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Fatherhood²: 15 Photos Every Lego Fan Will Love (Updated)

Posted on January 29, 2012March 1, 2018 by Henry Elliss

UPDATED TO ADD: Check out the AMAZING photo at the bottom of the post, which I added after this post went up – it was too good not to miss!!

As anybody who knows me will attest, I’ve always been a massive Lego fan. Now that I’m a father, my love for the world’s most creative toy has been rekindled, and I’m spending a slightly worrying amount of my time either playing Lego “with” (i.e. long past the time he gets bored!) Robert, or lusting over very expensive models that I can’t afford.

One thing I HAVE discovered – which every Lego-loving dad will appreciate – is that you can now download instructions for thousands of new and old models at the official Lego website. Brilliant news if you, like me, have the pieces for lots of models but not the crucial instructions. Also, and slightly worryingly for me, I’ve discovered that you can order individual pieces from the “Lego brick shop“. I’m now giving serious consideration to downloading instructions for models that I have almost all the pieces for, sorting them out and ordering the leftovers – then having the fun of building the whole thing with Robert. It’s creativity on a budget! Well, sort of anyway…

Anyway, back to the point of this post. If you’re as big a fan as me, you may well enjoy seeing people doing creative things with Lego – the photo at the top of this post has been doing the rounds on Facebook this week, much to everyone’s delight. Over the past few years I’ve found a number of great people to follow on Flickr who do just these sorts of things – so I wanted to share some of my favourites with you here. Click the picture for a link to the creator’s Flickr page…

Image courtesy of Bruceywan on Flick
Image courtesy of Kalexanderson on Flickr
Image courtesy of Kaitan Tylerguy on Flickr
Image courtesy of LDM on Flickr
Image courtesy of Captain Spaulding on Flickr
It's Zoidberg! Image courtesy of -infomaniac- on Flickr
Image courtesy of bikicsmilan on Flickr
Image courtesy of Lego Josh on Twitter
Image courtesy of Tervlon on Flickr
Image courtesy of Monsterbrick on Twitter
Image courtesy of Chris N Parsons, from the group "Lego Album Covers"
Image courtesy of Brickmodified on Flickr

UPDATED TO ADD:

I was sent these by a few friends over Twitter this week, and they were too good not to include – they are a series of models which combine to make a little Lego diorama of the “Hill Valley” town from the Back to the Future Movies – or specifically, the 2015 version – complete with hoverboards. Check them out below:

The Hill Valley clock tower, from Back to the Future II
The Hill Valley movie theatre, showing Jaws 19
The Hill Valley town centre

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