

Lego moon bus from 2001 made as a commission by Legohaulic. (You can buy a moon bus model at Amazon.)

Stickers for Lego minifigs

Modify your Lego minifigs and buildings with BrickStix.

*Buy Lego minifigs at Amazon.

Mounted deer head Lego kit

Mounted deer head Lego kit on sale here. Via these sites.

*Buy Christmas ornaments at Amazon.

Freddie Mercury Lego Cubedude

Freddie Mercury Lego Cubedude Iain Heath.

*Buy Cubedudes at eBay.

Link roundup

1. "The Shell Grotto is an ornate subterranean passageway in Margate, Kent. Almost all the surface area of the walls and roof is covered in mosaics created entirely of seashells, totalling about 2,000 square feet of mosaic, or 4.6 million shells. It was discovered in 1835 but its age remains unknown." Via.

2. Free font designed to be turned into papercraft letters. Like so.

3. Mike Doyle posted some close-ups showing how he creates his Lego decaying mansions.

Link roundup

1. Legend of Zelda comic by Penny Arcade.

2. Lego spaceship.

3. Watch a playthrough of the first 20 minutes of Star Wars: The Old Republic as an Imperial Agent.

4. Email Jesse Philips who is selling his copies of the Star Trek poster he made for Mondo.

5. Don't get too overconfident about spending this holiday season.

6. Cover furniture with plastic wrap to avoid getting paint on it (perfect for painting behind a toilet).

7. Eric Orchard is having a $15 print sale.

*Buy Legend of Zelda toys at eBay.

Lego Freddie Mercury

Lego Freddie Mercury by Iain Heath.