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Posted August 15, 2003 20:25 | Category: Pokémon | #
Here are models I built of the characters from the popular Pokémon TV show, mainly during 2000 and 2001. Why Pokémon? At the time, my wife and I were collecting and watching video tapes of the show. It seems like kind of a dumb show if you just see one episode, but if you follow the story in sequence there is a certain logic to it. It's basically a samurai story, and as students of Japanese culture we found it very interesting.
In late 2000 my brother-in-law Jim told me about a Slashdot article about a LEGO Desk built by Eric Harshbarger. I looked at the sculptures on his site and said to myself, "I could do that" (I must have been a guitar player in a former life...)
So I went down to Toys 'R Us and bought several big blue tubs of LEGO. At the time, they were selling set 3033 for $20, containing 1200 bricks in the basic colors. My first construction was the Pokeball, shown below with Pikachu. Then I tackled Pikachu himself. That's what started my current association with LEGO, and I haven't stopped yet!
Pictures of the January 2002 meeting can be seen on my site. You can also view more pictures of the March 2001 and January 2002 meetings on the BayLUG website.
For detailed pictures of my Pokémon creatures, see Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Bulbasaur Internals, and Squirtle.
These three pictures were taken at BayLUG (Bay Area LEGO User's Group) meetings.
At BayLUG, March 2001
At BayLUG, March 2001
At BayLUG, January 2002
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Re: Pokémon Dan Brown wrote on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:42 |
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Do you still have the Pokemon Displays?? Dan |
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Re: Pokémon Bill Ward wrote on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:05 |
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Actually, no. I took them apart, but before doing so I recorded their design using MLCAD so I could theoretically rebuild them at any time. |
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