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Day 13 House painting at its finest, the deluxe and basic dollhouse models. Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr New version of the deluxe dollhouse since the other is quite large (all stickers are Lego) Micro Dollhouse by Karen Metz, on Flickr
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Day 12 Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Day 12 Ah, the dulcet tones of bagpipes, maybe this gift might on be appreciated by parents on Christmas morning.
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Wonderful layout! I really like the waterfall leading into the skating rink and the fun winter activities for all the minifigs. Happy Holidays!
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Great winter display! The ski slope and lodge turned out really well and who doesn't like a train tunnel under a mountain. The new Friends chalets fit in perfectly with the diorama. Happy Holidays.
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Thanks! It was great finding a use for the dimensions plate with the round cut out so the tree could fit through and the floor still has lots of integrity. Thanks, it will be nice to be able to bring it out for future Christmases as well. Day 11 The wind-up corner. Day 11 Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr
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Day 10 Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Day 10 All work and no play can even make elves grumpy it seems.
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Day 9 Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Day 9 Classic Christmas toy (A 55 year old toy interpreted using a 60 year old toy)
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These are wonderful and so creative. The wood carver is my favourite so far. Love seeing new creations every day.
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Day 8 Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Day 8 Toy soldier built by toy soldier (maybe a bit messy for the elves standards)
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Thanks again everyone for all the wonderful comments, much appreciated! Still a number of days before Christmas and many more photos. The toy floor begins to fill tomorrow The high tech Santa area was inspired by one of my family's favourite Christmas movies, "Arthur Christmas". In one of the photos there is a nod to Arthur's reindeer slippers but they are hard to see.
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Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Day 7 "O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, Wie treu sind deine Blätter!"
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Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Day 6 A brief musical interlude. The first of the carollers.
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Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Day 5 (Alternative origin) Groot reanimated by Christmas magic.
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Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Day 4 Neighbours come to visit Sorry, I don't have any side pictures of the tree right now. The poinsettia flowers are from a few of the earlier Friends sets and are under Friends parts in Bricklink: Friends Accessories Flower with 7 Thin Petals and Pin Part 93081e,
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Day 3 Fun in the snow Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr
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Thanks again everyone1. I would love to give anyone who wanted instructions so they could build their own, but I don't plan these out on paper or computer in advance, so I don't have any instructions. My MOCs just come together by trail and error from ideas that I have. You may be able to reverse engineer with enough photos over the next 23 days :)
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Day 2 Rudolph meets the other reindeer. (Only the elf with carrot and Rudolph fit within the door frame ;) of course) Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr
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Thanks for the kind words everyone! It was really fun to create for the holidays and include as many details as I could to give it a holiday feel. Each compartment behind the centre four doors (days 2-5, 8-11, 14-17, 20-23) on a side of the advent calendar part of the MOC are comprised of a 2x4x6 door frame, a 1x4x6 door frame behind that and then a panel section behind that so that they create individual compartments for that day’s item. The corner doors do only create one larger compartment for the two days that abut one another (days 1,24; 6,7; 12,13; 18,19) There is an angled panel at the back of this larger compartment so that it is blocked in as well. I used the stiff cloth awning piece in dark red on a diagonal to block one days item from the next and effectively create two smaller separate triangle compartments for the corners, inelegant but effective since I already had four of these cloth parts and they are stiff enough to stand independently in the corners. A more elegant solution to create two smaller angled sections for the corner compartments by using the 4x4x6 corner door frame (parts I don't own) and having a solid door in the frame, but I was happy with the way it turned out, and I had too many bricklink orders already :)
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The countdown is on! Only 25 more days until Christmas. I love advent calendars and wanted to create a larger Lego one this year. Each day brings a new character to fill Santa’s Workshop at the North Pole. On day one Jessica Claus welcomes you to the North Pole with a delicious tray of treats. The inside is ready for the elves and other Santa helpers to aid Santa get ready for Christmas. There are three fully furnished floors. The first floor is command central where the elves and other helpers can track Santa on his travels around the world on Christmas Eve. An extra large Christmas tree reaches into the second floor. Lots of magic and hard work happens on the second floor, which has a window greenhouse growing poinsettias of course and the workshop with toys, musical instruments and sports gear for children around the world. The third floor is the place where the elves, helpers and Santa get to relax and dine after their busy holiday season. Hope you enjoy and I will try to update daily as the building fills. Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr Santa's Workshop at the North Pole by Karen Metz, on Flickr
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Excellent build! Your photo of just the entrance way look like an actual building rather than one made out of Lego. Love the humorous gatherings of minifigs. So many bathing suits required :).
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[Autumn Animals] Home in Goblin Woods
kjm161 replied to kjm161's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes
You know your parts. It is the engine from Life on Mars in sand purple. Thanks! -
[Autumn Animals] Home in Goblin Woods
kjm161 replied to kjm161's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes
Thanks! I had those 8x8 plates in the pink and purple from the old Harry Potter sets that go with very few other things, so it was nice to be able to use them here. -
Wow! This is extraordinary. Thanks for sharing it here.
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This is a huge display and very well done. My favourite landscape is probably the last picture with the town. Great idea to recreate the Adventure theme!
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[Autumn Animals] Home in Goblin Woods
kjm161 replied to kjm161's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes
Thanks. I have wanted to use it for something for a while as well as some of the purple. and sand purple pieces I have. Thanks. So many cute animals in the Elves, Friends, Disney Princess lines that need homes.