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December 9, 2012 at 8:32 am #322Greg SchubertParticipant
I was looking for something entirely different and saw this:
http://www.geekologie.com/2011/12/impressive-lego-tiger-plus-bonus-pokemon.php
Like Paul’s cars, this just blows my mind.
December 9, 2012 at 8:35 am #323Greg SchubertParticipantFrozen water:
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/06/frank-lloyd-wrights-fallingwater-in-lego/
Think this guy from Croatia will come to a Steel City LUG meeting?
December 9, 2012 at 12:43 pm #329Matt RedfieldKeymasterYeah, that tiger and the Fallingwater model are both pretty incredible.
Here’s another link with more pics of Fallingwater: http://www.designboom.com/architecture/frank-lloyd-wright-lego-falling-water/
I mean, it’s got nothing on the official LEGO Architecture Fallingwater (http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Fallingwater-21005), but not half bad… (that’s a joke. It’s definitely cooler.)
December 9, 2012 at 1:15 pm #330Paul BoratkoParticipantThis is in my opinion one of the most amazing Lego models ever… The builder has other ones too, but this is the most impressive…
December 9, 2012 at 1:21 pm #331Greg SchubertParticipantThose crumbling houses are incredible. The scale of some of them have to be immense … and I think the builder takes them apart. The details are amazing, ex. the ripped curtains inside the windows … wow.
December 9, 2012 at 6:14 pm #337JoshKeymasterThose decaying houses are so insane. I can’t imagine how he designs them. He’s working on a crazy castle – http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/62542
This has been my favorite build ever since I saw it. It’s simple, but so amazing (to me)
December 9, 2012 at 7:13 pm #339Greg SchubertParticipantThat pop-up pagoda is really neat and the video is really well done. Its like watching a magic trick … you see the whole thing and still can’t tell how they do it. 🙂
December 12, 2012 at 11:42 pm #358Matt RedfieldKeymasterFebruary 26, 2013 at 9:46 pm #1052JoshKeymasterrather than a new thread, I’ll just keep adding to this one when I find something noteworthy.
how about a minifig scale hogwarts? http://www.flickr.com/photos/88574960@N02/sets/72157632858317817/with/8508642261/
~400,000 pieces.
February 28, 2013 at 11:37 am #1059Matt RedfieldKeymasterThat Hogwarts is insane. Curious how hard it was to track down all the gray and black minifig components for Wizard Chess…
November 10, 2013 at 8:42 pm #4105Greg SchubertParticipant- This reply was modified 11 years, 1 month ago by Greg Schubert.
December 4, 2013 at 7:59 pm #4359Greg SchubertParticipanthow about a minifig scale hogwarts? http://www.flickr.com/photos/88574960@N02/sets/72157632858317817/with/8508642261/
The person who built this is now the “Chief Communications Office” at bricklink.
It seems like this is the person to ask how to build a cone out of bricks! On close inspection, it looks like her sand green conical spires were made with dark gray bricks covered by 1×1 sand green cones. That helps reduce the blocky appearance. I suppose this strategy could be credited to Egyptian pyramid builders.
December 8, 2013 at 2:55 pm #4397TimModeratorI’m not sure if this qualifies at “amazing” but most of these are pretty clever (a few are just bizarre): http://www.buzzfeed.com/aaronc13/all-50-states-recreated-by-legos
December 8, 2013 at 7:09 pm #4398Greg SchubertParticipant50-states-recreated-by-legos
These were fun to look through, but I did not understand Ohio or Iowa. 😛
December 11, 2013 at 1:41 pm #4417TimModeratorFrom the same builder of Hogwarts: http://www.flickr.com/photos/88574960@N02/11293474056/
That’s some good stuff.
December 25, 2013 at 5:04 am #4597Greg SchubertParticipantIts interesting how well something will sell if you make it black and put flames all over it.
December 25, 2013 at 9:27 am #4604JoshKeymasterwow. Maybe we need a “ridiculous ripoff” thread. Seriously.
December 27, 2013 at 2:15 pm #4629TimModerator
The detail packed into this 48×48 footprint is really neat. Compacting details is what I personally want to work more on this year, especially for any displays. We did a real nice job with the Trolley Museum Display in minimizing dead space, but there is room for improvement (example – around my Santa building, I should have had more details to cover more of the table space).December 27, 2013 at 3:53 pm #4630Greg SchubertParticipantCompacting details is what I personally want to work more on this year, especially for any displays. We did a real nice job with the Trolley Museum Display in minimizing dead space, but there is room for improvement (example – around my Santa building, I should have had more details to cover more of the table space).
We have hit a lot of different targets in this first year including the Great Wall, DIG into reading, and the train show displays. There seems to be a trade-off between doing different displays and being able to improve on the ones we already have. As a LUG, we should consider how to balance taking on new challenges with building upon MOC’s we already have … quality vs. quantity.
December 27, 2013 at 4:32 pm #4631TimModeratorWell said, Greg. The initial display phase (as typified by our Kidsfest display ) is always to get quantity – i.e. get stuff on the table. The next phase is to refine the quantity into higher and higher quality while continuing to integrate more quantity (new stuff).
December 28, 2013 at 7:34 pm #4638Matt RedfieldKeymasterAs a LUG, we should consider how to balance taking on new challenges with building upon MOC’s we already have … quality vs. quantity.
Amen and amen. This is exactly what I think we need to hash out at Q1 meeting. We proved in 2013 that we can be pretty awesome at one-off builds and filling tables for public displays; let’s make a goal in 2014 to improve upon some existing stuff to make it awesomer. (Not that we can’t still do a few one-off builds!)
December 29, 2013 at 10:54 am #4639Greg SchubertParticipantNext time you are in Hamburg, go see this:
December 30, 2013 at 10:00 am #4641TimModeratorThat would be awesome to see. Wow. I think my favorite detail is the “creation of life” at 3:56. Might be a bit risque for a Lego layout. 😀
December 31, 2013 at 9:18 am #4654Greg SchubertParticipantOne of you probably has the talent and the interest to make one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221342076071?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648
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December 31, 2013 at 9:33 am #4657Matt RedfieldKeymaster“Also, it is not build by lego brick. I can build by lego brick but more expensive.”
Please tell me nobody actually pays that much for a KNOCKOFF… brick alone (if real LEGO) is worth *maybe* $100 – all black and white, after all. Builder’s time, no way it’s worth $1500 for a build that fits on a 48. Especially since he clearly has already built them at least once, so it’s just repeating the same build.
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