Life-size Lego man with realistic skin is horrifying beyond words See all Editor's Picks Screengrab via Tested / Youtube Greetings from the bottom of the uncanny valley. Here is a face. It is a human face. It is a nice face. Photo via chairit imjaroen/Flickr Here is another face. It is a Lego face. It is a cute face. And here is a thing that should never be. Oh, are you not completely traumitized? No problem, because here come the giant creepy hands. The mask and hands were created by Frank Ippolito, who last year constructed a somehow less terrifying full-size Rancor costume—something that George Lucas couldn’t even pull off in Return of the Jedi. Ippolito wore his disturbing Mini-Fig costume around Comic-Con and, surprisingly, didn’t cause a bunch of children to wet themselves. The kids actually seem super into it—and can’t stop touching him. Although maybe they wouldn’t have been so eager if they knew how much sweat was stewing in there.
Let this be a lesson to all Lego fans. Not everything is awesome. Some stuff is just super creepy. Up next after the break:The life-sized figure of a man made of Lego pieces was found washed up on a Florida beach, and people are scratching their heads as they try to figure out where it came from and what it could possibly mean. Jeff Hindman reportedly found the bright red, yellow and green “man” as he walked on the Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota County around 7 a.m. Tuesday, according to a report in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The fiberglass figure measures about 8 feet tall, and weighs about 100 pounds, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. In a light-hearted press release, the department said it had taken the giant Lego man “into protective custody.” The front of the figure’s bright green “torso” bore the cryptic message: “NO REAL THAN YOU ARE.” On the back appear the numeral “8? and the words “Ego Leonard.” Just who is Ego Leonard, you ask?
It’s apparently the alter ego of a Dutch artist. A visit to the website, “Prescription Art,” shows a gallery of paintings for sale that all feature the Lego figure alongside pithy messages such as “I Love You,” “Play by the Rules” and, coincidentally, “No Real Than You Are.” Converting the currency from the prices listed in British pounds, the paintings range in price from $3,407.19 to $4,238.90. There’s also an Ego Leonard book — “No Real Than You Are” — that you can snag for just $11.18. A message on the site, purportedly from the mysterious Ego, reads: “My name is Ego Leonard and according to you I come from the virtual world. A world that for me represents happiness, solidarity, all green and blossoming, with no rules or limitations. Lately however, my world has been flooded with fortune-hunters and people drunk with power. And many new encounters in the virtual world have triggered my curiosity about your way of life. I am here to discover and learn about your world and thoughts …”
Other large Lego figures have previously washed up on beaches in England and Holland. The Siesta Key Beach figure drew many stares before authorities removed it. “Mr. Leonard is being kept in a secure environment until his owner comes forward,” the police statement added. The makers of LEGO, the popular plastic toy bricks and plastic figures, have disavowed any knowledge of, or involvement with, the figure. Legoland Florida, a theme park, opened earlier this month in Winter Haven, Fla. In a statement to the Sheriff’s office, the LEGO Group said: “This activity is in no way sponsored or endorsed by The LEGO Group or Merlin Entertainments, who run LEGOLAND attractions.”As happens every year, attendees at last month’s Comic-Con were confronted by hideous apparitions of all shapes, sizes and species (and a few fans in weird costumes too), but one inventive cosplayer still has folks buzzing long after they returned home from San Diego. Some of the really serious horror-themed costumes wandering the grounds can often be frightening to children — but one was very unique, in that he delighted most of the youngest con attendees while simultaneously terrifying their parents.
The man behind the mask is Frank Ippolito (above left), whose costume — which he designed as well — represents what a famous LEGO “mini-fig” character would look like as a flesh-and-blood humanoid creature. The result was so disturbing that Ippolito dubbed his design “Creepy Fig,” and as you can see, it’s both fascinating and nightmarish. Sporting a giant silicone head (weighing 14 pounds) and matching claw-like hands, the giant walking version of a tiny LEGO figure also has uncomfortably human-like skin tone and texture, and even the normally smooth and simplified features have been transformed with little details like real-hair eyebrows and realistic fingernails for each hand’s two digits. Ippolito says the costume was inspired by his own speculation about an alternate reality populated by LEGO-based beings, and what a representative of that world might look like. He originally conceived Creepy Fig as a makeup, but eventually expanded the project into a full-head mask and glove appliances.
The character was financed by ex-Mythbuster Adam Savage’s site Tested, and made its first appearance at SDCC’s LEGO booth — where, as you can see here, he was a major hit with the kids… although he totally embarrassed himself trying to score a date with LEGO Wonder Woman. The website documented the character’s startling debut on July 27, after which they posted a video to delight and horrify anyone who might have missed Creepy Fig’s presence at the convention. The video has already become a viral hit, with millions of viewers alternately fascinated and freaked. Watch it right here!Someone's made a lifesize LEGO man with human-like skin and it will fuck up your day Someone's made a lifesize LEGO man with human-like skin and it will fuck up your day Oh, hey there, hope you're having a nice day. Because I'm about to fucking ruin that nice day of yours and destroy your childhood memories.Put a hardhat on them and they were a builder, put a pirate hat on and they became a pirate, they came with child-friendly accessories such as guns, swords and blunt weapons.
They were great, weren't they. Well someone thought it'd be a good idea to recreate a LEGO man in real life. It was absolutely not a good idea. Here he is, undoubtedly muttering "killlll, meeee" under his breath. (Image via BuzzFeed Canada/Tested) Here he is again, whispering to himself: "I will strangle all of the children, and then I will go after the parents". Still, even a nightmarish IRL LEGO man is preferable to Playmobil: Someone made a video about it where you can see the terrifying fleshy bastard in action... Before you go, just imagine waking up at 2am tonight, you can sense that there's something wrong. You reach to your side table, rub your eyes, blinking through the darkness you see a figure, the shadowy figure of a lifesize LEGO man. Kind of cute actually. Then you turn the lights on. Want to win a free TV or iPad? Enter the draw to win one by taking part in this quick survey. Lego, Nightmares, destroying your childhood