For the 50th Birthday (Anniversary) of the "Brick" (1958-2008) Lego released ....
The Town Plan ...
From the S@H website...
Celebrate 50 years of LEGO bricks!
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the modern LEGO brick with this special-edition update of the classic Town Plan set! Completely redesigned with the best of modern bricks, details and design, the all-new Town Plan features a 1950s-style gas station with pumps, carwash and garage, a town hall with a newly-married couple, a movie theater with ticket booth, seats and posters, 2 automobiles, 8 minifigures, rare LEGO colors and elements, and more.- Includes a letter from company owner Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, who appeared as a kid on the original Town Plan box and returns on this one!
- Includes 3 gold bricks to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LEGO brick!
I purchased this set recently, and enjoyed building it with a good friend of mine (non-afol). I built the Town Hall and Theatre, and she built the Gas Station over an afternoon of gossip, coffee and building.
Anyhow, the box is cool (at least for an AFOL) because ...
not only is the gas station based on an old set...
but as you can see... Keld STILL loves plaid!!!!Although the box art did had a bit of an impact on my family. Prior to building it, the glorious box sat upright on the kitchen table so I could enjoy its beauty at a glance. My youngest walked in and said "Woah, OLD GUY on a box of Lego, weird!" and my eldest walked in and said "Hey, dont I know that guy???" (Yes, he does, he met him at a Brick Event in 2004)
In the mean time, I have also been working on my latest Micro Layout, (phase three) for an upcoming show in April.
So without further adieu...
I present... Honey, I shrunk the Town Plan!
More pics can be found here.
I also shrunk .... this most recent impulse set which was pretty small to begin with, but way to big for the new layout. It still needs some work on the front grill.
As well, an Robinson 44 (tour guide Heli) which needs its tail extended and will have its propeller rotating on the display over the cable cars taking is power from the cable car run.
You can find the rest (both old and new) of my micro here.
Note - Many buildings have been rebuilt and tweaked for my most recent layout. I have finally designed a modular system for laying out my micro. A standard which I hope to document in the near future.
1 comment:
Cool! I look forward to seeing your description of a standard. I've been meaning to gather up all of the different standards for a big post on MicroBricks (there's a micro Moonbase standard out there and also some castle stuff, at least). I know you had somewhat of a standard a couple of years ago for a Brickfest display. Any others out there?
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