Lego Roadshow

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Charley and I skipped on out this afternoon for lunch and a bit of a treat: the Lego Americana Roadshow!

After a delicious bit of Chinese, we headed over to the Riverchase Galleria; one of a limited few malls showcasing this bit of amazing brickbuilding. The roadshow here goes until September 7th, then is in the Northpoint Mall in Alpharetta, GA from September 19th to October 4th, and finally in the Christiana Mall in Newark, DE from October 17 to November 1st. So if anyone in those areas wants to check it out and is able to, definitely go! The amount of craftsmanship is pretty damn stellar for the Lego medium.

After we finished our tour, we wandered into the Lego store in the afterglow of awesome Lego-viewing bliss. And wouldn't you know; there were more than a few people who had the same idea as we did, heh. I asked the greeter guy how much foot-traffic had picked up, and he gave me a pretty knowing look. Either way, Charley's insistence on doing something monetarily foolhardy while in the Lego store was met with initial resistance by yours truly, but I ended up caving and bought three Star Wars Lego miniatures sets; the snowspeeder, AT-AT, and the Republic Gunship. So there it was, the culmination of our adult recklessness in the Lego store to the tune of 30 bucks. Amazing how much having a mortgage curbs your spending :p

But!

Bemoaning my sad state of inabilities in the Lego-purchasing department isn't why I made this thread! I made this thread to show photos of our trip through Lego Americana ^_^

So here you go, starting with:




The Capitol Building
This thing was enormous, to say the least.

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[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

The U.S. Supreme Court Building
For the record, I have no idea what's up with the baby on the roof.

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The Statue of Liberty

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The Liberty Bell
The joke pretty much writes itself, but I gotta indulge regardless.

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The Lincoln Memorial
There was even a little Abe Lincoln in there! ^_^

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[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

The White House
This one was pretty big too.

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The Washington Monument
Even made out of Lego, this thing would make anyone feel tiny.

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[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

And now, a little interlude!!



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[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Back to the main show ^_^



Independence Hall
All the little windows!

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A short distance from Independence Hall there was another little Lego glass case with a city sectional:


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But across the way was...



The Old North Church
I'm excited to see this thing in Fallout 4...

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The Jefferson Memorial
I'm sad to report that I was only able to snap the one picture of the Jefferson Memorial; my phone finally hit critical low battery and refused to allow the camera to take pictures. But I want to note, that some folks had actually put coins on the inside of the model.

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So there you have it! Our little adventure to go stare longingly at amazing Lego models!

[Atreyu]

Wow, that looks amazing! :)

Had a little Lego expo go through my home town a few months back - no where near the level of stuff that you guys saw, but still had some nice little dioramas. It also showcased a lot of older Lego sets, so was cool seeing stuff like Pirate Lego and Space Lego from the 80s again in all their glory. :eee

[Lilaena De'Ville]

So awesome! Great pictures, Christin. :)

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Oh man, I would've loved to see some of the classic sets. I was actually grumbling to Charley in the Lego Store that I sorely missed the old Castle, Pirate, M-tron, Blacktron, etc sets and wished they'd be brought back.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Aren't they bringing back the Pirate stuff? In some fashion, anyway.

I get to see my old sets when I go to my sisters because I GAVE ALL MY LEGO TO MY NEPHEWS what was I thinking >_<

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

What were you thinking???



They're doing some good to make up for the loss of the classic sets though, I'll give them that :) If they did a good updated version of the space monorail, it'd be all over for my wallet ^_^;