https://nickwang.blog/tags/shinkai/Recent content in Shinkai on Nick WangHugo — Starry Night themeenThu, 13 Jan 2011 01:59:00 +0000https://nickwang.blog/2011/01/13/the-worlds-1st-user-generated-lego-set-to-go/Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:59:00 +0000https://nickwang.blog/2011/01/13/the-worlds-1st-user-generated-lego-set-to-go/<p>Been wanting to share this but couldn&rsquo;t until now!  Early this week, the official announcement for the LEGO Shinkai 6500 Adventure Set finally went out from <a href="http://blog.cuusoo.com/LEGO/news/2011/01/11120000.html">Cuusoo.com</a> and from <a href="http://market.lego.com/ja-jp/news/201101.aspx">LEGO Japan</a>.</p> <p>We here at Cuusoo.com are all very proud of this achievement!  In a sense, this is even more impressive than the best selling <a href="http://www.muji.net/store/cmdty/section/S10305">MUJI bean bag sofa</a>, as that was designed by a professional designer.  This LEGO Shinkai product wasn&rsquo;t created by some LEGO professionals or even an AFOL (Adult Fans of LEGO) member, there&rsquo;s actually a very interesting story behind this, the creator is actually more interested in deep sea life forms than the submarine itself!  More info will be published by my friends at <a href="http://brickjournal.com/">Brick Journal</a> and <a href="http://xl.repubblica.it/">XL magazine</a> soon.</p> <p>Sent out a few boxes to my friends in the US and South Africa.  (Flickr picture here from Harper.  Com&rsquo;on guys! Post more pictures! :)</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/natatwo/5321093751/"><figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" alt="" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5089/5321093751_8a0f3cfc27_b.jpg" ></figure> </a></p> <p>Meanwhile, tweets about this unique product is blowing up in Japan!</p> <p>If you live overseas and wanna get your hands on this Japan exclusive, you&rsquo;ll have to try your luck at ebay or <a href="http://stores.rinkya.com/en/buy/">Rinkya</a> or other auctions / individuals reseller sites.</p> <p>Finally, I&rsquo;m working on a super cool project with LEGO in this crowdsourcing, user innovation field&hellip; if you wanna get the latest news, (or may be even a chance to sign up for an early beta) follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/cloneofsnake">twitter.com/cloneofsnake</a></p> <p><a href="http://cloneofsnake.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/lego_cuusoo6500_1-scaled1000.png"><figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" alt="Lego_cuusoo6500_1" src="http://cloneofsnake.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/lego_cuusoo6500_1-scaled1000.png?w=300" ></figure> </a><a href="http://cloneofsnake.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/lego_cuusoo6500_2-scaled1000.png"><figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" alt="Lego_cuusoo6500_2" src="http://cloneofsnake.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/lego_cuusoo6500_2-scaled1000.png?w=300" ></figure> </a><a href="http://cloneofsnake.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/lego_cuusoo6500_3-scaled1000.png"><figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" alt="Lego_cuusoo6500_3" src="http://cloneofsnake.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/lego_cuusoo6500_3-scaled1000.png?w=300" ></figure> </a><a href="http://cloneofsnake.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/lego_cuusoo6500_4-scaled1000.png"><figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" alt="Lego_cuusoo6500_4" src="http://cloneofsnake.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/lego_cuusoo6500_4-scaled1000.png?w=300" ></figure> </a><a href="http://cloneofsnake.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/lego_cuusoo6500_5-scaled1000.png"><figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" alt="Lego_cuusoo6500_5" src="http://cloneofsnake.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/lego_cuusoo6500_5-scaled1000.png?w=300" ></figure> </a></p>