There's a distinct Edwardian meme floating around; obviously LEGO themselves could be part of it through what figurines they produce. However witness the recent Doctor Who stylings and Sherlock Holmes reboots among others.

This dude looks pretty serious, and I'm told he's a General!

Something of a departure

As time passes, and the master plan unfolds, I think we'll see some themes emerge. I may need to start catering for that with tags based on date/obessession, or some convolution thereof.

In anticipation of that, here is something that I came across and actually had me scratching my head for a bit.
I'd obviously gone to some trouble to capture this one in its glory: note the  kitchen paper "studio backdrop" (classy!) and a pretty decent focus for a macro shot.
All very "un-me".
Plus, I just could not place this thing.

Then the sun came out.

It's a Dalek. All the distinctive features are there.

The "bumps" - very important. The eye stalk, the "plunger" (yes, everyone calls it that) and the gun.

It's one of the more minimalist works, which seem to grab the Creator's fancy and get thrown together on a whim quite quickly.