Monday, May 16, 2011

Last Laugh

One last from Havoc, a scene entitled the Last Laugh. Looking around, it seems that there was an episode of the Batman animated series with this title, and also a story arc spread over several DC comics. I can't tell from reading the synopses if this scene is from either of those, but we certainly have a good scene of the Joker seemingly triumphant. How will Batman escape? Tune in tomorrow ... same bat time, same bat channel.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Batman

For those whose DC/Marvel comics purity was violated by yesterday's post, Havoc also made a really cool Batman bust.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Duke Nukem

Video game character Duke Nukem is getting his very own comic series starting this July. It's really more of a marketing tie-in for the new video game release, but this bust by Havoc is way too cool to skip over.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Rainbow Lanterns

In the past few years the DC Universe was expanded by several other Lantern Corps to supplement the Green Lantern Corps and their Yellow adversaries led by Sinestro. The Blue Lanterns, powered by hope, and the Red Lanterns, powered by rage, played pivotal roles in the recent Blackest Night crossover storyline. At one point, Hal Jordan was taken over by a red ring, but this was then destroyed when he took on a blue ring. Kaminoan gives us these incarnations based on a decal design by Chris Campbell.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Batmobiles

Eric Druon also recreated more than a dozen versions of the world's coolest car, the Batmobile, as it has appeared in various incarnations over the years.


Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Batman locales

BaronSat Eric Druon made a number of Batman scenes: Bruce Wayne's library, Joker's funhouse, and Poison Ivy's greenhouse.



Sunday, May 1, 2011

One More Day

In the One More Day storyline (here depicted by Dreamweb), Peter Parker and MJ Watson made a deal with the demon Mephisto to save Aunt May's life. This ended up in the demon erasing their life together, and reinventing the whole history of our favorite webslinger.



Also, thanks to Peregi for the heads-up!

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Death by spider

Okayaraman imagines an alternative universe where a bite by a radioactive spider doesn't necessarily turn you into a hero.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Help me, Mr. Batman

When he's not battling the Joker or other master villains, Batman also rescues cats, according to Crises.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Minifigure Customization

Why live in the box? That's the challenge master customizer Jared Burks raises in his new book Minifigure Customization - Populate Your World!. If you read through the free preview pages, you'll see several comic book custom jobs, both by Jared and by other builders.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Iron Man

Innershade made a great version of Iron Man's helmet.



He even included glowing eyes:

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Set 7780 - The Batboat: Hunt for Killer Croc

It's been a while since a set review, so let's take a look at 7780 - The Batboat: Hunt for Killer Croc . This set was released in 2006 and originally sold for US$20. As a build, I personally am not a huge fan of this set. It seems overly dependent on large single-use elements. The little Bat-jetski speeder is an okay play feature, but I think if they hadn't included this they could have made the boat itself much cooler. The coolest thing about this set is the Killer Croc fig, which is great (and Batty, but presumably someone buying this set already had a couple of him). This set is also notable for including two realistic guns. For many years before this, LEGO had refused to create realistic guns in modern themes (there were both pistols and rifles in the Wild West theme, and of course all kinds of muskets, cannons, swords, spears, and other weapons etc in other historical themes). I think this was one of the first sets to go against this policy (though LEGO still says this is a fantasy theme, and they don't make modern military sets).



You can see the instructions on LEGO.com, the inventory on Peeron, or purchase it on BrickLink.