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This project began in Pittsburgh in January after weeks of seeing snow covered
rooftops. It slowly grew from a few buildings to a bona fide display. Never
having been to Switzerland, a Fodor's travel guide was valuable in researching
the geography, history, and architecture. Abe's photos from brickfair 2009
capture the MOC nicely.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=398441
Minifigs and vehicles were removed during non-public viewing times because the
display was located in the hotel lobby rather than the main ballroom and
therefore could not be locked up at night. But during the day, the line to pay
for entry into Brickfair stopped directly in front of it. Most kids first
noticed a yeti in the tunnel or Batman pouring his drink from a balcony onto Mr.
Freeze.
Many adults did a double take when they realized that the mountain mosaic
backdrop was also made of LEGO. A popular questions was "How many hours did it
take?" Removing the parts from shipping boxes and rebuilding it for the show
might have taken four hours, the mosaic required probably twenty hours - the
rest was nearly impossible to estimate.
Many thanks to Deborah Higdon-Leblond who encouraged changing the original roof lines to be less uniform and less staircase-like. This was a good challenge to which there proved to be many solutions. Thanks also to Marian Hardy for her generous transportation of the bulk of this MOC. A question remains to be answered: what to do with it now?
the Schubert family
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In lugnet.town, Anne Schubert wrote:
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This project began in Pittsburgh in January after weeks of seeing snow
covered rooftops. It slowly grew from a few buildings to a bona fide display.
Never having been to Switzerland, a Fodor’s travel guide was valuable in
researching the geography, history, and architecture. Abe’s photos from
brickfair 2009 capture the MOC nicely.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=398441
Minifigs and vehicles were removed during non-public viewing times because
the display was located in the hotel lobby rather than the main ballroom and
therefore could not be locked up at night. But during the day, the line to
pay for entry into Brickfair stopped directly in front of it. Most kids first
noticed a yeti in the tunnel or Batman pouring his drink from a balcony onto
Mr. Freeze.
Many adults did a double take when they realized that the mountain mosaic
backdrop was also made of LEGO. A popular questions was “How many hours did
it take?” Removing the parts from shipping boxes and rebuilding it for the
show might have taken four hours, the mosaic required probably twenty hours -
the rest was nearly impossible to estimate.
Many thanks to Deborah Higdon-Leblond who encouraged changing the original
roof lines to be less uniform and less staircase-like. This was a good
challenge to which there proved to be many solutions. Thanks also to Marian
Hardy for her generous transportation of the bulk of this MOC. A question
remains to be answered: what to do with it now?
the Schubert family
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i was so impressed when i saw pictures of your moc emerging from brickfair, i
only wish i’d been there to see it in person! what a great job, and the mosaic
added the final incredible touch. congrats and thanks for the thanks, glad i was
able to help out in any small way.
in answer to your question: bring it to as many shows as you can (i know, easier
said than done)! i’m not sure why, but it doesn’t seem to be widely known that
lego is hosting a lego kidsfest in hartford, conn in november. if that’s not
too far, your moc would be quite welcome there, i’m sure. steve witt has the
details.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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