[MOC] The Fall of Atlantis

[KotZ]

Sorry about the veeery late post, but I realized I had never shared this collab build I did for Brickworld Chicago this year with some friends, The Fall of Atlantis! You think you know how it happened, well we’re here to tell you the real story. The dwarves digging deep below the earth’s surface accidentally dug too far and caused the ocean to drain, bringing the city of Atlantis, and its elven citizens, down a whirlpool into the depths below. If you’re lucky, you might be able to find all five of the Atlantis keys.

This is a collaboration build between myself and a few other creative, talented, and honestly a little wacky builders. We’ve known each other for awhile but never got to build a MOC together like this. There were challenges like being in a few separate locations, but in the end it all came together. And in the end, we won for Best Medium Group Display! We weren’t expecting a nomination, much less winning an award. We’re incredibly proud of this build and already coming up with ideas for next Brickworld.

 

I built the city of Atlantis, and motorized the falling tower, somehow I didn’t get video of it at the convention. One friend (doesn't have social media) built that fantastic whirlpool and beneath the ocean’s surface. People complimented constantly the use of minifigure arms for the mantas.Two friends, Brick.chef and brick.souschef on Instagram tackled the dwarves mining section, building a fantastic spinning drill and using lights to give a great feel to the caverns.

The mining area, you can see the dwarves have dug too deep and opened a hole in the ocean floor.

The central whirpool.

The rest of the coral reef and underwater section

And here is the city with the elven inhabitants fleeing. As mentioned early, the tower on the right here actually was motorized if it going up and down tilting over, but I don't have video of it somehow.

Minikit

And here it is lit up for world of lights!

 

Hope you all enjoy!

[Murdoch17]

Very nice! I love it - especially the partially destroyed sections!

Edited October 29, 2024 by Murdoch17

[KotZ]

  On 10/29/2024 at 11:40 PM, Murdoch17 said:

Very nice! I love it - especially the partially destroyed sections!

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Thanks! Those were really fun to design.

[FullBrickDev]

A very beautiful build altogether! The use of those arms in the mantas is indeed very nice parts usage. The build has a nice story, and the verticality adds a lot of character to the build.

[KotZ]

  On 11/1/2024 at 12:00 PM, FullBrickDev said:

A very beautiful build altogether! The use of those arms in the mantas is indeed very nice parts usage. The build has a nice story, and the verticality adds a lot of character to the build.

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Thanks! A lot of people did double takes for the minifig arms there, my buddy was really proud of that one.

[Thebrickfig]

I am speechless. This is such an amazing moc with some great scenes! Also love the dwarf with the old hagrid beard!

[KotZ]

  On 11/5/2024 at 4:14 PM, Thebrickfig said:

I am speechless. This is such an amazing moc with some great scenes! Also love the dwarf with the old hagrid beard!

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Thanks! It was a group effort that all came together (somewhat surprisingly haha).

[Thebrickfig]

  On 11/6/2024 at 6:25 PM, KotZ said:

Thanks! It was a group effort that all came together (somewhat surprisingly haha).

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Well you all did excellent work!

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Totally cool!

The lights are the icing on the cake of this huge masterpiece!