Eleven

Have you ever needed to make a really important phonecall really quickly and then been held in a really irritating holding queue with an automated voice for company?  If so then you will appreciate (and perhaps commiserate) with the protaganist, the numerically named 4511, of this very funny animated short by Anzovin Studio.

Here a regular Starship Trooper finds himself in a sticky situation and to avoid an even stickier ends he decides to call for an extraction team.  You can guess what happens next!  This is a highly enjoyable two minute which combines science fiction, comedy and animation with panache and flair.  It also plays nicely with the visual style of fps video game cut scenes.

Anzovin was founded ten years ago by the father and son team of Steve and Raf Anzovin with a remit to create CG character animation.  Their studio is based in the high-tech and cultural center of the Pionerr Valley in Massachussets.   They have worked with Intel, Lego and Microsoft among others.

Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith gets the Lego Minifig Treatment

Image Credit Flickr User Mr Spielbrick

While it remains perplexing why Lego do not do a Doctor Who minifig set there are enterprising fans out there who go ahead and make their own.  Forefront of these is the amazing Mr Spielbrick who can do amazing things with lego simply by mixing and matching pieces from other sets.  We reckon that he has Matt Smith down to a t and has even managed to get a fez in there!

Image Credit Flickr User Mr Spielbrick

Not that we should forget the eleventh Doctor's companion, Amy Pond.  Here she is too, red hair and top, in her own minifig incarnation.

Image Credit Flickr User Mr Spielbrick

You have to say, Mr Spielbrick catches their essence very well!  We would like to thank him for allowing us to reproduce his photographs here.  Please visit his Flickr Photostream where you will find many other minifigs that Lego do not produce!