This week’s question is shamelessly stolen from Hayden Clarkin, @the_transit_guy on Twitter. (I’m very interested in modern urbanism and follow a lot of folks talking about how we can make our cities better.) Yesterday he asked:
If you could have a Lego set of anything, what would it be?
And I would like to know the same.
Of course there are many many Lego sets dedicated to pop culture… like the Avatar: The Way of Water Metkayina Reef Home set pictured above. (What even is this? Was it in the movie? Was it named? Eighty bucks on US Amazon! Two hundred pounds on UK Amazon!! Who is buying this? Who asked for this?!) But don’t feel like you must limit yourself to pop culture. Go to town…
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A decade or so back, Sydney Padua drew a series of comics about Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage and their adventures fighting crime.
https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/comics/
I may have mentioned them here once or twice.
The comics have been adapted into an opera and an app for your tablet but not a Lego set, and I feel that all our lives would be improved if we had Lovelace and Babbage figures to play with, especially if the Lego analytical engine really worked.
i think i would like a Lego set of Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Garden of Earthly Delights.
just so many possibilities for minifigures and scenic kits. hours of fun!
imagine the lego movie that could be made from it…
Wow, yes!