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Ice(Block)Breaker

I have already shared quite a few shots from the Lego Awesome exhibit in Seattle. One of the creations they had on display was an icebreaker. This was a big beast and, in keeping with a lot of the pieces, it was cut in half to show the interior. The boat itself would have been an amazing build but the interior elements were fantastic.

To show all of the elements would result in loads of images and that isn’t going to be so good to work your way through so I have cut it down to a few shots to give you an idea of what they had done. The internal parts of the ship were reproduced and there were all sorts of Easter eggs scattered throughout like aliens that had been recovered from the ice. The ship was even pitching up at an impressive angle on a sea of blocks that was a great piece of work on its own. I think icebreakers are neat looking ships so to have one made on this scale, in Lego, and with so much little detail was a lot of fun for me.

Aviation Brick Creations

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Does this blog post count as an aviation post or a non-aviation post? It is about Lego so let’s say it is non-aviation. However, some of you may beg to differ. At the Lego Awesome exhibition, there were a few different aviation subjects that were on display. They had gone for scale in what they built and had selected subjects that had scale too. How much more scale could you go for than an Antonov AN-225 Mriya. They had a model that was half of the 225. One side was the complete airframe and the thing was cut in half to show the interior of the jet. It was a huge build and very neat. Using a technique like a fueling team under the wing to provide support was very clever.

A Mil Mi-26 was the other large scale subject that I liked. The 26 is a beast of a helicopter and quite unlike anything else. They had done a great job of modeling it in UN colors dropping loads in flight. Suspended from the ceiling it looked really cool.

Lego Awesomeness

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For those of you that have watched the Simpsons, you may be familiar with the Homer’s bowling ball type of gift. I got Nancy tickets to a Lego exhibition in Seattle and, of course, I got to go along too. The show was based around some large scale and complex lego creations which could include various forms of reinforcement. The group that builds them is from Australia and there is a tour of their work for which this was one stop.

I will post some more specific items from the show in upcoming posts as there were some specific pieces that justify their own coverage. Today I shall just give a more general showing of what was on display. The exhibits were well spaced out and there were restrictions on attendance numbers for COVID which meant it was pretty easy to get a clear photo of some of the builds. The lighting could be a bit tricky but overall it was fine. I did use HDR sometimes in order to address the deeper shadows on some items.

The level of detail in the builds was impressive. For the more complex ones, there were plenty of Easter eggs to try and find. Signs for each one would give you clues as to what to look for. I am sure I could have spent even longer checking each one out if I had wanted and found more little elements that had been snuck in to their construction. If it comes your way, maybe make a trip to see the work.