o_O

[karohemd]

Mystery Lego man found at beach

ETA: more info on the page, a Dutch artist is behind it.
Also, I like the second pic on the page from last year. It looks like the lego man is about to grab the guy's head. ;o)

Comments

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Clearly a publicity stunt of some kind (maybe by Lego?).

Very unlikely the figure washed up there - what are the chances it would hit such a PR-friendly section of coastline?

[ginasketch.livejournal.com]

I'd say this line is something of a clue:

Mr McNiven, 32, who works for a digital marketing company, said: "I just happened to stumble across him on Wednesday morning.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

I didn't pick up on that, but now you point it out, yes.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

So how do you explain the other one?

[ginasketch.livejournal.com]

It was clearly aliens.

[olithered.livejournal.com]

To me the pics look faked/manipulated - like the persil adverts on TV...

[sarahloo.livejournal.com]

That is so cool : )

[technotom.livejournal.com]

That's just about the best thing I've ever seen.

[anisiriusmagus.livejournal.com]

So the artist is called Ego L..... or L Ego? Quite a co-incidence.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Ah, new bit on the page, that wasn't there before. Curiouser and curiouser!

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

This guy.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

This is rather cheeky. The top left button with his name looks like the Lego logo (red background, white lettering with yellow bordering).
I wonder if this indeed a marketing campaign by Lego because otherwise they'd be a bit annoyed at his use of their identities.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

It looks a bit too peculiar to be them... mm, I'm sure they would be annoyed, although maybe he can claim fair use for artistic purposes?

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Possibly. I really don't know the legal situation in such a case. Companies tend to get rather cross when people use things that sometimes are only vaguely reminiscent of logos/products.