The Nativity

You can’t buy a nativity scene from Lego but you can make one.

I am not the first to make a Lego Nativity scene. Others have paved the way for me, in “minifig” scale (the ubiquitous smiling Lego men) and in the larger “miniland” scale that is used throughout the Legoland, and in other scales.

I didn’t have time to present a new character every day throughout December. So I craftily arranged to bring out a few characters each Advent Sunday – starting with one sheep … then a shepherd with some more sheep … then the Wise Men, and finally the Holy Family. The picture above was taken on Christmas Eve, and the picture below was taken a few days before.

The idea for Joseph came from here. Plans for making the camel, the wise men, sheep and shepherd came from here. Inspiration for Mary and Baby Jesus came from here. and I found an angel here. And finally, thanks to Marlena for the top photo.

Happy Christmas.

 

The Christmas Delivery

There’s a bit of a story here. My colleague had ordered for her boyfriend a Star Wars R2D2 alarm clock which projects the time onto the ceiling. There are a number of variants of this thing on the market, and she ordered the one with good reviews about 4 weeks ahead of Christmas so that it would arrive in time.

So yesterday (22nd December) when it hadn’t arrived yet, she phoned up the supplier, who said that it must have got lost in the post (I’ve heard that excuse before, and I don’t believe it). They also said they were out of stock and wouldn’t be getting any in until January. My colleague was not happy.

Extremely “not happy”.
In fact, proper British “not happy”.

So I put this little vignette together to try and lighten her day today.
Which it did.  This is the droid you are looking for.
Happy Christmas.

Christmas Delivery

 

Christmas Delivery

 

Holiday time

This has to be one of the best LEGO models I have built in a long time.

This is not my own design. It is an official LEGO model, number 10220 (Brickset link here). The build is complex. There are parts at all kinds of angles, and some bits are somewhat fragile once they’re assembled. But it was a delight to build, and to see it all come together step by step.

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It is instantly recognisable.
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There are loads of lovely features on this model. The doors open, the roof lifts up, the engine hood at the back can be opened…
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and inside, there’s a table with a suitably large wineglass, a sink, a really cramped shower room (just like the real thing), and those amazing curtains!IMG_0138s

Gear lever, gas pedal, brake pedal, dashboard … it’s all there.
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All ready to go off on an adventure. Crank up the Beach Boys, and drive off into the sun…
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