Necessity breeds creativity. That is what happened here. When we moved into this house, the lamppost never worked. I couldn’t figure it out. I also had a dislike for the original lamppost that was there since it didn’t have a switch to turn it on or off and it didn’t have an outlet at its […]
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Tags: art, function, home, lamp, LEGO, light, sculpture
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This is my first foray into the minifig scale/town buildings. This was inspired by Nooroyd‘s use of the whips to spell “Cafe”, but I didn’t quite like how the ‘f’ turned out, and it kept on coming back in my mind how to do it differently. Not that I ended up improving on it, but […]
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Tags: cafe, layout, LEGO, mils, steel city lug, town, western, whip
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I love Mister Rogers. I loved his show, but I loved his work and his demeanor. He cared and he truly had a mysterious way of calming you. I won’t go on about him, plenty of others already aggregated lists for that. To show my appreciation, I wanted my next Pittsburgh build to be Mister […]
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Tags: contest, diorama, fred rogers, LEGO, make believe, mister rogers, neighborhood, pbs, pittsburgh, randall, tribute, trolley
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For the 75th anniversary of Batman, LEGO announced a contest at the major conventions for the best batman build. There wasn’t much in the way of official rules and regulations or criteria on how people would be judged, but I knew I wanted to take a shot. The announcement came a few weeks before I […]
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Tags: art, batman, contest, LEGO, phillybrickfest, sculpture
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LEGO Ideas is a site set up for people around the world to submit their ideas for possible sets. After I created my Cathedral of Learning and Stephen Foster Memorial in the Spring of 2012, I had many people ask me if I was going to submit it as a project for LEGO to review. […]
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Tags: architecture, bill peduto, building, cathedral of learning, cuusoo, Facebook, ideas, LEGO, people, Pitt, pittsburgh, project, support, university of pittsburgh, vote, world
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A warning – If you’re not really into the LEGO hobby or collecting, this might not be interesting or impressive. There’s a fair amount of thought and planning in this build though, and I’m sure some enthusiasts will enjoy it. When I came out of my dark ages, I thought collecting LEGO sets was […]
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Tags: case, cmf, collectible, display, LEGO, minifg, minifigure, mr gold, series
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