Menapian Posted September 17, 2025 Posted September 17, 2025 Welcome to the Crystal Palace and the grandest event of the Victorian age - the Great Exhibition of 1851! Hop on the London omnibus to Hyde Park and join visitors from across the globe as they explore the first world's fair in the glass exhibition building which became an icon of the Victorian era. From steam-engines, telescopes and airships to textiles, stuffed elephants, and humble cutlery, all the industrial and artistic treasures of the nineteenth century are here under one massive vaulted roof. You might even spot some celebrities, as Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, the Duke of Wellington and more mingle with visitors from around the world. This 4,998-piece set includes the central portion of the Palace and 22 minifigures along with three side builds: a London street with a poster display plaque, a horse-drawn omnibus, and the famous Crystal Palace Park model dinosaurs. This is my latest LEGO Ideas project, just published and gathering support - you can see more details and images on the Ideas website here. All comments and support are very much appreciated. I hope you enjoy it! Quote
hikouki Posted September 19, 2025 Posted September 19, 2025 The scenes are so alive - great job! Quote
Menapian Posted September 20, 2025 Author Posted September 20, 2025 On 9/19/2025 at 3:32 AM, hikouki said: The scenes are so alive - great job! On 9/19/2025 at 8:22 AM, Siroco said: Amazing! Such beautiful detail! Thanks, I appreciate it! Recreating the exhibition was a fun mix of big and small-scale building, from the building as a whole down to the individual items, and there was lots of inspiration in the contemporary illustrations and catalogues. Quote
Menapian Posted May 7 Author Posted May 7 I'm happy to report that this project has just hit 4,000 votes - thank you to everyone who has supported it and shared it around! I've posted a new update on the Ideas page (link: LEGO Ideas The Crystal Palace) with some of the stories and images that inspired the exhibits. I hope you enjoy it, and do please share the project with anyone you think might like it! Quote
Yperio_Bricks Posted May 7 Posted May 7 Supported Love all the details you incorporated. Getting all the printed pieces would be glorious! The coach could be set in its own right! The minifig selection is truely the best I have ever seen, it would be like a history themed CMF become reality Good luck with your project! Quote
Menapian Posted May 8 Author Posted May 8 14 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said: Supported Love all the details you incorporated. Getting all the printed pieces would be glorious! The coach could be set in its own right! The minifig selection is truely the best I have ever seen, it would be like a history themed CMF become reality Good luck with your project! Thanks, I appreciate it! The omnibus coach was very fun to research and put together with all its Lego-themed advertisements. Maybe I'll have to share some of my inspirations for it in a future update. That historical figures CMF would be a dream! I love collecting the occasional historical figures that pop up, like Abe Lincoln and Shakespeare from the Lego Movie series. Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted May 11 Posted May 11 Wow the front of the building is a masterpiece of Victorian architecture! Quote
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