Siercon and Coral Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 This is a full size combination payphone and piggy bank, is made completely from Lego! Insert coins comfortably for savings, or retrieve them from the coin return for spending! If you zoom in on the micro printing, you'll find buss times, metro lines, and even a few places to visit :) This is our seventh entry for the Iron Builder. Also, you can follow us on our new Facebook page :) Quote
samurai-turtle Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 The darn thing does look realistic. P.S. - I decided to follow you two on Facebook. Quote
Lady K Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Amazing! It looks so real. I like that it is a bank too, fantastic work! Quote
eurotrash Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 <insert sound of jaw hitting the floor> Wow! Is there anything you guys can't build? Quote
notaromantic Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) It's cool and everything; however... I just don't personally agree with the use of user-printed materials in MOC's. I think its as a legitimate concern as clone-blocks, or any other non-Lego element being used. I guess because it takes it, aesthetically, to whole other level that makes one question whether or not the composition could survive on its own without it. Of course, I believe it could here - many people would, without the stickers, recognize it, and appreciate it, as a payphone - and it would look great that way, even better in my own eyes; but we know that, without the use of the printing, it would not be what it is... otherwise, you would've went without it. The printing adds a "wow" factor that is integral to the presentation, and is no longer just complimentary of it. So I don't know, I think the stickering mars what it is, and it is our own imposition of too much detail into Lego, whose beauty lies in its blockiness rather than in its sharpness. It's Lego. It takes the middleman of imagination out of the equation - and that seems a necessary part of what Lego should be about. And I'll confess that I am guilty of cutting Lego - trimming down bars to fit certain lengths, or in taking a blade to a baseplate because I wanted a custom length and width - and I know that I could be lynched in certain circles for doing even that - but adding to Lego with outside elements seems somewhat even more taboo than does many other things we do as creators with it. My own .02 cents, and what I was thinking as I read this... Edited January 8, 2015 by notaromantic Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Perfect - realistic and instantly usable. Well done! Quote
ResIpsaLoquitur Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 This needs to be an Ideas project. It's not really a "play" set like Ghostbusters, but it would look great as wall art. Quote
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