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The Zombie Apocalypse Is Less Terrifying in LEGO
Posted by Mark Wilson at 5:30 AM on October 8, 2008
The question is not IF there will be a zombie apocalypse, but whether or not said end of the world will occur before or after singularity and the robot uprising. Here, in the maudlin sculpture Zombie Apocafest 2008, we see the battle depicted in the only artistic medium that will survive when Man is literally blinded by his own arrogance, LEGO. This diorama was built by participants of the recent BrickCon 2008. May it serve as a warning to us all. [flickr via Brothers Brick]
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drallac
Posted 6:56 AM 8/10/08
the 10 wheel truck is much like the trucks in day of the dead, but i think they were buses, the missile buggy is similar too the launcher in land of the dead (when the zombies learnt to use weapons) and the tower is similar to a few point and click zombie shooters on newgrounds :)
drallac
balloondoggle
Posted 6:50 AM 8/10/08
Looks like Joker finally came out ahead.
balloondoggle
NotHellTempest
Posted 6:45 AM 8/10/08
Epic, epic win.
NotHellTempest
Ness
Posted 6:44 AM 8/10/08
Will this Lego post get mysteriously deleted like the other Lego article the other day?
Either way, pretty awesome.
Ness
William Mize
Posted 6:44 AM 8/10/08
I haven't seen Death Race, but I remember that in Romero's Land of the Dead there was a similar truck.
Maybe these types of trucks are now defacto and required in all zombie movies.
William Mize
LiquidGravity
Posted 6:43 AM 8/10/08
I just sent in this tip cause I saw it on io9.
[io9.com]
LiquidGravity
shalegac
Posted 6:43 AM 8/10/08
It never ceases to amaze me how dedicated LEGO enthusiasts are. Makes me young just watching.
shalegac
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 6:42 AM 8/10/08
So even the dead need Starbucks....
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
noone1569
Posted 6:36 AM 8/10/08
That is awesome . .. I would buy that set right now! Then LEGO NUKE IT ALL!
noone1569
takashimiike 7
Posted 6:33 AM 8/10/08
Makes my inner child go "Whoooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!".
takashimiike 7
evangelistc01
Posted 6:31 AM 8/10/08
That looks like the truck from Death Race (which was a so-so movie).
evangelistc01
Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E
Posted 7:19 AM 8/10/08
Must have this. Will now scrounge for parts or possibly find a way to buy entire thing.
Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E
seze_one
Posted 7:18 AM 8/10/08
I, for one, welcome our new zombie lego overlords
seze_one
purple-pillows
Posted 7:15 AM 8/10/08
@LiquidGravity: so you are taking credit for a post that was already posted on the gawker network...
purple-pillows
purple-pillows
Posted 7:14 AM 8/10/08
@noone1569: so you were that kid i always hated... why destroy something you just put some much time into... granted you can rebuild but there is always that random odd piece always goes missing
purple-pillows
Phenostar
Posted 7:07 AM 8/10/08
Epic is the only word that is truly... epic enough to describe this.
Phenostar
ottermann
Posted 7:41 AM 8/10/08
I especially like Zombie Santa-on-a-bike, in picture 3.
Was a very nice touch.
ottermann
ctthoqqua
Posted 7:41 AM 8/10/08
@ctthoqqua: Ah, damn! I mean George Peppard! Borgnine was there in spirit, I swear.
ctthoqqua
ctthoqqua
Posted 7:39 AM 8/10/08
Oooh that's gotta be the Damnation Alley truck. Ernest Borgnine for the win!
ctthoqqua
Spoony
Posted 7:38 AM 8/10/08
@evangelistc01: Haha so i wasn't the only person that saw that and thought it was from death race.
But is anyone else appalled at the fact there are Starbucks Lego pieces.
Spoony
Grahmo
Posted 7:27 AM 8/10/08
Does this mean a "Lego of the Dead" series of games? I sure hope so
Grahmo
Phenostar
Posted 9:07 AM 8/10/08
@Spoony: Looks homemade to me.
Phenostar
Phenostar
Posted 9:10 AM 8/10/08
@ctthoqqua: Great. Now I've got the Airwolf theme stuck in my head.
Wait, that's awesome.
Thanks.
Phenostar
joeslaughter
Posted 9:36 AM 8/10/08
In the first pic is the zombie... hanging himself from the street lamp between the two cars? or is that a mummy? i could just imagine... Zombie/mummy-"i would cut my wrists but my hands were blown off... (zombie then moans and hangs himself) goodbye world!!"
joeslaughter
redkamel
Posted 10:37 AM 8/10/08
@Grahmo: man, that would be a sweet line of toys...
redkamel
JackHoliday
Posted 11:05 AM 8/10/08
Greatest thing these eyes have ever seen...
JackHoliday
DavidFromCanada
Posted 11:39 AM 8/10/08
Sweet Nerdgasm
DavidFromCanada
Petezah
Posted 2:49 PM 8/10/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another du...: Before my morning coffee, I AM the dead.
Petezah
--Tito--
Posted 4:43 PM 8/10/08
@Spoony: Its a sticker
--Tito--
TheLostVikings
Posted 8:42 PM 8/10/08
@purple-pillows: Rofl, priceless.
TheLostVikings
EricAlder
Posted 10:43 PM 8/10/08
They need to animate that idea... cool!
EricAlder
SpiffySteve
Posted 12:20 AM 9/10/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another du...:
Nothing like a good cuppa of joe to keep the dead going
SpiffySteve
LiquidGravity
Posted 1:18 AM 9/10/08
@purple-pillows: No I just emailed them saying something like I'm surprised it wasn't on Giz yet. And linked to io9. It was on io9 more than a day earlier so I thought they might have seen it being the sister site. And then to my pleasant surprise it was on Giz about an hour after my email. Coincidence? Probably.
LiquidGravity
Lupison
Posted 1:37 AM 9/10/08
This is so freaking awesome looking. On a geek scale of awesome this gets a Voltron rating.
Lupison
banmojo
Posted 2:56 AM 9/10/08
yes, Virginia, there ARE Lego zombies!!
me want
banmojo