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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Everything here is really expressive and well done;
 Except for the product, video quality and the showrunner. Those were, I think, purposefully lacklustre. The juxtaposition is great.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Robukka]]></name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Brickfilm of the Week: Little Guys! (April 24, 2015)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA["Little Guys! The exciting new toy from Paganomation!" 

I cannot remember the first time I saw [i]Little Guys![/i] but each time I watch it, I fall in love with it all over again. 

The incorporation of the large-scale characters is something unique to David's brickfilming style. The brick-built puppets allow the 80s style commercial to be filled with excitement and great emotion, with the wide range of expressions that the characters have. Similarly, the large-scale sets, catered to the puppets, are just as impressive.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Willow Tree]]></name>
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			<updated>2015-04-24T15:52:58Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Brickfilm of the Week: Little Guys! (April 24, 2015)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[This week’s Brickfilm of the Week is [i][url=http://brickfilms.wikia.com/wiki/Little_Guys!]Little Guys![/url][/i] by David Pagano.

[i]Little Guys![/i] is a faux-commercial made in the style of a 1980s toy commercial advertising a fictional toy known as Little Guys. It was made in 2007 by David Pagano and went on to win two Brick Award for Film Arts awards: Best Film and Best Animation. David Pagano was a Brickfilms.com member, and is currently a Bricks in Motion member and is the co-creator of [url=http://brickanimation.com/]The Set Bump[/url], a blog about brickfilming. He frequently works with The LEGO Company to produce promotional short films featuring LEGO. His personal projects include [i]Playback[/i] and the in-production follow-up to [i]Little Guys![/i], [i]Little Guys in Space![/i]


[b][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNUmIqxGIJo]Watch [i]Little Guys![/i] on YouTube[/url][/b]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/rA8jqrI.png[/img]

[u][b]SPOILERY DISCUSSION BELOW![/b][/u]

With only a few exceptions, brickfilms characters are LEGO minifigures. While heads and torsos and legs can be swapped, they all stick to the same scale and shape: just under 1.5 inches tall, and seven points of articulation. [i]Little Guys![/i] ignores the minifigure altogether, and utilizes basic LEGO bricks to create not only the large-scale environments, but the characters as well. This freedom allows for the creation of many different expressive characters. Compare the round-faced grandpa to the straight-laced executive, or the playing children to the interviewed adults. By building his characters out of LEGO, Pagano has achieved a very distinct visual style that has only been mimicked by a few.

What are your thoughts on [i]Little Guys![/i]? What did you like about it? What do you think of the use of brick-built puppets? Did you have a favorite moment?]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Nathan Wells]]></name>
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