Saturday, August 9, 2008
Builder search
A few days ago I blogged about Gary McIntire and his bid to work at Legoland California. Here's a better shot of his entry in the finals of the Master Builder Search.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Catches thieves just like flies
To be honest, most of these are at the wrong scale to be on this blog, but Tananavalley's Spider-man fits well into Miniland.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Building fun
The Ambassador Membership at Legoland California is a lifetime of goodies (though at a pretty steep price - get one for your kid so they can reap the benefits for the next 80 years and the price averages out quite nicely, though). One of the exclusive benefits is an annual building day with the park's Master Model Builders. Jljm is a member, and here are some people he built.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Red Circle
This display is, I believe, from the LEGO Imagination Center outside of Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida. Thanks to Snowbies for the photo.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Builder focus
Gary McIntire (aka MrGSnot) was a finalist in Legoland's national search for new Master Model Builders. While he didn't win the contest at that time, he later got an opportunity to work there anyway. This article from the Deseret News has some details about life at Legoland (found via ULUG and Based on a True Story)(hey, Nathan, why didn't you post this here?). Below are some Oompa-Loompas Gary built as a gift for another Legoland employee and his finalist entry from the Master Model Builder search.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Life after Legoland
Mariann Asanuma is a former Model Builder from Legoland California. Last year she left to become a freelance model builder (hmm, oddly her Legoland page is still there). She's written a book called How to Build a Round Ball with Square Bricks! and you can contact her to commission a model. Here's her Brickshelf gallery for more of her work, including this snowman.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Where's the fire?
James Lee has a fire brigade at miniland scale. The engine is a 1970s Dennis F109 from London Fire Brigade.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Come tumbling down
You don't see miniland scale mixed with fig scale very often. Here Nick Dean uses miniland building for a statue that's being pulled down in the context of announcing a RAMM building contest (follow the link for more on that). Thanks to the Brothers-Brick for the heads-up.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
C'mon in, the water's fine
I just noticed there are pools on Flickr for Legoland California, Lego Land California, Legoland Parks and Legoland Germany. There's also a section of Brickshelf for LEGOLAND® Parks.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Details from Denmark
There are so many great galleries out there of images from the various Legoland parks. Liz Castro has this gallery from Billund.
There's so much going on in this market. Be sure to check the large version of the image so you can see the details.
I really love the detail in the stonework here, which really illustrates what you can achieve at this scale. Be sure to check out the large image so you can see how it's done.
There's so much going on in this market. Be sure to check the large version of the image so you can see the details.
I really love the detail in the stonework here, which really illustrates what you can achieve at this scale. Be sure to check out the large image so you can see how it's done.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
A bit of business
A couple of years ago LEGO sold controlling interest in the Legoland parks to the Blackstone Group, whose division Merlin Entertainments operates several amusement parks and other attractions, mostly in Europe. They've also got a significant partnership with Dubai International Capital, which is probably related to the planned next Legoland park in Dubai. Anyway, surfing around I found a forum on Merlin theme parks, which includes threads on the Legoland parks.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
Dubai!
Finally, a couple of months ago LEGO announced that the next Legoland theme park will open in Dubai in 2011. Here's some more information. Here's Legoland California's Eric Hunter with the Burj Dubai (photo from the LA Times article, credited to Legoland).
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Over to Germany
The next stop on our tour is Legoland Deutschland in Gunzburg, Germany. Thanks to Roscop for the gallery.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Ship shape
Continuing our journey around the world, Kevinboy93 has a nice gallery of images from Legoland Billund.
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