AFOL A Blocumentary
February 28, 2010 2:19 PM Subscribe
AFOL A Blocumentary. Passion combines with creativity in this documentary that features a selection of AFOLs (Adult Fans Of LEGO) from the Pacific NorthWest. [30 minutes, Vimeo, via Kempa.com]
Legos are great, but AFOL is a bad name...
Especially after what they did to Usenet.
posted by y2karl at 3:04 PM on February 28, 2010
Especially after what they did to Usenet.
posted by y2karl at 3:04 PM on February 28, 2010
Nobody want to make a documentary about my Fans of Adult Lego group.
posted by nanojath at 5:44 PM on February 28, 2010
posted by nanojath at 5:44 PM on February 28, 2010
The thing that stuck out to me about the workshops of the builders was the lack of labels. Do they just remember what is where? I know most of them were transparent, but still, it's hard to tell a 3x3 from a 3x2 through a plastic bin.
posted by jouir at 5:46 PM on February 28, 2010
posted by jouir at 5:46 PM on February 28, 2010
"Our beloved sound..."
This is great. I watched it with my seven-year-old son, who is a Lego fanatic. I then showed him that the guy who made these, which show up in the film, called one of his pieces a favorite on Flickr. You should've seen his grin.
Yes, I am a proud mama, bragging.
posted by The corpse in the library at 6:15 PM on February 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
This is great. I watched it with my seven-year-old son, who is a Lego fanatic. I then showed him that the guy who made these, which show up in the film, called one of his pieces a favorite on Flickr. You should've seen his grin.
Yes, I am a proud mama, bragging.
posted by The corpse in the library at 6:15 PM on February 28, 2010 [2 favorites]
I like that centapedd, corpse.
posted by not that girl at 6:20 PM on February 28, 2010
posted by not that girl at 6:20 PM on February 28, 2010
Grown-Up Lego Fans? GULFs?
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:50 AM on March 1, 2010
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:50 AM on March 1, 2010
It's a damn fine centapedd, not that girl.
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:11 AM on March 1, 2010
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:11 AM on March 1, 2010
DU: I hope you'll like it!
posted by soundofsuburbia at 11:52 AM on March 1, 2010
posted by soundofsuburbia at 11:52 AM on March 1, 2010
Hi corpse! I am "daveexmachina" on Flickr and to my knowledge, nothing of mine was featured in the documentary. I think you may be referring to "CubeDudes", which I have made a couple of and when show up towards the end, but are a style invented by Angus MacLane (who works for Pixar, and has been on MetaFilter before).
However, I DID favorite your son's centapedd because it's awesome. I run a daily Lego blog called Lego Diem and look at every photo on Flickr tagged "lego", favoriting ones which I may want to put on the blog or ones that are just plain great. As much as I like looking at the creations of people like those featured in the documentary, I really like seeing kids' creations and hearing the stories behind them.
posted by Legomancer at 6:33 PM on March 1, 2010 [1 favorite]
However, I DID favorite your son's centapedd because it's awesome. I run a daily Lego blog called Lego Diem and look at every photo on Flickr tagged "lego", favoriting ones which I may want to put on the blog or ones that are just plain great. As much as I like looking at the creations of people like those featured in the documentary, I really like seeing kids' creations and hearing the stories behind them.
posted by Legomancer at 6:33 PM on March 1, 2010 [1 favorite]
Well, hey! Yup, it was the CubeDudes. I presumed they were yours.
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:43 AM on March 2, 2010
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:43 AM on March 2, 2010
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