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Window into the community

Window into the Community is a LEGO initiative to display models built by Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs) in the LEGO brand stores at Milton Keynes, Bluewater and Brighton.

We aim to display a new model every two months so be sure to check back for photographs of what our members are displaying to the rest of the community!

Click on the pictures below to enlarge them.

Current displays

Bluewater

Scrooge and Marley's

By Ed Diment

Scrooge and Marley's counting house from the Novel 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens. This is Scrooge's place of work and where he is first visited by the Ghost of Jacob Marley, his former partner. He is subsequently visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and Ghost of Christmas Future. Also seen are Scrooge's hard-working book-keeper Bob Cratchet and Bob's son Tiny Tim.

Milton Keynes

Sacrifice in Pankot Palace

By Tim Fegan

From the film "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", Indy saves Willie from being a sacrifice to Kali in a giant underground temple beneath the Pankot Palace.

Brighton

Factory with Rail Loading Shed

By David Tabner

Styled to resemble a Victorian factory (brick built with internal iron supports). The model was first designed on a computer using MLCad (from www.ldraw.org) in about three hours, which was longer than the build time of about two. Made from about 1200 parts.

Previous displays

Bluewater

Trucks

By Huw Millington

Five Container Trucks built to different scales: 8-wide for better details, 6 wide (like the current city vehicles), 4-wide (like the trucks and vehicles of the 90’s LEGO sets) and then 2 and 1 wide just for fun...!

Trucks was on display at Bluewater, January-March 2008.

Yoda

By James Sutton

Yoda is a bit too big for this display box - his lightsaber has even melted a hole in the roof! This life-size version of the famous green Jedi was inspired by an original design from LEGO® Modelmaker Steve Gerling. This version uses around 3500 bricks.

Yoda was on display at Bluewater, August-December 2007.

Fantasy Castle

By Mandy Dee

Built from white, green and pink marble this Italianate fantasy castle keep is the home of the Green Baron and his family. You can see him on the spiral staircase, enjoying his lunch.

Fantasy Castle was on display at Bluewater, April-July 2007.

R2D2 and Jango Fett

By James Sutton

These large-scale versions of two Star Wars figures were inspired by the scultures created by LEGO modelmakers.

R2D2 and Jango Fett was on display at Bluewater, February-March 2007.

Nativity

By Stephen Juby

Many years ago, a bright light draws travellers from far and wide to an unassuming stable in Bethlehem where a child was born.

Nativity was on display at Bluewater, December 2006-January 2007.

Doctor Who's TARDIS

By Tim Fegan

Standing for "Time and Relative Dimensions In Space", The Doctor's vehicle propels him though the Galaxy!

It's larger on the inside than it is on the outside, but that's tricky to build - even with LEGO!

Doctor Who's TARDIS was on display at Bluewater, September 2006.

Self Portrait

By Justin Ramsden

A 3D self-portrait in LEGO

Self Portrait was on display at Bluewater, July-August 2006.

Theatre

By Alastair Disley

This building was inspired by the classical architecture of grand palaces in Baltic cities such as St Petersburg.

Theatre was on display at Bluewater, June 2006.

Praxis

By Pete Reid

A mighty warrior robot, Praxis defends the outer dimensions against the forces of darkness!

Praxis was on display at Bluewater, May 2006.

Milton Keynes

Under the Sea

By William Howard

What lies beneath? Just look at all the things going on below the surface whilst friends relax and enjoy the sunshine in the water and rock pools above. How little they know!

Under the Sea was on display at Milton Keynes, January 2008-February 2008.

Little and Large

By Martin Long

Ho! Ho! Ho! These models are based on the LEGO set released a couple of years ago. The large Santa is exactly six times bigger than the original. If you look closely, you'll see that even the details of the bricks have been replicated on the scaled-up version.

Little and Large was on display at Milton Keynes, December 2007.

Fantasy Castle

By Mandy Dee

Built from white, green and pink marble this Italianate fantasy castle keep is the home of the Green Baron and his family. You can see him on the spiral staircase, enjoying his lunch.

Fantasy Castle was on display at Milton Keynes, October-November 2007.

Big Bricks

By Martin Long

These are all replicas of real LEGO bricks - but built six times larger. What's more, you can actually build with them too! We call them 6-Bricks. They are fun to try yourself - try building something like this with your own bricks.

Big Bricks was on display at Milton Keynes, August-September. 2007.

Doctor Who's TARDIS

By Tim Fegan

Standing for "Time and Relative Dimensions In Space", The Doctor's vehicle propels him though the Galaxy!

It's larger on the inside than it is on the outside, but that's tricky to build - even with LEGO!

Doctor Who's TARDIS was on display at Milton Keynes, June/July 2007.

Factory with Rail Loading Shed

By David Tabner

A compact design based upon a larger previous model. Styled on generic Victorian brick industrial structures (with internal iron supports). Design (CAD) time: 3 hours. Build and modification time: 2 hours. Made from about 1200 Lego pieces.

Factory with Rail Loading Shed was on display at Milton Keynes, April-May 2007.

Street Scene and Q1 Locomotive

By Mark Palmer

Street scene with Art-Deco office building utilising bricks in multiple directions. Nightclub inspired by the Hard Rock Café with guests arriving by stretch limo.

Bulleid Q1 locomotive, an "Austerity" design of the 1940s.

Street Scene and Q1 Locomotive was on display at Milton Keynes, February-March 2007.

Roaring Truck

By Martin Long

This truck is built entirely out of parts from the Creator set 4896 - Roaring Roadster.

The ideas book in the set shows a photo of this model, but no building instructions are included so you have to work it out yourself!

Roaring Truck was on display at Milton Keynes, September 2006.

Swallowtail & Docking Platform

By Jamie Spencer

This model was the winner, from 38 entries, of an international competition run by the Star Wars LEGO web community From Bricks To Bothans. The challenge was to build an original model only using bricks from the current "B-Wing Fighter" set, #6208.

Swallowtail & Docking Platform was on display at Milton Keynes, July-August 2006.

Self Portrait

By Justin Ramsden

A 3D self-portrait in LEGO

Self Portrait was on display at Milton Keynes, June 2006.

Theatre

By Alastair Disley

This building was inspired by the classical architecture of grand palaces in Baltic cities such as St Petersburg.

Theatre was on display at Milton Keynes, May 2006.

Brighton

Vintage Cars

By Richard James

The dark red car was inspired by the classic car hobby sets from the 1970s, of which there are two examples at the front.

Vintage Cars was on display at Brighton, August -October 2007.

Vehicles

By Huw Millington, Ralph Savelsberg, Jason Railton

A selection of vehicles: a Scania truck by Huw Millington, VW Beetle and Samba van by Ralph Savelsberg and two tractors by Jason Railton

Vehicles was on display at Brighton, May - July 2007.