MOC: Calvin and Hobbes - Imagination.

[Si-MOCs]

Calvin and Hobbes - one of the truly great examples how to use your imagination....

Spaceman Spiff and his trusty Wing Man Hobbes crash lands on a forbidden planet... who could be lurking around the corner?

Close up of the Spiffcraft

And you knew I had to sneak in a ThinkTank since it's March :D

Edited April 7, 2013 by Rufus
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[gazumpty]

this has made my day...time to dust of my C&H books :D. Amazing work!!!!

[soccerkid6]

Love this, the posing on Calvin looks just like an illustration from the books

Incredible landscape and ThinkTank as well

[Brickington]

This is great! It is very funky. Another great build!

[gedren_y]

Impressive and inspired. Though Calvin's sled never had sides and Hobbes never joined Calvin in the Spaceman Spiff imaginings.

Hobbes hiding in the first scene is consistant with his character, though. The landscape you created is also consistant with Watterson's drawings.

[Artanis I]

Zounds! Spiff is hit! He has no choice but to attempt to crash-land in the barren waste of the planet.

Brilliant... the tank is amazing (battle droids for feet?!? Clever...) Spiff's ship looks pretty much spot on. Although Hobbes doesn't belong in the scene, your representation is too good to leave out.

[Si-MOCs]

Thanks for the comments everyone :)

Impressive and inspired. Though Calvin's sled never had sides and Hobbes never joined Calvin in the Spaceman Spiff imaginings.

Hobbes hiding in the first scene is consistant with his character, though. The landscape you created is also consistant with Watterson's drawings.

Zounds! Spiff is hit! He has no choice but to attempt to crash-land in the barren waste of the planet.

Brilliant... the tank is amazing (battle droids for feet?!? Clever...) Spiff's ship looks pretty much spot on. Although Hobbes doesn't belong in the scene, your representation is too good to leave out.

Yes I readily admit that I blurred the truth for my own purposes.

His sled never had runners, nor sides, nor is it even red - but I wanted it to be analogous in his imagination to the space craft.

And I had to add runners on the sled - as I needed to use the Iron Builder mystery piece

As for Hobbes, I did comment (flickr?) that he was never with Spaceman Spiff (But Hobbes did go to Mars!) - but once again I wanted to adorable 'awww' moment of capturing Calvin's imagination at work - transforming both the sled and Hobbes.

Also - it's my imagination of Calvin's imagination - my rules

[Esurient]

I am really impressed! :thumbup:

[theDeanoRama]

I love this, takes me way back. I seeing just Hobbes' tail sticking straight out of the sled in fright brings a smile to my face. The crashed spaceship looks great as does the planet surface. Calvin and Hobbes are also very recognizable and posed perfectly for the scene.

[Ceroknight]

My goodness, I love Calvin and Hobbes and I love your portrayal of them!

[Artanis I]

I get it now, the first pic (which I couldn't figure out why that was there at first) is reality, the second is what is in his imagination. I was thinking "what the heck is that spider there for?" "what does this have to do with anything?"

[lordpigthe3rd]

I love it! I love C&H and have read them over and over for years, and the build is a perfect portrayal of how they would look in LEGO form.