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May 16, 2014 at 8:17 am #6079Greg SchubertParticipant
http://lego.gizmodo.com/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-giant-lego-mothra-732204490
“The things you see when you don’t have a gun.” Marian Hardy – WAMALUG
May 16, 2014 at 3:52 pm #6082Matt RedfieldKeymasterNot sure, but I think that quote came from elsewhere. I don’t know Marian, but I’ve heard my mother say this, and I’d wager she doesn’t know Marian, either.
May 16, 2014 at 7:36 pm #6083Greg SchubertParticipantI don’t know Marian
Here is Aunt Marian on an escalator with one of the 20 richest people on the planet. I convinced her to get his signature on her 50 year old box which had the man’s face as a blonde boy. He hesitated, but acquiesced. She was all smiles afterward.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.May 16, 2014 at 10:23 pm #6085Matt RedfieldKeymasterI see. Well, not really. The guy in the yellow shirt is rich, and was a child model for LEGO?
May 17, 2014 at 6:07 am #6089Greg SchubertParticipantYou were close, the balding dude with the light blue shirt is the owner and former CEO of TLG, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen. His grandfather, the original company owner, arranged for Kjeld to be on a LEGO set when he was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy. Marian got the signature of a billionaire on a 50 year old photo of himself at Brickfest 2005.
May 17, 2014 at 12:52 pm #6100Matt RedfieldKeymasterThat’s pretty awesome.
Not sure if it’s as awesome as meeting Wyldstyle, but… pretty awesome.
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I cannot top that … of course, Everything is … well, you know.
May 17, 2014 at 10:31 pm #6106JoshKeymasternice! that wyldstyle is so much better than the philly brick fest benny.
May 18, 2014 at 4:56 pm #6108Matt RedfieldKeymasterthat wyldstyle is so much better than the philly brick fest benny.
Absolutely. Benny’s thin arms were so weird. And his hands stuck out of his hands.
May 19, 2014 at 5:06 pm #6120JoshKeymasterhttp://lego.gizmodo.com/everyones-invited-to-build-this-massive-150-000-brick-l-1572107874
it’s like that barnes and noble architecture event on steroids.
May 19, 2014 at 8:42 pm #6125Greg SchubertParticipantit’s like that barnes and noble architecture event on steroids.
AGREED! So 150,000 parts is about 125 sets which is roughly $19,000 not including tax and shipping. (I hope he got an artist’s rate on these … maybe more like ten grand.)
But its actually brilliant if he can book art shows and get a return on his investment because master builders like Sean Kenney and Nathan Sawaya have to invest their own time to plan and build the stuff themselves! 🙂
Now that I think about it, didn’t kids do this at the Pittsburgh Kidsfest with multiple colors? Of course, going all white makes it much classier. And if you leave it out in the sun long enough, you have Tatooine!
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You must be logged in to view attached files.May 19, 2014 at 8:50 pm #6127Matt RedfieldKeymasterAnd if you leave it out in the sun long enough, you have Tatooine!
Greg, that’s almost as full of win as the comment on the article: “where we’re going, we don’t need roads” (actually, that guy didn’t capitalize or use punctuation, so… you win at winning the internet!)
July 8, 2014 at 6:52 pm #6674July 8, 2014 at 11:44 pm #6679Matt RedfieldKeymasterGotta watch out on juxtapoz.com – some NSFW images came up in the sidebar…
Those cylinders, though.
July 9, 2014 at 7:41 am #6681DanParticipantAll of these are amazing! (Is amazing still ok, or does everything have to be awesome now???)
July 29, 2014 at 3:40 pm #6989Greg SchubertParticipantDo the biggest LUGs occur near LEGO stores or are the biggest LUGs near the most dense population centers which also happen to have LEGO stores. Well, the asnwer might be neither because VirtualLUG, which never meets in person had an amazing display at Brickworld in Chicago.
The first frame of this video brought me back to where I started 14 years ago thinking that I would never be able to dedicate enough time, money or talent to build the truly amazing things that other people make out of LEGO. The only difference now is that I realize that I also don’t have enough room.
Click in the top left hand corner of the screen below and watch the second video: Homer’s Odyssey in LEGO – Brickworld Chicago 2014.
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July 29, 2014 at 7:18 pm #6995Matt RedfieldKeymasterwatch the second video: Homer’s Odyssey in LEGO
Water?! That’s not LEGO. “Custom decal”?!?! That’s not LEGO. “Blacklights”?!?!?! That’s not LEGO. Pshaw, this display is rife with problems.
July 29, 2014 at 7:21 pm #6996Greg SchubertParticipantYes, but didn’t you like their giants, waterfall, wind in a barrel, swimming sharks, spinning vortex to the nether, DUPLO sheep, etc.?
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November 7, 2014 at 8:59 pm #8774Greg SchubertParticipantfound this image online … the pastels make it especially formidable looking
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Thank you! 2013 Van Dusen Festival of Lights Make-A-Wish Parade of LEGO Wonder
November 8, 2014 at 10:38 am #8791Matt RedfieldKeymasterSquare-tangular Minions?! Inconceivable!
Are those Mickey and Pluto minifigs legit LEGO? I’ve never seen them…
And the Disney Princess float I’m finding oddly disturbing…
November 8, 2014 at 3:29 pm #8794Micah BeidemanParticipantI haven’t seen enough Sci-Fi or Bionicle builds here so, I hope these are awesome enough 🙂
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