Xon67 Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) edited to put all final images in the first post... After seeing the LEGO movie, I wanted to re-create buildings from Emmet's neighborhood. While researching, I realized a great deal of what was in the movie was based on previously-existing sets. I thought it would be interesting to do a project that compared the original LEGO sets to the modified movie versions. Knowing how much time, money, and physical space it would take to build these out of real bricks, I decided to try my hand at LEGO Digital Designer (LDD). After having created a couple of the buildings in LDD, I ran across the post for Bluerender and used it to generate photo-real renderings. Here are my results: .lxf file: http://www.brickshel...logo_final_.lxf The latest image posts: "I wanna go home!" LEGO Movie 2 logo The latest WIP of Emmet's Mech (with BlackStar): .lxf file: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Xon67/Movie/movie_emmetsmech_2017-07-20.lxf Emmet's apartment Emmet's apartment interior How Emmet fits a 50-stud-wide apartment into a 30-stud-wide building: A variation on Emmet's apartment (green with a slanted roof) Pet Store (right) Pet Store (left) Plumber Joe's apartment .lxf file: http://www.brickshel...the_plumber.lxf Condemned building Fresh Fruit market Sherrie Scratchen-Post's apartment Emmet's street Emmet's street in micro scale Fire Brigade .lxf file: http://www.brickshel...ire_brigade.lxf Fire Brigade Tower (updated) Filling Station Garage Street Corner Rooftop garden 1 Rooftop garden 2 An example of the reuse of building parts Warehouse 1 Warehouse 2 (Fire Brigade) Mega Green Grocer Bricksburg Castle Bricksburg Castle back Cafe Corner / hotel with clock tower Fish (market?/restaurant?) Office(?) Building Office Building Church It's not mentioned in the images, but the the ice cream cart in this image, the giant Green Grocer, and the "fish" building comes from 10211 Grand Emporium. Cheese Slope building Fire Brigade Radio Station Plaza with Bob's Kabobs Here are some Bricksburg accessories from the Movie, including garbage containers, rooftop details, a street corner, billboards, and the mosaics from the "fish" and "fresh fruit" buildings, including the LDD file, for you to use in your own MOCs: lxf file: http://www.brickshel...accessories.lxf Condemned building Condemned building Ma and Pa Cop's house Highway Overpass Train bridge Monorail stop .lxf file: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Xon67/Movie/_movie_train_stop_stairs_alt3.lxf Downtown plaza Skyscraper ground level The Coffee Chain .lxf file: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Xon67/Movie/movie_coffee_chain.lxf Downtown Bricksburg and the Kragle antidote. Skyscraper 1 Skyscraper 2 Skyscraper 3 Skyscraper 4 Skyscraper 5 Skyscraper 6 Skyscraper 7 Downtown: Flying cranes Downtown: Larry's flying coffee machine Skyscraper under construction 1 Skyscraper under construction 2 Construction site Construction Site Update: Small cement mixer Tipper Truck Cement mixer Dump Truck Crawler Crane Instruction Tube Large crawler crane Instruction Holder Building cranes Building crane Construction helicrane Brick sorter Front end loader Back hoe Heavy loader Emmet's mech Emmet's mech compared to the official set Rush hour traffic Small car Public transportation, monorail, and Surfer Dave's car SUV Small van Delivery truck Police cruiser SWAT van Octan HQ micro scale upper floors Octan HQ micro scale Octan HQ from Finn's basement Octan HQ minifig scale Octan reception: Lord Business' relic room Octan corridor with MetalBeard and Benny Octan sound stage--news conference stage Octan sound stage--80s-something technology Octan sound stage--Where Are My Pants? Octan offices. Octan Control Room. Octan DJ booth Octan Executive Conference Room Lord Business' ThinkTank Octan flying cube. The many moods of MetalBeard MetalBeard's strong, virile body MetalBeard's "Down on the Farm" form Mrs. Scratchen-Post's kitty sled lxf file: http://www.brickshel...post_sleigh.lxf A Christmas tree assembled by The LEGO Movie Master Builders Emmet's snow sculpture A surprise Christmas tree for Bad Cop Nathan Sawaya's Oscar statue from the 2015 Academy Awards. Mark Mothersbaugh's LEGO energy domes from the 2015 Academy Awards Awards given to all Emmet Awards nominees End Title Concept End credits: Movie Theater End credits: WyldStyle's tag End credits: Music End credits: Movie premiere End credits: Kragle End credits: Taco Tuesday End credits: Consessions End credits: Secret Police End credits: Sound stage End credits: Construction End credits: Warehouse More on the way! Edited February 11, 2019 by Xon67 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lostdriveway Posted September 2, 2015 wow these are awesome!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agent 86 Posted September 2, 2015 Wow. What an amazing project. Well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elleana Posted September 2, 2015 Very cool. Thanks for sharing. Next step, time to build some of these! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_spock Posted September 2, 2015 Very interesting comparisons. Good work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THERIZE Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) Woooop! That is awesome! I love those cranes! Edited September 3, 2015 by THERIZE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lightningtiger Posted September 2, 2015 Now there is someone with too much free time ! Awesome designing there 'Xon67', are you ever going to brick build your designs ? Brick On because everything is AWESOME ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmyc1983 Posted September 2, 2015 Awesome recreations!! My favourites are the Pet Shop Townhouses, particularly the pink one. Was there also a purple building somewhere in the movie? I wonder how many of these buildings are actually buildable with real bricks? Surely some of the bricks are not made in the precise colours required...? Keep 'em coming tho, they look great, happy recreating Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poisso3 Posted September 2, 2015 Everything is definitely awesome with those buildings! Excellent work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lankygit Posted September 2, 2015 I started on a Bricksburg Apartment building yesterday. It's till in LDD but I will be building it. I couldn't find anyone else that had undertaking the task, until now. Lovely images. