Speaking as an AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO), large LEGO displays *always* induce much shutterbugging and, when web-posted, too many links. I can legitimately call myself an AFOL because I'm a member of a LUG (LEGO Users Group) and have attended instances of BrickFest DC (http://dc.brickfest.com), a fan-convention devoted to MOCs (My Own Creations). When you've got a dozen themed rooms each filled with several hundred MOCs ranging from six inches to twelve feet, every one of them crammed with detail and minifigs doing Funny Things, the impetus is to photograph *everything* -- just to *prove it* to the Folks Back Home.
(The same impulse arises at anime conventions vis-a-vis hall costumes.)
The vehicles arrayed around the Blooming Buildings are all of uniform colors (red and green) because TLC (The LEGO Company) now produces a line of sets (http://shop.lego.com/leaf.asp?cn=49&d=11&t=5) (called "Creators" or "Designers") that *do* that -- they're like the 1980s Universal sets, with a bunch of fairly generic pieces in a consistent color scheme, and an instruction book with themed plans for ~10 models and pics of ~20 more. Cars, planes, robots, sea life, etc.
You can also buy tubs of bulk brick (http://shop.lego.com/leaf.asp?cn=44&d=11&t=5): 1000 bricks for USD20 is a great deal. And the LEGO retail stores (http://www.lego.com/legostores/Default.asp?x=x) feature Pick-a-Brick bulk bins. (There's one at the Mall of America in Minnesota but, oddly, not at the King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania. The former is the largest mall in the US by square footage, and the latter by number of stores.)
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Date: 2005-06-19 02:53 am (UTC)(The same impulse arises at anime conventions vis-a-vis hall costumes.)
The vehicles arrayed around the Blooming Buildings are all of uniform colors (red and green) because TLC (The LEGO Company) now produces a line of sets (http://shop.lego.com/leaf.asp?cn=49&d=11&t=5) (called "Creators" or "Designers") that *do* that -- they're like the 1980s Universal sets, with a bunch of fairly generic pieces in a consistent color scheme, and an instruction book with themed plans for ~10 models and pics of ~20 more. Cars, planes, robots, sea life, etc.
You can also buy tubs of bulk brick (http://shop.lego.com/leaf.asp?cn=44&d=11&t=5): 1000 bricks for USD20 is a great deal. And the LEGO retail stores (http://www.lego.com/legostores/Default.asp?x=x) feature Pick-a-Brick bulk bins. (There's one at the Mall of America in Minnesota but, oddly, not at the King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania. The former is the largest mall in the US by square footage, and the latter by number of stores.)
--PT in PA