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Finn the Human, with swords (left to right) Scarlet, demon blood, grass sword, and the Finn Sword. Chris Malec
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Farmworld Finn, from an alternate timeline where The Lich never existed, with—complete with mechanical arm and flute. Chris Malec
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When will we get a real Magic Man Lego minifigure? "Not until you appreciate what a jerk I am. Wazoo!" Chris Malec
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Grob Gob Glob Grod, the multi-faceted Martian deity and older sibling(s) of Magic Man. Chris Malec
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The Earl Of Lemongrab, Princess Bubblegum’s failed experiment who attempts to usurp the throne of the Candy Kingdom, complete with sword. Chris Malec
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Lemongrab 2, another Princess Bubblegum creation, to cure the loneliness of the first plotting heir to the Candy Kingdom throne, complete with emerald scepter.
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Voiced by John DiMaggio and Dee Bradley Baker, the Banana Guards always appear in pairs. (Except in web galleries.) Chris Malec
In the world of collectible toys, perhaps none takes as many forms as the venerable Lego minifigure. There are close to 4,000 distinct varieties, and the company has licensed so many pop-culture properties that The Lego Movie needed a scene set in a meeting hall to cram in as many cameo appearances as it could.
But last year, the Simpsons minifigure series famously paired standard-issue bodies with non-standard-issue heads to add more realism to the denizens of Springfield. That move created an opening that Chris Malec didn’t hesitate to jump through. Malec, an artist based in Buckinghamshire, England, has borrowed that technique to create a range of custom minifigs from another fanciful animated series: Adventure Time.
The Land of Ooo, as navigated by Jake the dog and Finn the human, is an otherworldly playground of never-ending surreal adventures; in other words, it’s perfectly suited to the imaginative creativity of building with Lego. Kaleidoscopic colors and a vaguely medieval fantasy setting—with a cavalcade of extraordinarily weird characters in tow—makes Adventure Time a potent pipe dream for future Lego endeavors.
Malec has worked on other Adventure Time-related projects before; his series of Batman crossover figures featured Ice King as Mr. Freeze, Gunter as The Penguin, and BMO as Alfred. But this project ventures much farther—he’s working on designs for 16 minifigs, the same number that Lego initially created for that Simpsons set. As of now, he’s created Finn (with four of the swords he uses throughout the series), Magic Man (a recurring villain voiced by Tom Kenny), Party Pat (voiced by Andy Samberg), four-faced deity Grob Gob Glob Grod, two Earls of Lemongrab, and a Banana Guard.
For superfans, there’s even Farmworld Finn from the Season Five premiere episode “Finn The Human,” which depicts an alternate timeline where The Lich “never even existed.” Obviously, there are some glaring oversights—two Lemongrab figures but no Jake?—but Malec says he’s hard at work on finishing up the rest of his designs, which will include Marceline, Princess Bubblegum, Flame Princess, Ice King, BMO, The Lich, and Hunson Abadeer. In the meantime, take a look at the gorgeous renderings of what he’s completed so far.
Looks amazing!
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