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Minifigures in Legoland
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Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:42:46 GMT
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An old family friend called round my house a week or so with her children (3
boys between 7 and 13) - keep with me, this is on topic honest, They live
down in Cornwall and hadn't been to south wales before. The 3 boys are all
huge Lego fans and between them have built up quite an impressive
collection. They wanted to come to my house to see my Lego collection (not
big by Lugnet standards but big enough). After they had been apparently the
youngest said he had enjoyed my collection more than going to Legoland.
Praise indeed :)
Then it struck me that they had felt the same thing I had on visiting
Legoland (Windsor). There are no minifig scale models at all in the park
(outside of the shop). There are fantastic, awe inspiring models throughout,
but nothing minifig scale.
I remember it must have been 83 (rambling mode on) I went to Hamleys in Bath
and they had a large display cabinet with a diorama of Castle Lego - showing
off the new product line. I was transfixed by the details and design. I was
also hooked and have brought every castle set since (Dont you dare drop the
line). Similar to the dioramas in the idea books I have always found them
fascinating. New ideas and building techniques galore from the good people
who supply us with plastic bricks. I appreciate the scale needs to be bigger
for the glorious architectural masterpieces in miniland, but a room full of
cases with minifig dioramas would be divine! especially as I havent seen one
in a shop for years and all the displays nowadays seem to take the form of a
small LCD screen.
I'm sure Im not the only one to think this :)
On a related point, If you at Lego (or anyone else for that matter) has
pictures of minifig displays, lets see them :)
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James Stacey
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www.minifig.co.uk
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Message has 5 Replies:
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| Hi James, As a kid, I don't recall seeing many LEGO displays at all, so I guess I only remember one minifig-scale: it was in a supermarket, a medium-sized diorama, featuring many Town sets from 91/92. Probably before Christmas, and the diorama gave (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Minifigures in Legoland
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| (...) Indeed, you are not the only one! I remember when I was a kid, back in the eighties, there used to be a recurring event called the 'Lego Show'. It was a show with many displays and dioramas that travelled across the country. It was ussually (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Minifigures in Legoland
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| In lugnet.dear-lego, James Stacey writes: ... (...) At Legoland Billund, there are a couple of minifig scale models in the park proper. One is a concert hall with a retractable roof, filled with thousands of minifigs. But I imagine that the park's (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Minifigures in Legoland
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| I recall, on our visit to Billund in 1980, finding an incredible Space display inside a glass case. I think it was in the store, but I'm not sure... that was a long time ago. This was in the time of blue/grey classic space with yellow windows, and (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Minifigures in Legoland
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| (...) The main Giftshop at LEGOLAND, CA has a few display cases with dioramas, featuring the Ninja line and the Adventurers. They really do attract a lot of attention, but unfortunately none of the product behind the glass is available anymore! LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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