Lovely LEGO Silhouette Advertisements

Posted by Joel Johnson, September 25, 2007 12:20 PM | permalink

These are four separate full-page LEGO ads from 2006; it's the first time I've seen them. They work better one at a time, I think, but there's a certain something to seeing them all in reduced form here. LEGO and (faux) pixel art go together like chocolate and (faux) peanut butter.

Full-sized ads [TheFWA.com]

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#1 posted by Tubman , September 25, 2007 12:53 PM

The last one seems a bit jarring. It may just be my impression but hasn't Lego steered clear of modern military themes?

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#2 posted by strider_mt2k

, September 25, 2007 12:54 PM

Ahhh.

As an adult it took a second to downshift, but it was well worth it.

Thanks. :)

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#3 posted by Anonymous , September 25, 2007 1:19 PM

reminds me of this badass original poster for phantom menace...

http://www.impawards.com/1999/star_wars_episode_one_the_phantom_menace_ver1.html

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#4 posted by Chuck Steel , September 26, 2007 10:41 AM

I created a desktop background using the four images.

http://chuck.steel.googlepages.com/legobackground

Please Lego, don't sue me.

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#5 posted by Ian Mackereth , September 27, 2007 3:44 AM

I think they evoke the imagination that's an essential part of using Lego blocks.

I didn't have many of the fancy special-purpose bits as a kid, but in my mind, my clunky creations cast an image in my mind's eye as real as the shadows cast by the blocks in these posters.

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#6 posted by Anonymous , September 28, 2007 6:47 AM

Reminds me of the classic Lego ad, "How do you know this is an ambulance?"

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=36015