Doctor Octoroc

One more finished, Baiyoke Tower II in Bangkok, Thailand. I promise, now I'll get to some requests!

Ah, right you are! I was putting together instructions for multiple files at that time, must have gotten confused since SEG is in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. It's fixed!

Another pair finished - the Bank of America Tower in New York, NY United States and First Canadian Place in Toronto, Canada. I'm going to browse the thread for more requests since I've banged out a good number of "World's Tallest" structures over the past week.

Two more for the series, up to 80 models now! Both very fun models. Kingdom Centre took some time to get just right and I finally found a sound method for lining up the front and back halves using a combination of side studded bricks on one side and brackets on the other.

Two more for the series, almost up to 80 now!

Thanks for the feedback, that's helpful. I agree that there are too many choices, I'll probably simplify that as much as possible - probably to 5 levels of rewards total. I like to give options but you have a point, people generally become indecisive with too many options and would rather make none rather than the 'wrong one'. That's why my goal is only going to be what it would cost for me to build them. I also have a few contacts on tech and geek blogs around the web so I can usually find a few interested parties to post about it on sites like Joystiq, Kotaku, Nerdist, etc. I'm not too worried about hitting goals to be honest, I'm more concerned with making this worth it to the people that help fund the project.

Thanks! Will do! So I'm 3/4 of the way to 100 sets, which was my original goal. I'll probably keep going after that but I wanted to get some opinions from everyone who has chimed in thus far on the thread... I had tentatively planned to put together a Kickstarter once I hit 100 models, the goal amount of which would be what it would cost to build all of them myself, then any extra funding would go towards designing/building additional sets - however many the extra would cover. That way it would be a shared cost between a lot of people and someone could get their hands on sets of instructions for as low as a $5 donation. So I guess what I'm wondering is, do people like that idea? If I was to put together a KS once I hit 100 models and had varying levels of rewards, who would be interested in funding that to get their hands on some instructions for their own builds? I would probably break the rewards down as follows (no prices listed, just general rewards per tier level): 1) Standard thank you plus instructions for any set under 50 pieces. 2) Access to any one set of instructions. 3) Access to any five sets of instructions. 4) Access to any ten sets of instructions. 5) Access to any 25 sets of instructions. 6) Access to all 100 sets of instructions. 7) Access to all 100 sets of instructions, plus instructions for any additional models that are put together with additional funding. 8) A physical set with printed booklet and all pieces needed for set of choice under 100 pieces. 9) A physical set with printed booklet and all pieces needed for set of choice under 200 pieces. 10) A physical set with printed booklet and all pieces needed for set of choice under 400 pieces. 11) A physical set with printed booklet and all pieces for any set of choice, plus a custom box, all in the standard LEGO Architecture style 12) Instructions for a custom designed model of any structure in the world up to 1000 pieces. 13) A physical set for a custom designed model of any structure in the world up to 1000 pieces complete with printed booklet, custom box and all pieces needed to build the model. Or something like that. Thoughts? Suggestions?

This one was a lot of fun - similar to the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel in the sense that the side towers are on an angle but instead of implementing hing plates they are rotated at an angle on the base. The tricky part was the shorter center section which involved some shuffling around of tiles on the sides of the main towers to fill in the gaps.

Two more finished! I was on a roll today and I think from now on I'll be doing two at a time. The Aon Center in Chicago, IL United States is the next in descending order in the "tallest' main series while the Mercury City Tower in Moscow, Russia is a little further down but I spotted it awhile back and have been wanting to have a go at it so I jumped on it as soon as it popped up in the diagram of world's tallest!

Another from in Shenzhen, China - SEG Plaza. This was a tricky one to get just right and the antenna still falls short of the exact height it should be but since it's on the corner and not the middle of the building, I had to get creative with the joint and the 4L bar was too long so I went with the 3L instead.

Two more from the original 'Tallest' series finished. Almas Tower in Dubai, UAE and The Pinnacle in Guangzhou, China.

