Lego Fussball

June 14, 2010 10:24 AM

Some people really do have too much time on their hands: Lego Football

Lego Football - re-enactments of football (the soccer version, to most of you) matches, including England vs. USA (for some reason only on The Guardian site, following an annoying intro).

If you don't like or understand soccer and believe your nation's indigenous sports are superior, it would be really cool if you didn't bother banging on about it, as that has been done in many previous threads and is frankly rather tedious, not to mention irritating

posted by idiomatika (30 comments total)

Do black people not have facial features in Legoland?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:30 AM on June 14, 2010

Needs more Lego Vuvuzela.
posted by GuyZero at 10:31 AM on June 14, 2010 [5 favorites]

Jeez, what's with all the recent posts about Lego? My nation's indigenous building toys are superior. Construx for life!
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:34 AM on June 14, 2010

Your favorite toy brick reenactment of your favorite sport sucks.

(although this is actually pretty great)
posted by JeffK at 10:37 AM on June 14, 2010

If you don't like or understand soccer and believe your nation's indigenous sports are superior, it would be really cool if you didn't bother banging on about it, as that has been done in many previous threads and is frankly rather tedious, not to mention irritating

Right. God forbid that someone's chauvinistic tic should distract from your oh-so-crucial FPP about fucking Lego.
posted by felix betachat at 10:39 AM on June 14, 2010 [2 favorites]

Construx for life!

Yeah, if you like playing with dry spaghetti and bubble gum. Construx noodles are clearly inferior to Lego Bricks.

I build a brick .. houuse ♪
It's mighty-mighty, it won't ever fall down ♫
Yeah, my brick .. houuuse ... ♪
posted by filthy light thief at 10:42 AM on June 14, 2010

Clearly, they do not have much time on their hands at all because they're very busy being creative with what time they do have.
posted by notmydesk at 10:44 AM on June 14, 2010 [8 favorites]

Ah-ha! So Rob Green has little rounded two-pronged claws instead of hands! That explains it...
posted by chavenet at 10:48 AM on June 14, 2010 [6 favorites]

Lego Foosball, in an abstract sort of way.

Lego Star Wars Foosball, still small but more solid.

Electric Football, by Coleco, a cheesy Back to Basics nostalgic "commercial", and an enthusiastic fan showing it all off (his electric football kit, that is).
posted by filthy light thief at 10:50 AM on June 14, 2010

Clearly, they do not have much time on their hands at all because they're very busy being creative with what time they do have.

I know, right? Because if they'd spent this much time merely watching the sport like the vast majority of fans, no one would find it the least bit odd.
posted by MrMoonPie at 10:52 AM on June 14, 2010

> Needs more Lego Vuvuzela.

The words "needs more" and "vuvuzela" do not compute.
posted by The Card Cheat at 10:55 AM on June 14, 2010

WHAT!? Football is clearly inferior to robot monkeys racing on camels.
posted by clvrmnky at 10:59 AM on June 14, 2010

Done before.
posted by Harry at 11:00 AM on June 14, 2010

I didn't see any Lego figures flopping and clutching at their knees when an opposing Lego figure came within four feet, so I can only conclude it's a poor representation of the actual game.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 11:12 AM on June 14, 2010 [1 favorite]

When a video of Lady Gaga and the Muppets building Lego model is found, mefi is gonna 'splode.
posted by sexymofo at 11:19 AM on June 14, 2010 [1 favorite]

When a video of Lady Gaga and the Muppets building Lego model is found, mefi is gonna 'splode.

Make it a song about the iPad, and you're right.
posted by grubi at 11:34 AM on June 14, 2010

Some people really do have too much time on their hands: Lego Football

I prefer this use of time to bros icing bros.
posted by Hiker at 11:35 AM on June 14, 2010

filthy light thief: Electric Football, by Coleco ...

Oh man, that brings back memories. I took the vibrator out of that thing, and installed it in the seat cushion of an easy chair in our house. The sitter was sitting there, reading us children a story. Just at the decisive moment, I switched it on. She got back at me though. She broke a lamp after putting us to bed, and told my mother that I did it.
posted by StickyCarpet at 11:40 AM on June 14, 2010

Can we eliminate the phrase "you have too much time on your hands" when talking about people who create awesome stuff like this? Are we all supposed to spend our time toiling away at work, never doing anything else? I mean, how the fuck else are people supposed to spend their time? Watching TV? Is that a valid use of time?

You read a book? You went for a walk? You stopped to smell the roses?

Clearly you have too much time on your hands.

sorry, as someone who has been accused more than once of having too much time on my hands, usually by people who spend their Saturdays watching sports on TV, this is just a pet peeve of mine
posted by bondcliff at 11:41 AM on June 14, 2010 [17 favorites]

Needs more Lego Vuvuzela.

really?
posted by DreamerFi at 11:41 AM on June 14, 2010

I am fortunate in having had notmydesk and bondcliff arrive here before I did, because I as well hate the "too much time on their hands" statement but I tend not to reply so politely.
posted by komara at 12:03 PM on June 14, 2010

Creating instead of consuming = too much time on their hands. LAME.
posted by Scoo at 12:04 PM on June 14, 2010

I only meant the "too much time on their hands" thing tongue-in-cheek. I think this is marvellous.

Also, apologies for my post-script. Reading it back to myself, it may be somewhat obnoxious.
posted by idiomatika at 12:24 PM on June 14, 2010 [1 favorite]

did someone say Motorized lego chess set?
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posted by unixrat at 2:31 PM on June 14, 2010 [1 favorite]

this is awesome, thanks :)
posted by jacalata at 4:18 PM on June 14, 2010

Ken Burns´ Electric Football
posted by concrete at 4:55 PM on June 14, 2010

I didn't see any Lego figures flopping and clutching at their knees when an opposing Lego figure came within four feet, so I can only conclude it's a poor representation of the actual game.

Congratulations! You are the least creative person in this thread!
posted by inigo2 at 7:01 PM on June 14, 2010

The Lego Green looking so dejected after letting in the goal just kills me.
posted by Rarebit Fiend at 8:41 PM on June 14, 2010

Those are actually rather good representations of the goals. Sky Sports ought to use them if they don't have the rights to show the actual goals.
posted by salmacis at 3:23 AM on June 15, 2010