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Photographs of scary people in LEGO artwork
Just received my
#271 and was duly frightened/amused to learn that they hired one of the twins from The Shining for the box art photoshoot.

It's not the first time a human being on LEGO box art, catalogues or instructions has spooked me. Thought maybe others may enjoy chipping in with examples?
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@CCC that sun is freaking me also. Damn nice die cut on the box window though.
Never knew lego made stuff here :)
I recently picked up the book Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry, and it mentions about the Ninjago spinners that "the Ninjago concept team's goal—left unstated to upper management—was for the toy to be so popular it would be banned from schools." With that in mind it's a bit less of a surprise that the Ninjago spinner print and TV ads seem to try and present Ninjago spinner battles as something so edgy and rebellious. Still, even as a fan of the Ninjago spinners I can't help but find these posters a bit over-the-top in their creepiness! Thankfully TLG toned it down a bit in the next year's posters, giving their blond kid a more sensible haircut and a less unsettling grin.
[EDIT] I did, and I was right the first time.
As PC wasnt commonplace back then maybe they found the pun "cereal killer" quite amusing :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i_u_AZjYm0A
http://www.brickset.com/news/article/?ID=2724
I can remember DrDave taking the pic, I can only assume @Legoboy was absent from the picture as he was probably off making a deal somewhere!
Ps. Can anyone remember what the 'Hot' set was that was in most people's bags that weekend? :-)
Only person freaking me out is @MinifigMe's better half... I've never seen him not actually grinning.
I'll hunt for something more suitable....
I didn't have R2-D2 in my bag, I bought the Hulk Helicarrier set cos I wanted the free TC-14... 2 weeks later Tesco reduced it to £12. And yes, I'm still bitter about that one!
AFOLcon was so much fun. It's such a shame there's not going to be one this year. Fingers crossed for next year!!