Drama is stacking up against the children's classic LEGOs this week, with some people plenty pissed over the company's brand-new ladies-only toy set. Why, oh why, would LEGOs ever need boobs? The new LEGO "Friend" set features five busty female characters in settings like hair salons and doggie daycares, going about their girly business. It's part of a new plan from LEGO to appeal to more girls—a worthwhile cause with a poorly executed campaign.
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Gender-Normative LEGOs With Boobs Pissing Everyone Off
Cruelty-Free Taxidermy With LEGOs!
NYC-based web designer David Cole has created a Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit, which is exactly what it sounds like, and will definitely be ordered by most of Brooklyn by the end of this sentence. The LEGO kit, Cole says, will help you recall your hunting days with... though presumably "the morning dew, the crunch of the field under your fancy boots, the sad eyes of the majestic, dying animals" are all sold separately. For your 12 bucks, you'll get the 60-piece set comes with LEGOs and a hand drawn instruction kit. The only bummer is that it's a little small, but surely you can invest in a bulk order of brown LEGOs should you want to make a life sized decapitated deer head. [via Laughing Squid]
Nearly One Month Later: LEGO People Still Occupying LEGO Land
The Occupy LEGO Land set has been evolving in Zuccotti Park for about a month now (during which time they've even occupied DC), prominently displayed with a sign that reads: "LEGOs are expensive, Help Us Grow!" The model is a little microcosm of the movement, and a much more playful one, of course. You can follow along with their progress at Legotti Park on Twitter and Facebook, where they declare:
The Apocalpyse Comes To NYC... In LEGO Form
If you want to see what New York would look like during an apocalypse, but don't want to watch I Am Legend again, look no further than the ApocaLego pool on Flickr. As Boing Boing notes, it's one of the best Lego genres, "and one for which the Lego Group will never release a set." The destruction sometimes comes with a backstory (zombies, war, robot insurrection), and they're mostly the work of Kevin Fedde, who "builds some of the most detailed and creative ApocaLego dioramas around... [with] layers of intricate detail, making them seem almost plausible."
LEGO Artist Recreates Brooklyn In 400-Square-Foot Living Room
Brooklyn's own Jonathan Lopes is currently recreating the urban landscape with that hot new art medium: LEGO bricks! (Note to artists: if you want to go viral, use LEGOS. Or paint on MetroCards.) The huge undertaking is small in scale, as it has to fit inside of Lopes's Boerum Hill living room—you can check out all of his work right here. He told the Daily News, "It's challenging to achieve certain aesthetics with the limitations of the brick. I try to get it as real looking as possible."
Filling In City Holes With Legos
According to NewYorkology, artist Jan Vormann has been busy repairing some holes in New York City buildings with Legos! Vormann’s website now has a DispatchWork—New York section, which documents the latest Lego frenzy. He writes, “In cooperation with the Gallery Jarmuschek+Partner and the kind support of Henk Holzheimer (LEGO Graffity Styles Convention), I went to New York City, as part of the VOLTA artshow, to support Mayor Bloomberg in his everyday-struggle to make this city even more amazing." We think he succeeded.
Happy Birthday, Lego!
Today Lego celebrates the big 5-0, even getting some Google-love for hitting the half century mark.
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