Cheers, MiniMan!! You're 30.
Thursday, August 28, 2008 Earlier this month, someone very near and dear to Fury turned 30. I'd like us all to raise our glasses to the one and only LEGO mini man! Or, as Fury likes to call him, LEGO dude. For three decades, the little guy with the yellow head and the smiley face so simple I can type it like this :) has been entertaining kids, surviving housepet maulings and keeping parents busy. And although mini man's face has evolved over the years to include everything from Indiana Jones to Darth Vader, that head is still just as easy to lose between car seats and underneath sofas the world over. That's consistency!
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This post is being momentarily hijacked to bring you an important announcement!
Vote for me here if you think I'd make a good Mr. July. I'd like to take this opportunity to also thank 2 wonderful ladies from WUSA News 9 in Washington DC for pimping me in less threatening fashion on their respective blogs! Angie Goff, the Traffic Goddess and Kim Martucci, the Siren of Weather. Yeah, I went straight to the nation's capital on this little quest o mine. And now back to our scheduled programming.
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Thank you, Fury. But I could have just threatened my readers with Zombies or something (the Mini Man is indeed versatile). Anyway, in honor of the Mini Man's 30th, LEGO built a very cool website: GoMinimanGo. Check it out, it's very cool. You can watch vintage LEGO commercials, play games, watch videos and learn cool facts about one of the coolest toys ever invented. By the way, did you know that there are more than 8 quadrillion
(8,181,068,395,500,000) possible combinations of minifigures that can be made
using all of the unique parts over the last 30 years? I didn't even know that was a number. But I'll bet you this. I'll bet you no one has come up with these two combos:
Can you guess who this is?
That of course is the one and only Mr Lady. Yes, my son actually made his own rendition of my blog idol. The kid's got blogging in his blood. (Click here to read the original post.)
And what the hay is this??
DUH! A Chinese dude! (click here to read the original post.)
Oh, by the way, the site also features a video contest. I think I'll hold off on submitting this winner (a video filmed completely by Fury) because it wouldn't be fair to the other contestants. But I'll let you guys enjoy it (click here to read original post):
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINIMAN! HERE'S TO ANOTHER 30 YEARS!!
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Reader Comments (18)
I totally thought of you and Fury recently when my SIL gave me a homemade LEGO table and 7 BIG bins of her boys' old LEGOs and those bionicle thingies...yeah, my boy is only 3, so I'm not too into them yet. There are a ton of little, tiny pieces. We might need your expertise to help us sort and build.
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[BusyDad] I'll send Fury right over. They don't call him "Builder X" for nothing.
That confirms it, I AM OLD. Even LEGO dude is younger than me.
My first guess on the LEGO person in the bikini was Princess Leah, then I remembered she doesn't have a 5 o'clock shadow. When I see Mr Lady tonight I am going to look under her hair for the little circle and the LEGO logo. :)
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[BusyDad] I can't believe I lived 6 years before the mini man was born. What did I do with my time? I hope Mr Lady was ok with you pulling her hair.
Do you know how many times I read that as MiniVAN and I was all, where are the darn minivan pictures already?
(Guess where I'm taking my son on his birthday? The LEGO store! Who do you think is more excited about it?)
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[BusyDad] Can we come?
You know, your subliminal messages work. I totally thought of you and Fury when I passed by the Lego store in the mall the other day. And then the strangest thing happened... I started craving a Newcastle. WTF?
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[BusyDad] Hmmm, my litmus test is working then. Time to be more subversive on this blog. World domination through blogging is my eventual goal.
I was in the toy section of Sears yesterday and all, "I should check out the Legos." Thing is, Isobel and I hate building sh*t. You and Fury have invaded.
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[BusyDad] Stage 1 is complete.
I love the "I approve this message."
My Jay is asking me if I am on lego dot com right now. ;)
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[BusyDad] Haha is our love for Legos that conspicuous?!
Happy Birthday, Leo man! And yeah, yeah, I voted...and no matter how hot I think YOU are, Joey has my heart. Or galnds. now, if you could convince HIM to blog....sigh....
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[BusyDad] After the calendar ;)
Mr. Lady is way hotter than that. Plus she has a smaller bikini.
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[BusyDad] They need to make her an action figure to really do her justice.
Yeah BUSY thanks for the shout out but I prefer TRAFFIC MAVEN or TRAFFIC MINX.. ha ha just kidding! So just voted again..from a different PC! I'm posting your vote tomorrow thing on my blog again so stay tuned!
So FURY is a bit violent in that video. At such a tender age. And that China Man lego is so PC with it's lid hat! Gotta love it! they got the skin tone just right though!
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[BusyDad] Never stand in the way of a kid on a mission! Ok, so I bribed him. Which is kind of like a mission...
Holy crap, man. I can't believe that Mini Man is 30. That makes me....never mind. I admit I haven't broken out my legos in a looooong time. Looks like there are some way cooler options now! That black one is awesome! The only way I could ever make mine look meaner was by turning their heads backwards inside their space helmets, so you couldn't see their faces. Made 'em look kinda ominous and whatnot.
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[BusyDad] Hahaa I did the same! When you are fighting a Lego battle, smiling faces don't make sense.
Just saw the vid and now I am cracking up (work. blocked. grrrr.) Ever think of going into politics?
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[BusyDad] Outside making ads, I'd be lost. Oh wait, the drinking part I could handle as well.
LOVED THE VIDEO!
Question: I have voted multiple times... does it count???
HOPING YOU WIN FROM DC!
xoxo--weather Kim
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[BusyDad] You mean your co-workers all voted for me. heh... ;)
It ain't much, but I've voted (a couple of times from the different computers and handhelds in my apartment), and I've pimped you out at my blog. Now you can increase your demographic to include my circle of friends from the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Seattle, New York, and Jamaica!
Break a leg and sign me up for a calendar!
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[BusyDad] I'm worldwide pimped? I have achieved a new level. Thank you!
I've already voted for you, but now that the Tamagotchi is in jeopardy and that scary little lego dude is gonna get me, I'm going to have to hit my husband's desktop and vote again. Eeeek!
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[BusyDad] You just saved a Tamagotchi's life. That's something to be proud of. :)
Lego guy makes me feel like a grandpa. Oy.
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[BusyDad] Me too. Especially now that my kid is playing with them. That's like a whole toy generation.
You're pulling away after that video dude :} I think I'm going to hang onto the bottom rung, unless someone comes out of the blue in the next couple of days. W00t! for hot dad bloggers.
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[BusyDad] We did it!
I am so buying that kid a pony.
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[BusyDad] Make sure it fires missiles or something. He loves that.
Of course 8.2*10^15 is a number, it is so much easier to express in scientific notation of course. Seriously someone needs to put out a scientific keyboard, similar to how there are scientific calculators, with the ^ having its own key in the number pad. Does the + really need all that space? It would make me so happy, having to hit shift+6 is so tedious!
Oh and being that I am from Chicago I should get to vote more than once as is customary, why do they not realize this?
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[BusyDad] Whoa... too scientific for my brain this early in the morning! Ok, too scientific, period.