One more Radio/TV tower finished before I get back to some more interesting stuff. Not sure if I'll go historical, US 50 or supertall (not many left in that category until they build more). Or I might try some other interesting ones...maybe a bridge or statue, not sure since at this scale, structures that small will be questionably simple. Also, this tower is nearly identical to the last one as far as build and even has the same exact number of pieces. Luckily the next few TV towers working my way down are much more interesting...

You got it! Happy to do as many requests as I can.

I have thought about doing some as super quick builds since they'd probably be under 10 pieces not including the base. At this scale though they might all be nothing more than just a bunch of the new 'micro-fig' piece they used for the Statue of Liberty in the NYC skyline set.

Another TV tower finished! Not very exciting but part of the series nonetheless. This is the Tianjin Radio & TV Tower in Tianjin, China - currently the 8th tallest freestanding tower in the world.

Only 37! Haha. Kinda wish we only had 20 states at the moment...or at least that by the time I get to certain states, they have built some more interesting tallest buildings. I still can't believe the tallest building in VT is an apartment building that's barely over 120 feet. That's not even 5 LEGO units high at this scale haha. Maybe I'll just do the top ten in the US and call it a day...oh wait, done! Moving on... It would still be cool to build them all and have a little map of the US showing where each one is.

One more for the US 50 mini-series finished - the John Hancock Tower in Boston MA, United States - not to be confused with the John Hancock Center in Chicago. This was a fun build - the main tower is on a turntable to position it so the angled slopes on either side line up with the squared off portion on the front side of the structure.

Another one finished for the US 50 mini-series - the IDS Center in Minneapolis, MN.

Sure thing! Always happy to do as many requests as I can. I've actually attempted many more than I've posted here but the logistics of building at this scale can be very prohibitive on certain structures - ie the Transamerica Building. There is just no way to do that form justice at this scale. And I agree, I like my second version better despite being nearly triple the number of pieces. It's really not a hard build to surmise from the screen shot, it's mostly 1x1 and 2x2 plates with some other unique pieces thrown in. You can use any number of combination of pieces for the base. One of the many ways I've improved my own building techniques is trying to duplicate other AFOL's designs by just looking at their builds.

The Embassy Suites in Philadelphia is a similar build - round building with balconies, etc. I had a hard time deciding between using the grooved cylinders as I did as opposed to alternating 2x2 plates with round 1x1 plates between them. I just mocked up the second in LDD to see what it looks like and the result is a bit more accurate - the deciding factor for me though was the number of pieces. For a build this small, 41 is a good number while the other way, there would have been 119 pieces. Still, I do like the look of it this way as well... As for the GGB, I really want to do some bridges at some point but not as part of this series. I've already extended the source material from tallest in the world to tallest in each US state and historical structures - adding bridges would just be too much haha. But eventually I may do a few landmark crossings.

One more from the home of many super and mega talls - the Elite Residence in Dubai, UAE.

Two more models done - one by request, the Marina City Towers in Chicago, IL United States, and a second that I've been wanting to do for awhile, the World Trade Center Souk in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Two more finished - both by request - the Pyramid of Chefren in Giza, Egypt and the HSBC Building in Hong Kong, China.

I do have a BoC build but it's far too similar to others I've found so I'm hesitant to put it out there 'as my own'. There just aren't a whole lot of ways to represent that form properly and someone else already beat me to what I'd consider to be the best method. Now that I've taken on the tallest in each US state as well as some historical structures, I'm more undecided on what I want to do next. When I started I just went from tallest to shortest but I've reached the point where a lot of the tallest in the world are TV towers and the such so I'm not as excited about those builds - and now I've also opened up the floodgates to other structures and it's a bit overwhelming haha. Also, my computer took a shiyte so I had to get a new one and I've just gotten back on track and have a backlog of work so things will be slow for a bit. But definitely keep the suggestions coming! They'll help me hone in on the next one. HSBC looks interesting, I'd probably take a nice "stroll" through all the misc pieces and mini fig accessories to find something that'll work for the details on the front. Sagrada Familia looks like a really cool and challenging build as well.

Yeah, I'm looking at them now. You're talking about these right? http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=195