dismantle you brick by brick.

something a little different today: legos. they're these little plastic bricks with nubs on them that fit together without the magic of glue! vinyl addicts step back, this is pure ABS plastic baby. only the good stuff. these bricks can be formed into tens, maybe even hundreds of different combinations. and if you're lucky, your combination will look like something.

these are all the work of angus maclane [cubedude]. he's created hundreds of different characters from things that you probably like. i'd seen one or two before, but i'd never gone in head first. this man is amazing. and he has excellent taste of subject matter. check out his flickr stream, you will not be disappointed.

berties!

wwr has breached your living room.

luke might have joined special ed squadron.

peanut butter-five checking in...

the cube abides.

by the power of midget legs!

i love you saturday morning.

in addition to being good with his bricks, angus works for a tiny animation company called pixar, lucky bastard. he's interviewed here by the brothers brick. angus, you get a gold star because you rock.

thanks to toysrevil for the tipoff about the berties

bucket of fish heads.

in honor of toy karma 2 opening this weekend at rotofugi, i'm showcasing all the custom muscamoot smelliness you can handle. for anyone who doesn't already know, toy karma is an art exhibit curated by mark nagata all inspired by classic japanese toys. six different muskys will be on display, and some are still available if you hurry. so all you chicago-inos, now you know what to do with your weekend.

battlecat/cringer by steve seeley

brilliant. but needs more armored saddle.

koi by leecifer

koi's got a thing for battlecat... checking out the undercarriage.

by dead presidents

panic is acceptable when your bruise grows lips.

spawningfrenzy by paulkaiju

been spawning with a cheap louis v bag...

by dead presidents

looks like something i puked up at a carnival when i was 7.

...in a good way.

gasparilla by chris ryniak

jackpot: pink gills. eye stalks. juicy claws.

dinner is served.

you should probably put a coaster under that...

not part of the show, but too good to pass up.

by motorbot

meat grinder in a green whale head.

piranhas ain't got shit.

albino by nebulon5

this is what vampires look like when they're born.

right before they're eaten by werewolves.

toy karma opens at 7pm on saturday.

by the power of greyskull.

i was a he-man kid. i was also a star wars kid, a lego kid, a baseball card kid... you get the picture. but for a few short summers it was all he-man all the time. in between popsicles my neighbors and i would wage epic battles in the dirt, building caverns and pits. then birthdays came and they got greyskull. and i was jealous. but shortly after, my parents redeemed themselves and bought me skeletor's castle: snake mountain. you know, the purple greyskull with the sweet microphone that made it sound like you were a possessed slinky. after that, our dirt building escapades were elevated to moats and dungeons... way fucking cooler.

so with that long ass intro, we get to the real meat. apparently other kids liked he-man too... as evidenced by these sweet customs in all the flavors of eternia.

mighty mugg he-man by legendary customs

the pageboy haircut is the real source of all his power.

battlecat by legendary customs

...just a cowardly tiger who stole hawkman's mask.

skeletor madl by rebel wookiee

does crest make whitestrips for your face?

also, needs more havoc staff.

beastman mongolion by d-lux

blue feather diaper and all...

trapjaw scavenger by jonpaulkaiser

somehow tougher with a birthday hat than his purple football helmet...

skeletor rxh by motorbot

who knew he was rocking a mohawk under his little hood?

stinkor rxh by motorbot

gotta rub a little stank on it.

put your hands together for my childhood toys grown into my adulthood toys. i fully expect someone to pump out a queen marlena in astronaut gear sometime soon... or at least an orko.

i gotta go dig through my parents basement now...