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As the famous French architect Le Corbusier once said "Architecture... est un jeu magnifique"... (architecture is a magnificent toy)... That became the slogan for a 1985 exhibition in LEGO by 30 European architects at Paris's famed Centre Pompadour.... that modern Tinker Toy abomination that is in the heart of Paris... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Georges_Pompidou TLG gave an unlimited supply of LEGO to the 30 architects... to build their dream project with (must be nice!!). About 1/2 dozen of these entries are displayed in the 1987 THE WORLD OF LEGO TOYS book by Henry Wiencek... http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?B=204 I got a phone call by Mr. Wiencek in 1986, and we talked for about an hour... (I'm the only AFOL mentioned in the book, on page 30).... so I was thrilled to help out with questions he had about LEGO. Back in 1986 there was no Internet.... and discussions with collectors was nearly impossible to have. But many years later I got a copy of a set of all 30 images from the Paris show (as boxed post cards), and produced high level scans of them. Unfortunately I never got a reply from the Belgian company that printed them, so I have been unable to include them in my 2,800 page Collectors Guide (DVD/download) due to potential Copyright sales issues. But I came across them again in my 10,000 image LEGO archives... and want to let anyone who has purchased my DVD/download to know that I'll give these out free to those folks. I just posted 12 of the 30 of them on 1000steine... and they can be viewed here.... http://www.1000steine.de/de/gemeinschaft/forum/?entry=1&id=26238#id26238 http://www.1000steine.de/de/gemeinschaft/forum/?entry=1&id=26362#id26362 These are some really wonderful models... I wonder where they are today?? Anyway... I'm still selling my download in Bazaar... and the 30 images will be sent free as EMAIL attachments. (These are retroactive for folks who already bought the download).
