Remember the time when you were talking to that perfectly normal friend-of-a-friend at a braai? He was into futures trading or whatever, and didn’t have any abnormal ticks of any kind. A totally enjoyable human being.

And then, WHAM, he tells you he’s crazy about Lego. Thirty years old, and still clinging to Lego.

You judged him, didn’t you? I know I judged him. Well, now we both feel like tools, because 19-year-old German, Fabian Moritz, just made Lego un-frikkin-believable.

Please, enjoy the Soccer World Cup 2010 in Lego, stop-motion animation style. That’s right. You can watch highlights of the last match in LEGO.

This, from News24:

Moritz began making the films three years ago for matches of his local club Hanover, using a highly time-consuming technique called stop-motion.

This involves taking an individual photo for every frame of the video, and moving the Lego pieces by hand in between. One goal can require up to 80 photos.

Moritz then makes the film on what he refers to as his “rubbish” computer, using “special tricks” to make the ball appear to fly. He adds the original television commentary.

The attention to detail is awe-inspiring. The figures resemble the players, the crowd jumps up in celebration for goals and Moritz superimposes a red line for offside decisions. Some supporters even have vuvuzelas.

“Franck Ribery is my favourite figure,” Moritz says, proudly showing off the French midfielder’s blue-shirted Lego double, which looks like it was taken from a Lego pirate set.

England’s balding striker Wayne Rooney is instantly recognisable, as is Germany coach Joachim Loew with a hairdo taken from a Lego Harry Potter set. He has hundreds of figures, some of them more than 30 years old.

How frigging cool is that?

And the best part of this is that this guy just flunked his school leaving exams. But hey, no worries, he’s making packets of money from doing exactly what he loves. There’s a lesson to be learned there, friends.

My favourite so far is the Ghana versus Germany game from two days ago, although word is the Englnd versus USA match is worth a gander, if only to see the remake of the England keeper’s monumental cock-up.

Check out his rocking site, LegoFussball, for all the Lego matches.

[Source : News24]