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Strange But True: Tattooed LEGOS
4:23 pm Thursday Jul 22, 2010 by Todd Van Luling

The mad men behind Pilot Extra-Fine ball-pens (aka Barcelona’s Grey agency) have created a great viral marketing featuring LEGOS with drawn on “badass” tattoos. Straight out of your mother’s nightmares, these LEGOS have dedications to Harley Davidson, lots of angry skulls, and in one instance, a rather racy tramp stamp. Click through to view our favorite tatted up bad boys.

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47 Responses

Grey Barcelona’s great Lego viral campaign for Pilot pens • July 23rd, 2010 at 6:33 am

[...] You can see the rest on Flavourwire [...]

Fishtank :: HangTen » Archive » Issue 190 • July 23rd, 2010 at 1:06 pm

[...] 01 LEGO Gets Inked. [...]

hunter • July 27th, 2010 at 1:49 pm

reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhcnfadmUm0

Cyclonus • July 27th, 2010 at 1:56 pm

5/5 should do some characters from different cultures.

Viral: Lego oder Pilot-Pen Tattoos « Der Heiße Scheiß • July 27th, 2010 at 2:20 pm

[...] mit Video) gefunden. Jetzt legt Pilot nach und tätowiert dafür Lego Männchen. Beide Daumen hoch. Mehr Bilder gibts hier. Lego und Pilot Pens – Viral Werbung Lego und Pilot Pens – Viral [...]

blorp • July 27th, 2010 at 3:35 pm

fake fake fake

Not Your Grandpappy’s Legos. Tattooed Minifigs. « Woah, Cool! – so many kinds of cool • July 27th, 2010 at 4:56 pm

[...] Flavorwire » Strange But True: Tattooed LEGOS. from → Totally Cool ← Your Mother Must Be So Proud. Sex Retailer Blows His Load On Marijuana Legalization No comments yet Click here to cancel reply. [...]

wock • July 27th, 2010 at 5:00 pm

i’d hit it

Rumpio • July 27th, 2010 at 7:49 pm

The plural of lego is lego. Not legos.

I Would Hurt A Flea | Xbox Centre • July 27th, 2010 at 9:05 pm

[...] Tatted Lego Minifigs. Oh yeah, one’s got a tramp stamp. [...]

I Would Hurt A Flea | Kotaku Australia • July 27th, 2010 at 9:24 pm

[...] Tatted Lego Minifigs. Oh yeah, one’s got a tramp stamp. [...]

Tattooed Minifigs | • July 27th, 2010 at 10:09 pm

[...] Strange But True: Tattooed LEGOS via Geekologie [...]

Wheezer • July 28th, 2010 at 2:03 am

Even the inanimate objects succumb to douchebaggery….. (rolls eyes)

tätowierte Legomännchen « • July 28th, 2010 at 2:48 am

[...] Flavorwire [...]

Shock Mansion ™ » Blog Archive » Why Your 3 Year Old Now Wants a Sleeve: Tattooed LEGO! • July 28th, 2010 at 3:58 am

[...] Via: Flavorwire [...]

Legomann mit Tattoos « Publique • July 28th, 2010 at 6:21 am

[...] via Posted by Doktor Duktus Filed in Gadget, Les Couleurs Tags: Design, Lego, Pilot, Stift, Tattoo, Viral Leave a Comment » [...]

Get Your Motor Running, Get Out On The Highway | The Belton Blog • July 28th, 2010 at 6:32 am

[...] fine the tip really is. Add Lego and Harley Davidson to the mix and it becomes obvious, get inked! [more]… [...]

Tattooed Lego minifigs – machine quotidienne • July 28th, 2010 at 8:22 am

[...] is a viral marketing campaign for some kind of extra-fine point Pilot pen. I love the minifigs themselves, but the campaign bugs [...]

Anon • July 28th, 2010 at 8:58 am

Please don’t say LEGOS anymore.

Des LEGO avec des tatouages badass « God save my blog • July 28th, 2010 at 9:07 am

[...] (via Flavorwire) [...]

J’en veux!!! – M4E • July 28th, 2010 at 9:38 am

[...] [...]

Commo • July 28th, 2010 at 11:35 am

There is some artwork!

BTW – Wouldn’t the plural of Lego be Legii??

Tattoowierte Lego Figuren me-likes.it • July 28th, 2010 at 12:23 pm

[...] via: flavorwire [...]

Lego Ink: Tattooed Toys [Gallery] « Becky’s Weblog • July 28th, 2010 at 12:28 pm

[...] Source:http://flavorwire.com/106769/strange-but-true-tattooed-legos Tags: ballpoint pen, lego, toys gallery [...]

chenjw's blog » 乐高玩具也变坏了[6P] / 煎蛋 • July 28th, 2010 at 1:34 pm

[...] 来源 [...]

Tattooed Lego Minifigs | Crafts Kids :: Free Crafts Network • July 28th, 2010 at 5:04 pm

[...] is a viral marketing campaign for some kind of extra-fine point Pilot pen. I love the minifigs themselves, but the campaign bugs [...]

Campaña de publicidad de Pilot | • July 28th, 2010 at 5:58 pm

[...] : Flavorwire This entry was posted in Sin categoría and tagged Lego, Publicidad, Tatuajes. Bookmark the [...]

