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Re: Minifigures in Legoland
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Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:38:46 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, James Stacey writes:
> ...
> 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.
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> I'm sure Im not the only one to think this :)
> ...
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 held in the toy
department of a large Dutch department store such as 'The Bijenkorf' or
'V&D'. I was very impressed with those displays. I especially liked the
lights and moving parts they used and it really inspired me. When I got home
I'd race up to my room and build (what I thought were) huge displays with my
own lego.
That must have been somewhere around the mid 80's. I don't recall shows like
that being held after that, but it may also have been that my interest
became focussed on other things as I grew up. Anyway, this summer I was
thrilled to discover that a Lego Show was held in in a Dutch themepark.
There were many dioramas displayed at the show, all on minifig scale.
Several months later the same stuff was exhibited during "Legoworld 2001". A
fellow AFOL has posted some pictures of the dioramas on Brickshelf:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7721
I agree with you that instead of the small LCD-promo stuff that you see in
shops nowadays (which are accompanied by large cardboard displays), Lego
should bring back the good old fashioned diorama displays into the stores.
After all, they show what lego is all about and that there is virtually no
limit to your imagination (as long as you have enough bricks...)
Regards,
Wessel Burgers
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| (...) I remember these here in the U.S. as well. It would be in a large department store for a week or so every few years. I remember huge displays of Classic Space Legos as well has large sculptures of animals and landmarks such as the Statue of (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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