Comments on: Amazing LEGO insects and arthropods http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/amazing-lego-insects-and-arthr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 14:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Dan Fuchs http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/amazing-lego-insects-and-arthr.html#comment-1677745 Dan Fuchs Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218298#comment-1677745 Hah. "bugging" you. Cute. Hah. “bugging” you. Cute.

]]> By: ohbejoyful http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/amazing-lego-insects-and-arthr.html#comment-1677288 ohbejoyful Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218298#comment-1677288 And which aisle of the toy store will these be stocked in? The regular aisle, or the pink ghetto? And which aisle of the toy store will these be stocked in? The regular aisle, or the pink ghetto?

]]> By: Luther Blissett http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/amazing-lego-insects-and-arthr.html#comment-1677233 Luther Blissett Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218298#comment-1677233 David, this has been jumping up and down my feedreader for days now. But YOU posted the first reblog with the correct notion: arthropods. Not only insects. This has been really bugging me. Thank you! David, this has been jumping up and down my feedreader for days now. But YOU posted the first reblog with the correct notion: arthropods. Not only insects. This has been really bugging me. Thank you!

]]> By: Michael Morowitz http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/amazing-lego-insects-and-arthr.html#comment-1677211 Michael Morowitz Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218298#comment-1677211 More directly, my question is: what defines a piece being "LEGO"? Is it simply the brand designation? More directly, my question is: what defines a piece being “LEGO”? Is it simply the brand designation?

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/amazing-lego-insects-and-arthr.html#comment-1677178 xzzy Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218298#comment-1677178 What do you mean? Every piece in that mantis is a legit lego piece. Yes, lego has a lot more "special purpose" bricks than they did 30 years ago,  but this has also opened new avenues for creativity and problem solving. It's just a lump of plastic. Any issues with finding creative uses for it is a user problem, not a toy problem. What do you mean? Every piece in that mantis is a legit lego piece. Yes, lego has a lot more “special purpose” bricks than they did 30 years ago,  but this has also opened new avenues for creativity and problem solving.

It’s just a lump of plastic. Any issues with finding creative uses for it is a user problem, not a toy problem.

]]> By: Michael Morowitz http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/amazing-lego-insects-and-arthr.html#comment-1677162 Michael Morowitz Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218298#comment-1677162 When does it cross the line from "LEGO" to just a snap-together model? It seems like the pieces that comprise these kinds of thing bear very little resemblance to a LEGO. When does it cross the line from “LEGO” to just a snap-together model? It seems like the pieces that comprise these kinds of thing bear very little resemblance to a LEGO.

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/amazing-lego-insects-and-arthr.html#comment-1677133 Nash Rambler Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218298#comment-1677133 Wow.  Skin-crawlingly realistic. Wow.  Skin-crawlingly realistic.

]]> By: TWX http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/amazing-lego-insects-and-arthr.html#comment-1677101 TWX Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218298#comment-1677101 Beautiful Lego creations... And all that I can think of is Zorak from Space Ghost/Coast to Coast... Beautiful Lego creations…

And all that I can think of is Zorak from Space Ghost/Coast to Coast…

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