It's Slime Time!
/Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published March 14, 2021.
If you have ever watched one of those “ghost hunting” television shows, you may have noticed that they never seem to actually detect any ghosts, let alone capture any credible evidence of them. Many LEGO “MOC hunting” blogs seem to have those same issues with detecting ghost MOCs, as this build of Slimer by Taiwanese builder ZiO Chao has gone largely unnoticed... until now! We recently featured ZiO Chao’s bonsai tree, and while we were going through the depths of their photostream on Flickr we got slimed.
Slimer (also known as Onionhead, Little Spud or The Green Ghost) was the first ghost successfully captured by the Ghostbusters in the original Ghostbusters movie (1984). Made up of pure Ectoplasm, he leaves behind a trail of slime whenever he passes through solid objects, and is also known for his ravenous appetite. Scientifically speaking, Slimer is referred to as a Focused Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm, or a Class-5 Full Roaming Vapor…. and a real nasty one too.
ZiO Chao does excellent work sculpting Slimer’s bulbous body out of various curved green parts, capturing every nauseating crease and undulating fold. The other parts used for his gapped tooth grin, beady eyes, and protruding tongue perfectly capture his signature features.
Speaking of signature features, this build is certainly all about the slime. The various trans-neon green parts oozing down the SNOT-covered walls run the gamut from simple 1x2 grill tiles and various antennas to the comprehensive collection of parts in the slime multi-packs of the Hidden Side sets. The use of bat wing parts from the Elves series fill in the gaps. The star of this slime-fest, however, is the NPU of the ghost wings for the blanket of slime coming out of Slimer’s mouth. Disgusting!
The only thing missing from this build are perhaps the beef patties in that massive burger he is about to ingest. Then again, back in 1984 many of us were left asking “Where’s the Beef?”. It looks like Slimer is no exception.
In addition to Flickr, you can also find ZiO Chao’s builds on Instagram.
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