These look freakin awesome - sets of Lego with paper and a Lego holepunch. Back to what Lego should be about: imagination. I used to build crazy stuff when I was a kid but now everything seems to be a movie tie-in (that said I do own Lego Boba Fett but only because Boba Fett is awesome).
(via Kitsune Noir)
Gizmodo have worked with Lego to produce a full timeline of Lego figures.
This is a bit like taking a walk back through my childhood - I can vividly remember the day I got some of these figures. Unless they’ve been inherited by cousins I definitely have some of those original Space figures, but my favourites were always the Pirates and Castle.
There’s a chance I also have Boba Fett.
(thx to Myers)
It turns out that Watership Down (the film adaptation of which is the perfect tool to instil a fear of trains, old rabbits, black rabbits, snares, cats, dogs, the sun and more in any impressionable child) had a fantasy role-playing adaptation, Bunnies & Burrows:
Bunnies & Burrows was the first role-playing game to allow for non-humanoid play. In addition, it was also the first role-playing game to have detailed martial arts rules (known as “Bun Fu”) and the first attempt at a skill system. For its time, the game was considered “light years” ahead of the Original Dungeons & Dragons.
As attractive as ‘Bun Fu’ sounds I can see why perhaps it didn’t take off. World of Warrencraft anyone?
