Everything is awesome when it involves Lego toys, and that even includes last night's Oscars.
Even though The Lego Movie was denied even a nomination for Best Animated Feature, the film still had a presence during the 87th Academy Awards.
Nominated for Best Original Song, pop singers Tegan and Sara took the stage with The Lonely Island to perform the catchy song hit, "Everything Is Awesome," from the movie. During the highly entertaining performance, dancers passed out Oscar statues completely made out of Legos. Of course Oprah was handed one, along with Emma Stone and Steve Carell.
Sure Legos were snubbed this year, but that didn't prevent them for making their way into the ceremony. But who was behind these awesome statues and how were they made?
Nathan Sawaya is the "brick artist" behind these toy creations. He shared a time lapse video of himself building the Lego Oscar statues on YouTube. Using black and yellow Lego pieces and some Kragle crazy glue, Sawaya sculpts together arguably the best trophy of the night.
The New York-based lawyer-turned-artist created 20 toy statues for the Oscars. It takes 500 Lego bricks to create just one statuette.
Sawaya's works of art are now touring museum shows in North America, Asia and Australia.
"Everyone can relate to the medium since it is a toy that many children have at home. But my goal with this exhibition when it first debuted in 2007 was to elevate this simple plaything to a place it has never been before," he says.
The stars really helped the Lego Oscars stand out, committing to their excitement. Emma Stone was seen clutching to hers as if she won the real thing, and other stars were seen taking pictures with theirs at after parties.
Look who made it all the way to the after party! #LegoOscar #Oscars #LEGO pic.twitter.com/QbKAtgS98v
— Nathan Sawaya (@NathanSawaya) February 23, 2015
But celebrities aren't the only ones who deserve one, Sawaya thinks we all do. "So many people have asked me about getting their own Lego Oscar that I submitted it to Lego Ideas so that everyone has the ability to get one," Sawaya says. "Hopefully it will be approved in the next few days and we can all start supporting it." Seriously, what's better than a Lego Oscar? Even Oprah approves!
One day I hope I to feel a fraction of the joy Oprah felt when receiving this Lego Oscar statue pic.twitter.com/mB3DNueciZ — Allison P Davis (@AllisonPDavis) February 23, 2015
[PHOTO CREDIT: brickartist/YouTube]
