Rumble in the Toy Chest

March 28, 2012 7:55 AM

The Duel - An amazing-stop motion Lego skirmish relying almost exclusively on practical effects.
posted by quin (16 comments total)

My 4 year old is going to love this. I bought him a whole container full of Lego guys (including two Minotaurs) and weapons from the Pick-a-Brick store and he spends *hours every day* enacting battles with them.
posted by DU at 8:04 AM on March 28, 2012

=O he CUT and BROKE Legos!

Guy, if you don't want your Legos, you can give them to me. No need to get all destructive. =(
posted by curious nu at 8:15 AM on March 28, 2012

hahahaha niiiiiice.
posted by Legomancer at 8:39 AM on March 28, 2012

Where'd my Lego leg go?
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:50 AM on March 28, 2012

SPOILER ALERT: glad to finally see Playmobil unmasked as the true face of evil.
posted by saturday_morning at 8:57 AM on March 28, 2012

That was live.
posted by cashman at 9:08 AM on March 28, 2012

that was cool, but that's not what a duel is.
posted by OHenryPacey at 9:23 AM on March 28, 2012

This is what a duel is.
posted by Beardman at 9:26 AM on March 28, 2012

I was thinking something more like this.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:30 AM on March 28, 2012

10 year old me is in heaven with this and the tire roll video.
posted by Phreesh at 9:37 AM on March 28, 2012

And this is most certainly not a duel.
posted by DreamerFi at 10:43 AM on March 28, 2012

That animator's other videos are pretty good, too. "Lego Vs." is fun.
posted by jiawen at 11:50 AM on March 28, 2012

How on earth do they do the motion blur?
posted by Luddite at 12:08 PM on March 28, 2012

How on earth do they do the motion blur?

I just came in here to ask the same thing. It would be next to impossible in-camera (particularly when it comes to background blur) but super easy in After Effects. What's the source of the claim that the relied "almost exclusively" on practical effects? (or is the motion blur simply a notable exception?)
posted by ShutterBun at 3:29 PM on March 28, 2012

Oh man. The reveal at the end is brilliant. Hilarious! I always suspected the two brands were mortal enemies.
posted by rifflesby at 7:45 PM on March 28, 2012

That boss guy definitely did not get his money's worth with those henchmen.
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 2:54 AM on March 29, 2012