[MOC] Haida, the Corporate Hyena

[Inconspicuous]

This build was inspired by the Netflix animated series Aggretsuko - a combination of "aggressive" and "Retsuko" (the main character's name). It's a deadpan comedy about the daily frustrations of corporate culture, told with cutesy animal characters in the style of Hello Kitty. I found it to be highly entertaining, and at times uncomfortably relatable. Oh, and did I mention there's death metal karaoke?

One of the recurring characters is Haida the hyena. Haida is reliable around the workplace and supportive of Retusko, but is nervous and a bit of a pushover.

The show uses a lot of reaction-based comedy, and Haida's panicked expressions are a great example. Naturally, I had to build multiple expressions for my Lego version! Then I made a simple animation to showcase my favorite ones.

In the series, Haida is always drawn with an underbite and three teeth showing - so I made sure that detail made it into my build.

Haida, the Corporate Hyena

 

In total, I made four different expressions - normal, angry, panicked, and happy.

 

The shocked reaction was definitely my favorite!

 

Which expression do you like best?

Thanks for taking a look!

-Inky

[Lyichir]

Aw, this is awesome! It's a great likeness, and I like the way you made the expressions able to be changed and the arms posable like a sort of stop-motion puppet.

[Feuer Zug]

Nice design work with the different expressions. One thing I might suggest is having the ears change too. Animals use those as well to signify expressions. The stop motion works great between the expressions.