I spent the weekend of July 4 in Colonial Williamsburg, and all I got was this lousy fake-lego ("fego" (tm)) replica of the historical Palace. These pieces are tiny. Thankfully, I had some help in putting them together.
These two zombies may be mindless but, man, are they tireless workers. They were ready to keep going even after I was ready to call it a night and find the bed.
Teamwork was the name of the game, much like it would be for building any house, let alone a palace. I'm wondering, though, if these two were helping because they thought they might get a house of the deal.
There came a point when one of them had to climb inside to keep putting the pieces on. I think at this point they began to realise that this was not a full-sized lego house, but a micro sized mode. Tiny.
But not so tiny that he didn't have a problem climbing out. Poor dude lost his hat.
After fetching his fallen hat, work re-commenced at a rather good pace. They paired up some tasks and while one of them finished the building, the other went to find some things for beautification.
Awww, doesn't it look great? Hugs for a job well done.
My Thoughts
I really was in Colonial Williamsburg, and I really did buy this set. My eyes lit up when I saw it. My son opened it in the hotel room that night and quickly walked away, complaining that the pieces were too small.
He was right. I had no idea. They are tiny. For reference, the zombies are standard mini-fig size, and the completed building is just a little taller than them. For a better visual reference, here is a picture comparing 2x4 bricks:
What I like about the micro-brick is the detailing of the final product. Because the pieces are so tiny, there. is less "pixelation," per se.
What I dislike is that they were a general pain in the ass to use and put together and, quite frankly, the instructions were poor. My son did not have the manual dexterity to put the pieces together, and it gave me a headache.
I discovered, however, that these are somewhat popular pieces. An ebay search for "micro bricks" reveals a surprising number of models, and they're all quite inexpensive in comparison to what a similar lego set would cost. I don't think I want any more of them, but I'm glad I have this one.
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Aye, that scale kind of bugs me, too. Like in the first Age of Empires or in StarCraft.
It's a difficult one to handle. I dropped a piece onto the carpet when I was putting it together and thought I'd never find it again. But, it's all done, and the final piece looks really nice.
Nice work! Looking forward to the stop motion film! I had no idea you could get zombie Lego...
The zombies! I keep thinking of a stop motion for them, but am so concerned about the amount of time it'd take to get them to properly shuffle! I really do want to do it, though. I'll need to devote a day!
Truth be told, these zombies are a generic-knock-off-brand that I found at the dollar store, but I've not come across them before, and I like'em.
Haha... a day... I think it will be much more than that!
Fake Lego? Damn, nothings sacred anymore.
It's true! Fake Lego. Fego.
Are they Nanoblocks?
The box only says "Mini Building Blocks". There's no other marking as to the type. They certainly are tiny!
In that case I'd say not Nanoblocks specifically as they are branded as such. Likely a Nanoblocks clone. Either way, pretty darn small.
Very nice Lego.😊 or Fego 😄
But it works the same way.
This looks fun, as an adult I think I'd prefer the smaller ones, less space needed to store and nicer for displaying.
I spent so many hours constructing lego things as a kid, this brings back memories ^_^