Interesting Reading #539 – Pentagon Technology Expo, Tattooed LEGOS, Silicon Photonics, Drone problems, New Kindle and much more… – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks • July 28th, 2010 at 10:12 pm

[...] Strange But True: Tattooed LEGOS – “The mad men behind Pilot Extra-Fine ball-pens (aka Barcelona’s Grey agency) have created a great viral marketing featuring LEGOS with drawn on “badass” tattoos. Straight out of your mother’s nightmares, these LEGOS have dedications to Harley Davidson, lots of angry skulls, and in one instance, a rather racy tramp stamp. Click through to view our favorite tatted up bad boys….” [...]

Newborn Apple® » Archives » LEGOS GOT INKED! • July 29th, 2010 at 12:33 am

[...] More info: flavorwire [...]

Tiny Tats » Tattoo Blog • July 29th, 2010 at 3:10 am

[...] that these pens have on them.  In order to do this, the Barcelona based Grey Agency have taken to tattooing Lego people.  You know Lego people, right?  Those tiny little guys that you used to play with when you were a [...]

We like that » Blog Archiv » Tattooed Legos • July 29th, 2010 at 4:30 am

[...] anhand deren Tattoos ersichtlich wird, wie fein und genau mit dem Stift gemalt werden kann. Mehr Bilder gibts hier. (via) vom 29.07.2010 von hotzen in Art & [...]

inorganik 2.0 | Have you ever seen a Lego figure with a tramp stamp? • July 29th, 2010 at 11:15 am

[...] is part of Pilot’s brilliant campaign for their extra-fine point pens. There’s a whole series of tattooed Lego figurines. Via the Denver Egotist. digg_bgcolor = 'none'; digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_window = [...]

shmeremy • July 29th, 2010 at 11:19 am

I’m not a fan. Too much attention put on the legos and not enough on Pilot pens.

Tattoo Projects Born to Blog » LEGOS get Tattooed! • July 29th, 2010 at 3:08 pm

[...] ad campaign for Pilot’s Extra-Fine Point Pens that features LEGOS Minifigs all tatted up. The designs are dedicated to Harley Davidson, skulls, and yes…even a tramp stamp. Considering our name we [...]

» Tätowierte Lego-Männchen urban chaotism : genius or crank ? • July 30th, 2010 at 6:42 am

[...] (via Flavorwire) [...]

Kendel • July 30th, 2010 at 8:36 am

There is no plural of LEGO; there is only one company.

ljmorris8 • July 31st, 2010 at 3:07 am

the plural for Lego is Lego brick’s

Rog • July 31st, 2010 at 10:16 am

Sorry ljmorris8 but you need some grammar instruction. The ‘s on a word denotes ownership or a contraction, such as it’s would be it is, not plural. Lego bricks would be accurate to indicate more than one brick.

“ljmorris8 • July 31st, 2010 at 3:07 am
the plural for Lego is Lego brick’s”

Greatest Viral Marketing Campaign Ever | Hijinks Inc. • August 1st, 2010 at 1:01 pm

[...] stumbled across this post on Flavorwire.com and just had to pass it on. The marketing guys for Pilot Extra-Fine ball-pens had a fantastic idea [...]

Rog • August 2nd, 2010 at 1:22 pm

I agree there is only one LEGO company with a corporate identity of LEGO Group based in Denmark. LEGO is a registered trademark.
Since most folks have more than one LEGO brick I would say they have LEGO bricks. My last post on the matter!

Tiny Tats • August 2nd, 2010 at 7:47 pm

[...] that these pens have on them.  In order to do this, the Barcelona based Grey Agency have taken to tattooing Lego people.  You know Lego people, right?  Those tiny little guys that you used to play with when you were a [...]

Lily • August 2nd, 2010 at 11:55 pm

Those pens (Pilot Hi-Tec-C gel pens) are available at JetPens: http://www.jetpens.com/index.php/cPath/239_284. They’ve been around for a while, but that was a creative ad campaign idea to draw on lego figures. Uni-ball also did one with rice: http://www.jetpens.com/product_info.php/cPath/239_61/products_id/429.

Tiny Tattoo: LEGO Minifigs x Pilot Pen – Ünnecessary Ümlaut • August 3rd, 2010 at 7:45 pm

[...] Nice work from WPP’s Grey Advertising Barcelona. Custom LEGO minifigs inked up by new Pilot Extra Fine pens. More at Flavorwire. [...]

BME: Tattoo, Piercing and Body Modification News » ModBlog » ModBlog News of the week: August 3rd, 2010 • August 3rd, 2010 at 9:08 pm

[...] As interesting as this is, I wonder how accepted this practice would be in today’s westernized world.  I’m sure Conehead fanatics would be ecstatic about this.  There are still Conehead fans out there right? While we’re on the subject of fanatics, I happen to know a couple of people who are very dedicated to their LEGO collections.  I’m sure they’ll get a kick out of this next story. [...]

Jen • August 3rd, 2010 at 9:35 pm

I’d buy them. They are pretty sweet :)

Unreality – Legos Get Tatted Up in Ballpoint | • August 20th, 2010 at 1:00 pm

[...] [via Flavorwire] [...]

VeryTattooed • August 31st, 2010 at 2:03 am

Is it my imagination or are they mostly the bad guys/people. (bikers, prisoners and tramps)that are the tattooed ones? Its pretty sad when the Pilot Pen pushers use the old stereotypes. Some of us are not criminal.
Harumph!

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