Retro
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My aim was to re-create the cover of Random Access Memories by Daft Punk. To that end, I built the front approximately two thirds of each helmet, as that was sufficient for me, and it also meant they could lie flat on the ground. Getting the two halves to line up correctly to match the original in terms of depth and perspective was tricky, so they are not joined together for the photos, so that I could experiment with small movements relative to each other. https://www.instagram.com/retro__chip/
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Oh, that's brilliant with the mirror. Like a real movie-making solution to creating an illusion of depth. Love it.
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As the crow flies, probably yes! Actually, maybe Liverpool...
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Wait, let me check...oh yes, we don't have any Lego stores in Ireland at all. So your glass should be half full (if not your PAB cup)! 😆
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At a quick glance, it looks lovely!
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The two books, 'Winnie The Pooh' and 'The House at Pooh Corner' are two of the best written (and illustrated) stories that any person of any age will ever read. And Rabbit is much more important than Kanga and Roo, in the overall scheme of things. And Owl and Eeyore rank ahead of Kanga, Roo and Tigger in story importance too. Not that it really matters. It's like choosing between your children. All wonderful. 🙂
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Very cool. Looks like the design for some classic, stop motion children's television programme. The construction of the Moon itself just looks really nice.
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Hi All, I have posted some of these here before, but I thought I'd post the full set as things now stand. This consists of all the Pink Floyd studio albums, and other assorted items. They were physically built, and then had somewhere between a lot or no post-processing to try and match the original design. The Early Years 1. The Piper at The Gates of Dawn 2. A Saucerful of Secrets 3. More 4. Ummagumma 5. Atom Heart Mother 6. Meddle 7. Obscured by Clouds Extras 8. 'Kew Gardens' 9. 'Wrapped in Pink' 10. Relics 11. Pompeii The Middle Years 12. The Dark Side of The Moon 13. Wish You Were Here 14. Animals 15. The Wall 16. The Final Cut Extras 17. 'The Lunatic is on The Grass' 18. 'Welcome to The Machine' 19. 'A Smile From A Veil' 20. Animals - Daytime 21. Outside The Wall 22. A Collection of Great Dance Songs The Later Years 23. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 24. The Division Bell 25. The Endless River Extras 26. The Delicate Sound of Thunder 27. 'Stone Heads' 28. 'North American Heads' 29. Pulse 30. Live 8
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Thanks all. 🙂 Most (or all) of the credit goes to the late graphic designer Storm Thorgerson for coming up with the majority of these iconic images in the first place.
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Icons Landmark Buildings - Rumours and Discussion
Retro replied to Vilhelm22's topic in Special LEGO Themes
What...all two of them? 😁 -
Hi All, Here is a new selection of Lego album covers. 1. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms 2. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell 3. Alison Krauss - New Favorite 4. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert 5. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness 6. Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby 7. Radiohead - The Bends 8. Vampire Weekend - Contra There are more here at my Instagram page which is better curated than my Flickr. https://www.instagram.com/retro__chip/
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[MOD] AT-AC: story of an epic fail (+free instructions)
Retro replied to Veynom's topic in LEGO Star Wars
That is so cute, and provided with a comprehensive and believable story of nonsense behind it. -
These are lovely! In the crime story one, is that a chalk outline on the ground, where the body was? Brilliant. And the bear at the end of the ski-slope is hilarious. Bears have to eat too I suppose...or maybe he just wants a go on the skis?
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Well, you have great taste in music! (And thanks.) Thank you for looking! There are always more... 14. Syd Barrett - Barrett 15. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage 16. Bach/Schiff - Das Wohltemperierte Clavier 17. The Human League - Dare 18. Dire Straits - Love Over Gold 19. Nirvana - Bleach 20. Pink Floyd - A Collection of Great Dance Songs 21. Brad Mehldau - Elegiac Cycle
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Beautiful shapes and colours, like all your models. The pool and floor give me an Art Deco feel, somehow. Great work.
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Thanks a mil. Taking the photos is somewhere between ok and a nightmare. Does anyone enjoy photographing Lego? I usually do it in the garden. But trying to get the shadows and so on to work is often harder than making the models!
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LEGO IDEAS - Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night
Retro replied to JintaiZ's topic in Special LEGO Themes
Many congratulations to the designer. I'm not sure how much fun this will be to build though, depending on how they do it. From having made mocs in this bas-relief style, I can say that they can be a bit tedious to build because you're not really achieving much as you go (like, ok I've finished a room now, or I've finished a spaceship wing). You're just piecing endless random coloured bricks together. You get a nice end result though. Will the final model have fewer studs showing? Or is that deliberate to look post-impressionistic? -
I don't know if my opinions are based on fact..but I'll give them anyway! I agree that it feels like Star Wars 'system' sets are getting smaller (probably with improved design standards) and more expensive for what you get. Whereas a few years ago there were lots of creative sets like Jabba's Palace and the 2015 Tyderium that people of all ages could enjoy, it's my belief that Lego have started to aim the 'system' sets very much at children (who are probably quite happy with them). For adults, Lego is a growing luxury market, and they have decided that if you like Lego you can jolly well pay for it, so they are pushing you towards the Cantina, Ninjago City Gardens, The Collosseum etc. It is a pity that there remains a gap in creativity in the Star Wars line though. Where is a new Bounty Hunter pursuit with Zam Wessell or some nice Endor sets or a Wampa, or Kamino...
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Good fun! Well done.
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Thanks! Oh yes, Brothers in Arms is a classic, as are Love Over Gold, Making Movies, Alchemy Live...
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Thanks all. Here are a few more. 9. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 10. David Gilmour - On An Island 11. Strauss/Von Karajan - Vier Letzte Lieder 12. Peter Gabriel - 4/Security 13. Queens of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
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Icons Landmark Buildings - Rumours and Discussion
Retro replied to Vilhelm22's topic in Special LEGO Themes
That's a nice idea. I'm not a huge fan of sports grounds just as buildings without competitors (although I did once run around on the grass in the empty Kensington Oval in Barbados just for fun), but a tennis stadium would be fun. Even better would be to include a few mini/micro figures of real players, but difficult to do without starting arguments! Maybe just Federer and Navratilova for Wimbledon, as holders of most titles... -
These are great! I don't play video games, so I would never have guessed them, but I love the 'vignettes' concept, the quiz idea, and the parts usage. I think my favourite is probably the very first one, 'Snipperclips'.
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- I agree with this! The Yoda Chronicles was much more charming than any of the Lego films. - Also, not an unpopular opinion, but a sad fact. We have no official Lego Store in Ireland. But maybe that's actually a good thing, because the one I did visit in Leicester Square was an over-heated, over-packed pressure cooker. Anyway, most non-essential retail is closed here most of the time because of Covid, so browsing in shops for Lego is off the agenda...
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Nice to see you're still going with these! I had been thinking of doing a Talk Talk - so it's fun to see how you've approached it. Good work. I only really knew their (epic) hits, so I've gone off to listen to Laughing Stock in its entirety...