{"id":2559,"date":"2009-05-28T18:13:25","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T18:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/snazzy-angus-maclanes-lego-carl-fredricksen"},"modified":"2009-05-28T18:13:25","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T18:13:25","slug":"snazzy-angus-maclanes-lego-carl-fredricksen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/snazzy-angus-maclanes-lego-carl-fredricksen\/","title":{"rendered":"Snazzy: Angus MacLane&#039;s Lego Carl Fredricksen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/719.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 240px; height: 160px\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/719.jpg\" width=\"240\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Pixar animator and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-US\/default.aspx?domainredir=lego.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"caps\">LEGO<\/span><\/a> fanatic Angus MacLane is known to make versions of the animation studio&#8217;s characters out of the famous&nbsp;toy blocks.<\/p>\n<p>His latest Pixar creation is Carl Fredricksen, the star of <a href=\"http:\/\/disney.go.com\/disneypictures\/up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pixar&#8217;s 10th feature<\/a> which is&nbsp;coming to theatres tomorrow. This representation of the curmodgeonly hero not only looks like Carl, but also captures his trademark grumpy emotion. Angus MacLane attributes Lego&#8217;s to helping him learn how to animate three-dimensional&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">CGI<\/span> characters. His&nbsp;previous&nbsp;works include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27826007@N05\/sets\/72157619015748053\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"caps\">BURN<\/span>&bull;E<\/a>, from his directorial debut,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/pixar-animator-builds-lego-walle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"caps\">WALL<\/span>&bull;E<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brickshelf.com\/cgi-bin\/gallery.cgi?i=1254801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luxo Jr.<\/a> among others.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out&nbsp;his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27826007@N05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flickr photostream<\/a> for more pictures of his toy block creations.<\/p>\n<p>(Thanks, <em>Devank<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Pixar animator and LEGO fanatic Angus MacLane is known to make versions of the animation studio&#8217;s characters out of the famous&nbsp;toy blocks. His latest Pixar creation is Carl Fredricksen, the star of Pixar&#8217;s 10th feature which is&nbsp;coming to theatres tomorrow. This representation of the curmodgeonly hero not only looks like Carl, but also captures his &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Snazzy: Angus MacLane&#039;s Lego Carl Fredricksen - Upcoming Pixar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/snazzy-angus-maclanes-lego-carl-fredricksen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Snazzy: Angus MacLane&#039;s Lego Carl Fredricksen - Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pixar animator and LEGO fanatic Angus MacLane is known to make versions of the animation studio&#8217;s characters out of the famous&nbsp;toy blocks. 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