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Choreography for Plastic Army Men

Mark Frauenfelder at 11:10 am Fri, Jul 6, 2012

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Choreography for Plastic Army Men from David Fain on Vimeo.


Syd Garon says:
My friend David Fain (former fish packer and Sponge Bob animator) made an incredible stop motion animation with dancing toy soldiers that I think you will dig.
Choreography for Plastic Army Men

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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  • mappo

    Even plastic army men are better dancers than me.

  • SpongeBorg

    Gotta make one correction, I was a writer on SpongeBob (about a million years ago) not an animator.

  • donovan acree

    That was brilliant! I loved the music but the plastic army men choreography was priceless.

  • Robert

    Awesome animation. That made me want to get up and groove.

    Can you do an homage to James Bond movie title intros with army men?

  • Gary61

    they must DANCE!

  • Antinous / Moderator

    At first, I was expecting Yma Sumac to burst into song.

  • noah django

    this is just…

  • Andrew Kane

    This would have made the best Sifl ‘n’ Olly segment ever.

    Also, I had never heard of Pink Martini before. I think I’m in love.

    • noah django

       crescent fresh!

  • catgrin

    My dad used to paint military miniatures with SCAHMS. He would have LOVED this! 

    Me? I’m just an animation freak. This felt like I was watching something from an early SNL, and I was happy to do so. Sweet music choice, too! For people who enjoyed the music, you might want to hop over to SomaFM and check out their Secret Agent or Illinois Street Lounge channels. You’ll find plenty to get hooked on there :)

  • http://twitter.com/MrAaronSwainEsq Aaron Swain

    That was sublime.

  • paulio

    Definitely one of the strangest forms of genius I have seen. Excellent.

  • michaelannb

    I have been in a bad mood all day and now my eyes are all crinkly from smiling and I feel ten pound lighter.

  • http://twitter.com/Skyhawk1 skyhawk1

    I am officially a Pink Martini fan.