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  • August 3, 2013
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Sydney Opera House™
Sydney Opera House™
Sydney Opera House™
 
Posted:September 15, 2013
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Age: 35-44 years old
Customer Type:  LEGO Fan
Building Experience:  Intermediate LEGO builder
Overall: 
5 / 5
5 / 5
Wow. Fantastic Recreation.
" Last month I built Tower Bridge, and Sydney Opera House was far more enjoyable, largely due to the newer numbered bags system.
The creation of this model certainly must have taken countless hours to figure out how to get all the angles just right. As a result of that dedication to detail, the resulting build does contain some fairly advanced building techniques, but the instructions are clear and easy to follow, and the resulting model is fantastic.
I built this by myself over a weekend, and it probably took me 10-12 hours, including getting up to stretch and take breaks.
The only detraction for me is the gapped roof peak seam, although there probably aren't any LEGO pieces that could solve this without drastically scaling up the model.
In all, I highly recommend this set, especially for fans of architecture and advanced lego building techniques. "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Bothell
State:  Washington
From:  United States
Age: 35-44 years old
Customer Type:  LEGO Fan
Building Experience:  Intermediate LEGO builder
Play Experience (Optional): 
4 / 5
4 / 5
Value for Money (Optional): 
5 / 5
5 / 5
Level of Difficulty:
Challenging
Challenging
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Studio
Studio
Studio
 
Posted:August 3, 2013
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Age: 35-44 years old
Customer Type:  LEGO Fan
Building Experience:  Intermediate LEGO builder
Overall: 
5 / 5
5 / 5
Excellent introduction to Architectural concepts
" I picked this up at the local LEGO store today, and I'm definitely impressed.
I'm in college right now, studying to be a structural engineer, and as such have a thing for architecture.
I have the entire Architecture line, so initially I was going to buy this just for the completist factor, but I was intrigued by the possibilities of the book.
I also went to the B&N event this past weekend, and I like the brick selection. There's a few slopes and wedges in there I hadn't seen before, as well as the double-sided grooved blocks. Sadly, they didn't have the book available for viewing, though.
If you are interested in seeing the book before you buy, the "instructions" for 21050 are available in .pdf form at the LEGO.com site, all 272 pages of it.
It is essentially an introductory architecture text, introducing the concepts of sketching, inspiration, scale, texture, voids, density, modules, repetition and many more. TLG worked with world-class architecture firms including KRADS, MAD, REX, SOM, Sou Fujimoto, Winy Maas, Safdie and Tham & Videgaard. Real architects from these firms discuss concepts, then demonstrate how to use LEGOs to convey those concepts.
In my opinion, the book is fantastic, and as soon as I'm done with Finals next week, I'll be reading it cover to cover. The book by itself would easily cost upwards of $100 in any bookstore as an introductory or Architecture 101 text. Throw in over $100 worth of bricks and it's actually quite the bargain.
Incidentally, architecture and interior design concept models are nearly always 100% pure white, regardless of final intent, so the use of all white bricks is actually very accurate, and some of the firms in the book indicate that they occasionally will actually use LEGOs to represent buildings that they are designing, which is pretty cool.
I'm going to say 4.5 out of 5, only marking down because of what I see as a slight shortage of round pieces such as cones, antennae and peaks to go with the slopes that are provided. "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Bothell
State:  Washington
From:  United States
Age: 35-44 years old
Customer Type:  LEGO Fan
Building Experience:  Intermediate LEGO builder
Play Experience (Optional): 
5 / 5
5 / 5
Value for Money (Optional): 
5 / 5
5 / 5
Level of Difficulty:
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