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Stonehenge and Chichen Itza
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These were built for the upcoming March 2008 “Around the World in 80 Days” themed TexLUG display. I think I did a pretty decent job, considering I’m working with inventory scraps and leftovers.

Stonehenge

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I was originally going to build it “as it was,” complete and whole, but my wife convinced me to build it “as it is,” something I have not yet seen in LEGO bricks.

The Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza or “El Castillo”

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I purposely built it wrong so that it ‘looked right’ (the real pyramid has 9 steps, not 6). The pyramid’s steps are also a bit too steep, but this was built from spare parts, so I didn’t have a lot of plates to donate to this project. Like the real pyramid, one can create the feathered serpent climbing the steps at the two equinoxes:


--Tony



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  Re: Stonehenge and Chichen Itza
 
(...) I think your wife gave you some great advice, the "as is" version is nicely done. I really enjoyed it. Great work Tony. Janey "Red Brick" (17 years ago, 23-Feb-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.org.us.texlug, FTX)
  Re: Stonehenge and Chichen Itza
 
What are these spare parts you speak of? Aren't all parts of equal value? (16 years ago, 10-Aug-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.org.us.texlug, FTX)

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