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Recently my friend Junior, who like me is a Lego nerd, bought himself the Excavator Transport set at a sale.





Being a generous sort, he let me help him put it together while we drank Manhattans and watched 1984's 'Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'. Yes, our lives are just that rich.


It wasn't until we'd nearly finished, and I happened the lay the set's two minifigs side by side, that I discovered the greatest ever proof of the Lego Corporation's subversive side:





Me: Sweet merciful crap!

Junior: What?

Me: These minifigs... it's uncanny...

Junior: Why?

Me: Do they remind you of anyone?

Junior: Hmmm... wait... sweet merciful crap!



For those of you who are a little slower on the uptake, here's a clue:





It's awesome. Lego could never get away with making an official 'Breaking Bad' set... but they can still find a backdoor way to deliver us Walter and Jesse.