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Lego Builds the Bar, Then Raises It for Mini-Figures
Lego Builds the Bar, Then Raises It for Mini-Figures
By Rob Bricken
December 1, 2009
Toys
?Dude. Dude. Taking a page from Playmobil, it looks like Lego is going to be releasing mini-figures next summer. Geek Orthodox says they’ll be blind-boxed, which sucks, but look at that roster and tell me you’re not going to pony up for a few of them. A Lego Caveman? A Lego Luchadore? A Lego Ninja? A Lego goddamn Zombie? All awesome beyond non-Danish comprehension. I normally hate blind-boxed figures, but I would gladly end up with a pile of Lego Clowns if it meant having that Lego Zombie figure.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.