xboxtravis7992 Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 Today I left my classes at the University and went towards the nearby graveyard. I was planning to use it as a quick route of escape, since my University is currently playing Humans V. Zombies and I didn't want any zombie to find me! As I traveled through the graveyard I found a very particular tombstone for a small child, encased entirely in LEGO bricks. I hardly expected to find a MOC in a graveyard, let alone one so close to my university, but yet there it was. The tombstone was covered in many different LEGO scenes, Star Wars, Indianna Jones, Ninjas, Castle, and several others. I found the family had built very personalized messages into the MOC such as a small scene depicting a LDS Temple with the words C.T.R. (Choose the Right) underneath. On the stone portion of the tombstone was a short poem, and the end a small phrase, "Built by Dad." I could tell by the size, and the uniform colors of the brick that this father must have placed many orders with "Pick A Brick" or "Bricklink" to build it like this. The weather has taken its toll a bit, but the tombstone is still very much intact. This has to be the saddest, most sentimental, and most thoughtful MOC I have ever seen. Since my phone battery was dead, I couldn't take any pictures. But here is a link to a short essay with a photo of the grave: http://mattcanova.blogspot.com/2013/11/legend-trip-0-0-1-159-907-utah-state.html Thoughts? Quote
Zerobricks Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 I think this is a very nice way to express the child's love for lego. Its creative and respective. Quote
Graham Gidman Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 (edited) Wow, that's quite a story. Edited October 21, 2015 by Graham Gidman Quote
JopieK Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Sad and nice at the same time. Friends of ours run a gravestone business so a few weeks ago I helped them making pictures for their website, including child graves in different cemeteries, very weird feeling, but also reality. Quote
Piratedave84 Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 I'm speechless; on the one hand it's a fantastic and very deeply personal MOC and on the other it's a tragic situation which led to the creation of this MOC. Good job to the builder Quote
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