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Re: New Asian Wonder Taj Mahal at LIC Orlando
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Tue, 29 Jul 2003 02:13:39 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Kung-Khoon Quah wrote:
> Well its finally happened and I couldn't be happier !
> Been talking with the marketing folks at The LEGO
> Imagination Center Orlando and they agreed to allow
> the Greater Florida Lego Train Club/Users Group to
> have a display case in the store on a permanent basis
> to display MOCs to be rotated out once a month.
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> First up is my new MOC, the Taj Mahal which fits the
> Orient Expendition series. And it is one of my Asian
> monuments.
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> Folder after moderation is
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=51380
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> Deep links for a preview
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=468808
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=468809
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> The Taj Mahal was finished in the 1600s and was built
> by Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal although when
> he died he was also buried in the Taj Mahal, hence the
> 2 tombs in the middle of the structure. A doorway
> was left uncompleted so that the tombs can be viewed.
> No doubt most of you will recognize the onion domes
> from the Scorpion Palace set which unfortunately is
> a 60% dome and not a 50% dome and I did not have the
> heart to take a Dremel to it. The whole project was
> a "study" in using color to highlight architecture as
> the real Taj Mahal is mostly a single color marble
> colored beige with time. Also, the people are not
> quite to scale as the Taj is about 1/4 minifig scale.
> However, the addition of Johnny Thunder, the Raj
> and his escort troops made the scene a little more
> human.
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> All in all it was a very good Lego day and we hope
> to have many years of wonderful MOCs at the LIC
> Orlando. Incidentally, the manager there told me
> they get about 12 million visitors per year.
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> PLMKWYT.
> Regards
> KK Quah
Great pictures! I wonder who took them:) Oh yea I did, that's right I did and
with my camera too:)
As noted at LIC and on the way home, great work on the Taj Mahal! It looks even
better in person. If you are in Florida visiting Orlando you should check it
out!
Also way to take one for the club, I know you were planning to bring it to
BrickFest... well at least you will be there and I know you have other things up
your sleeves.
Robin W
PS see www.funbrix.com for more.
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