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xon67 Posted September 2, 2015 Thanks for the comments! elleana & lightningtiger: I'd love to build these brick-wise, but time, money, and physical space prevent it. That's why I opted for LDD. timmyc1983: There was a purple townhouse in the physical set in Finn's basement. I haven't seen one yet in the movie while I've been scouring it for screen grabs to build off of. I'm trying to re-create these builds as closely as I can to what is in the movie. I find that some of them have "floating" pieces that aren't connected to anything. While it wouldn't take much to correct the "floaters," some builds use parts that aren't made in the color used on-screen. (Insert discussion on whether or not to use paint here... :-) ) And then there's WyldStyle's cycle with the non-existent LEGO gear for the rear wheel. (Insert discussion on 3D printing here... :-P ) For now, here's another one: Movie church by Xon 67, on Flickr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supertruper1988 Posted September 2, 2015 Those LDD models look great! Care to share for those of us that want build them in brick? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkeyjay2003 Posted September 2, 2015 Well, everything is awesome!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lankygit Posted September 3, 2015 The issue I have found is the same as you mentioned, the non existent colours. In light of this, I am making some subs, which is a shame as i liked the colour scheme. I am also using thr builings from the video game as my subject matter, as they are slightly different to those shown in the movie. I am impressed with how quickly you seem to turn these out, I have spent about 12hours in LDD so far and i'd say its 1/2 complete. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
agadoijo Posted September 3, 2015 Excellent work! Everything is truly awesome! Any chance on sharing those LDD files? Not that I intend to build any of those in real bricks (money and space prevent that) but I would really like to see closely all the little details that you've managed to squeeze in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poisso3 Posted September 3, 2015 Thanks for the comments! elleana & lightningtiger: I'd love to build these brick-wise, but time, money, and physical space prevent it. That's why I opted for LDD. timmyc1983: There was a purple townhouse in the physical set in Finn's basement. I haven't seen one yet in the movie while I've been scouring it for screen grabs to build off of. I'm trying to re-create these builds as closely as I can to what is in the movie. I find that some of them have "floating" pieces that aren't connected to anything. While it wouldn't take much to correct the "floaters," some builds use parts that aren't made in the color used on-screen. (Insert discussion on whether or not to use paint here... :-) ) And then there's WyldStyle's cycle with the non-existent LEGO gear for the rear wheel. (Insert discussion on 3D printing here... :-P ) This has me wondering if there has been a complete list made if the pieces shown in the movie that either have never been in the color it is shown being in, or just does not exist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karlota Posted September 4, 2015 Wow, well done! It's awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xon67 Posted September 7, 2015 For anyone interested, here are two of the Bricksburg buildings that I've been asked to share in .lxf format: The Fire Brigade: http://www.brickshel...ire_brigade.lxf ... and Joe the Plumber's apartment: http://www.brickshel...the_plumber.lxf For agadoijo and anyone else interested in adding some details to their existing modular buildings: Here are some Bricksburg accessories from the Movie, including garbage containers, rooftop details, a street corner, billboards, and the mosaics from the "fish" and "fresh fruit" buildings: Bricksburg - Accessories by Xon 67, on Flickr lxf file: http://www.brickshel...accessories.lxf Poisso3: I haven't seen any such list. It would be interesting to see! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrbradford Posted September 7, 2015 These are great, thank you for sharing! I would love the LDD's for Emmet's Apartment and the church if you're willing to share. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ordinareo Posted September 7, 2015 If only i could recreate stuff like this. Good job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xon67 Posted September 7, 2015 (edited) In keeping with comparing the LEGO Movie buildings with existing sets, here's a comparison between the Bricksburg church and the set that provided the church's tower. It's not mentioned in the images, but the the ice cream cart in this image and the one with the "fish" building comes from 10211 Grand Emporium. Movie church compare by Xon 67, on Flickr mrbradford: edgeofpanic has already released an .lxf file of Emmet's apartment building and interior for his LEGO ideas proposals: https://ideas.lego.c...s/83089/updates I'm still trying to decide which ones I'm going to release at this point. Edited September 8, 2015 by Xon67 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xon67 Posted September 8, 2015 Adding the source of the house on the flatbed truck: flatbed with house by Xon 67, on Flickr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NBV83 Posted September 8, 2015 The fish market is pretty cool, with the pixelated octopus picture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kalais Posted September 8, 2015 Woah! You did great job on recreating all this buildings. I noticed some of the similarities movie models to official sets but didn't know there are so many of them! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites