  Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 3165 Registered: 11-2005 |
Heard about this on the news: http://www.detroitsymphony.com /main.taf?p=5,2,1,135 | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 49 Registered: 12-2006 |
Thanks for the mention off my clubs layout :-) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi- bin/gallery.cgi?f=289771 | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5897 Registered: 08-2004 |
Did someone say LEGO??  Great job Chris! I met many of the members of the Michigan Train Club at the NMRA (National Model Railway Association) convention at Cobo Hall in July 2007, where they had an even larger layout. An awesome group of AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO)! The folks in this group have built large scale models of the Fisher, Penobscot and Stott towers, as well as other buildings of Detroit. One day we will see the Guardian Building... which will probably eat up the available world supply of Orange and Tan LEGO bricks... There are over 100,000 adult LEGO fans worldwide, and that number is growing yearly. Back in 1986 when I first contacted the company about obtaining spare parts, they thought that adult collectors were a rare breed. But since then... with the internet, and with the over 100 LEGO and LEGO train clubs worldwide, it was a bigger phenomenon than what The LEGO Group (HQ in Billund Denmark) ever imagined. Great layout! And a great light rail system! | ||
Andyguard73 Member Username: Andyguard73 Post Number: 269 Registered: 03-2006 |
Gistok, when I first saw this thread I did a search for you on google, and I found a link to a website with your work on it, but the link was dead. Do you still have a website with photos of your buildings somewhere? | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5899 Registered: 08-2004 |
Yeah that's an old link. Try these two: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi- bin/gallery.cgi?f=140015 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi- bin/gallery.cgi?m=Gistok | ||
Kslice Member Username: Kslice Post Number: 237 Registered: 04-2007 |
Comerica Tower would be cool made out of Lego's. I still have 2 giant rubbermaid containers in my basement full of Lego's. | ||
Thnk2mch Member Username: Thnk2mch Post Number: 1085 Registered: 02-2006 |
This is my rendition of "Old Slumpy".  | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 4188 Registered: 10-2003 |
Wow, from those pictures that looks great! But I think I saw the Joker over by the train station, better keep an eye on him. LOL at Thnk2mch | ||
Yooper Member Username: Yooper Post Number: 102 Registered: 12-2006 |
Legos are awesome! | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 2047 Registered: 11-2003 |
Gistok, you da man!! Looking forward to your production of the Big House. Great recruiting tool for not only players but also for a coach. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1066 Registered: 11-2005 |
So, um, how can I build myself a LEGO Fisher Building? I take it someone made instructions, right? I cannot imagine, with how expensive those things are, how much cash in LEGO you'd have in something of that size. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5902 Registered: 08-2004 |
Well I know that the Fisher Building alone cost the builder Jim Garrett about $1,000 worth of LEGO bricks! I'm not aware of any big models being made with homemade instructions. Maybe some graph paper to mark the footprint, but that would be about it. It's an acquired talent! And just where could you get tens of thousands of LEGO bricks in the sizes and colors that you want? That would be Bricklink. Bricklink has over 2,000 sellers worldwide, each with their own online LEGO store: http://www.bricklink.com/store List.asp Both CWL704 and I have stores in Bricklink. His is under his "CWL's Extras", and mine is "Gary Istok Historic LEGO". I mainly stock rare items that others don't carry. | ||
Locano Member Username: Locano Post Number: 9 Registered: 09-2007 |
That is awesome! I wish I had heard about this sooner so I could have made it down there to see it! (Unfortunately I can't make it today/tonight) When I was in Chicago about a month ago, we stopped at the Lego store on Michigan Avenue and they had some of Chicago's landmark buildings such as the John Hancock Center on display. It was pretty awesome. I would love to see the same thing for Detroit. | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 50 Registered: 12-2006 |
Just got home from the DSO from our teardown.I will say one thing the snow didn't stop folks who go to symphonys.There were a ton of families there today.DSO did a nice thing this year..unlike last year they allowed folks who weren't going to the concerts to come in during concert hours and look at our didplay...class thing to do IMO(I'm told they had allot of phone calls asking to do this and changed there policy).Jim(a fellow MichLTC member and builder of the huge versions of Detroit buildings) has updated his pictures with some more shots.Chris http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi- bin/gallery.cgi?f=289771 | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 2667 Registered: 12-2004 |
Awesome display! | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 6667 Registered: 11-2004 |
Utterly amazing. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 2668 Registered: 12-2004 |
I also have to say that the DPM looks just a tiny bit different in the Lego display than it does in real life. Although, if it looked more like the Lego version, there would probably be a lot more people riding it. | ||
Cwl704 Member Username: Cwl704 Post Number: 51 Registered: 12-2006 |
Fn,If you are talking about the color scheme it is the official colors of the DPM right now(instead of the old green and yellow strips) however they(the cars) are all covered with adds right now.I had photos and art work sent to me by a DPM pr person.He has even said if I sent in a picture they would put it in there next DPM flyer/info sheet. |
