USB Powered Glowing LEGO Man

This is my first Instructable, so bare with me if pictures are in the wrong places...
By the end of this instructable you will have a little glowing lego man that you can plug into your computer

You will need:
Lego man
LED
Thin wire with and without plastic coating
Connector Block
An old/unused USB cable
Insulation tape
Superglue

As for tools,
Soldering iron (with solder, duh)
Pliers
Wire Cutters/Strippers
Scalpel/Sharp Knife
File
Very fine Drill (Needle type),
Drill the same size as your LED (~5mm)
Hacksaw

There, you never thought you'd see the end of that list did you...

Step 1 Dissect your LEGO man

Hopefully you are like me and have a large amount of these LEGO men which can be used for all sorts of things.
First off, take him completely apart, arms off, legs off, head and torso off ... etc.
I drilled his eyes out first, using a very fine 1.5mm drill bit at a slow speed. Be careful here as the bits snap easily as do the heads...
Next we will cut his neck off, using the hacksaw, then drill it out so that more light gets through.
Make sure you've got his legs separate to the hips, you may need to use a flat blade screwdriver to do this.
Drill another fine hole through the top of the hip on each side, then using the hacksaw, cut a small slit in the top of the leg. This allows him to be seated even with wires running down his legs. Drill through the middle bit inside his legs too.
Finally, bore out the inside of his torso using a 5~6mm drill. Use a file as well to clean up and rough edges.
Superglue the head onto the body, but leave the legs off for now.

Comments

[chipper35]

Good instructable, but man.....those photos made my eyes hurt!!

[GorillazMiko]

Really awesome Instructable. I suggest you use Macro mode (the little flower icon) on your camera, or if you already are, then take better pictures. ;-) Awesome idea though! +5/5 stars.

[Coggz]

I actually used my phone for these (1.3mp) otherwise I would have used macro Thanks for all your comments

[batman96]

get a 4mp from walmart takes good pictures

[lahotihouse]

Five stars!

[arnoldt]

Making one this weekend thanks

[pyro13]

Way cool!