eti Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Over at Brothers Brick there is a contest to celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the LEGO minifig. The challenge is to showcase your minifig on an adventure, and one can enter in any or all of the following categories: * 1970s * 1980s * 1990s * 2000s My entries show the biggest adventure anyone can go on - life itself. I made four entries, each of them showing my minifig (me, that is) in a different phase of my life. I am the guy with the white face and the big grin - see how my life has gone thus far: the images are linked to their respective photopages on Flickr and enlargements My first entry shows me in the 1970s, sitting on the floor and playing with Lego. I believe it is set 361 I am playing with. My sister is in the play pen, playing with a teddy bear, and my father is reading a magazine. My mother is coming into the room with drinks. My second entry is me in the 1980s, the high school years. High school for me was mainly sitting in my room, listening to the top 40 on the radio and working through piles of books - I was an A-student nerd type of person. But truth be told, I did not study all the time. Or at least to me it looks like a comic book I am reading... My third entry is me in the nineties. I was in college, and of course I still had to study very hard. But I didn't have much time for it, because I also needed to party with my roommates. And with the girlfriend I met at the students' club. Our dorm had one kitchen for 15 students. Visitors occasionally had their doubts about the hygiene... but well, we certainly can't do the dishes if we can't find the brush. Or do you see it somewhere? My fourth entry is me in the 2000s. Actually, it's right now. We're in the living room, my wife - still the same one, I married my first girlfriend - is reading a book with our 2 year old daughter Madelief, and I am playing with her twin brother Karel. Our cat Bambi is lying near the heater. It looks like Karel and me are playing with a Duplo train... The four scenes are joined by hinges. When put together they form one big room. Flickr MOC Pages Quote
Guss Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 that's really nice I love how you made your life in lego ! that's really coool , there is a lot of details well done, I .. ! no more to say^^ Quote
Batbrick Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 This is really good, your layout is brilliant and I can't place a fault on them. Brilliant idea for an entry, and I can see you've put a lot of thought into it. My favourite is the frist one though, the pattern of the walls and that innocent atmosphere is so rare in mocs, brilliant work! Batbrick Away! Quote
Holodoc Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 This is absolutely brilliant, eti! Each of the four bignettes would have been a perfect snapshot of your past, but you made all of them! There are so many details in this work: The color choice of the 70's , the small brick-bricks, the lamp. The clever "designed" lamp and the painting on the wall in the 80's, the phono/video rack in the present and the athmosphere you captured in these scenes. But most of all I like the situation in your college time. This definitely reminds me of my own studies. The crowded kitchen (both dishes and people) , spiderwebs. Great! Very, very well done - congratulations! Quote
Pirate_Skillz Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Hey eti iv saw this creation on Flickr. Great job. Quote
Badsneaker Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Very nicely done! I really really like the details, the curtains are very original. I hope you win!! Quote
BlueBard Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 What can I say looking at that? BRAVO! You're a real artist! All the scenes are very well designed and builted (specially the third one... ) and I find you had a great idea using such easy-to-find face for the main character Quote
Patriot720 Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Outstanding, even though I'd prefer SNOT for the floors. Quote
JimBee Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Very nice, eti! Some great building techniques that you've used (which reminds me to get working on my Lego house!). Nothing like Lego to bring back memories... Quote
zero1312 Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. I love everything in this creation: the idea, the details, the execution, EVERYTHING!!!!! *faints* Quote
Matteo Kenobi Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 wow that certainly is impressive well done!! Looks great, the lego aspect and the idea of it, makes me want to do something like that, although i only have 14 years under my belt =] By the way the use of SNOT there is great!! Quote
Inertia Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 Wow, That's an excellent representataion of your life in Lego form! Not to mention your MOCing skills are excellent, with all the furniture you've managed to create and the studlessness is awesome as well! I hope you do well, you deserve it! Quote
WhiteFang Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 Eti, I love this creation of yours. Its just so unique and innovative which depict your life from a child to a familyman. I am very impressed by many small little features included in each sequence. Great job! I hope you may win the contest. Quote
NewRight Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 Brilliant! Each vignette/bignette has something that can be said about it. We can end it with fantastic though. Quote
eti Posted November 1, 2008 Author Posted November 1, 2008 Hey thanks for all the enthusiastic replies! I really don't think I have that much of a chance because some of the other contestants are really great, go see that Flickr group! http://www.flickr.com/groups/gominimango/pool/ Quote
eti Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 They finally decided - and I still can't believe it, I won first prize in 1970s en the 2nd prize in 1990s! Quote
Algernon Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 What a unique idea. I want to make something like this, now. Quote
Captain Green Hair Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 The idea is great, the execution even better! I love the dorm one, i used to live in one and i totally recognize it. The dishes are made in a very smart way, i love it. Excellent build Eti, you deserve those prizes! Quote
LuxorV Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Very well planned and executed, with lots of details and storytelling Congratulations for the prizes! LuxorV Quote
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