Main Street USA

Steve Walker put this Disneyland main square on display at a recent Sealug event.

To Anaheim and beyond!

It looks like the Toy Story sculpture in Anaheim is the same as the one in Orlando, except they've added a big mosaic background. It looks like the construction fence is still up around the store, so we're getting photos of what we can see over the wall (though Ezractly seems to have gotten a sneak peek inside the store).

Best ... Disney villain ... ever!

When I read that the new makeover of the LEGO Store in Downtown Disney Anaheim would include displays of Toy Story and Sleeping Beauty, I'd assumed that they would be the same as those in Orlando. So I was happy to see that they are not (or at least that is true of the Sleeping Beauty one). Ezractly has a picture of the huge Maleficent. I'm still waiting to see someone post images of the reported Toy Story and Beauty and the Beast displays.

Castle

Morente Team built this great version of the Disney World Cinderella Castle.

Aladdin and friends

The Downtown Disney LEGO Store by Disneyland has undergone a major facelift. Like the one in Orlando last year, they've updated the displays with a series of Disney-themed sculptures, including Aladdin.

Buddies quiz

Sergio Fernández posted a whole series of block buddies. Can you guess them all?

Cinderella Castle

Tereglith built the Cinderella Castle as it appears in Orlando and Tokyo.

Don't worry ...

... be Happy (by Constant Concepts).

Triple Self-Portrait

At the same Festival of the Masters event I noted yesterday, the LEGO Group brought a big display piece. This was an interactive exhibit, where event attendees assembled 6x6 mosaic sections and then these were combined into a huge mosaic based on the famous Norman Rockwell painting.

Little Mermaid and friends

I was happy to recently learn that the LAML podcast is active once again after a long hiatus (this was posted on the Brothers-Brick), and so I've gone back and listened to the last several podcasts. One of the podcasts featured an interview with Joe Meno about his book The Cult of LEGO. He also talked about recently attending the 2011 Festival of the Masters, an annual event held by GFLUG in the Downtown Disney area outside of Disney World. Last year's theme was water, and Joe wanted to also have a Disney tie-in, so he brought Flounder and Sebastian. He also noted that Scott Little had a similarly themed mosaic.

Incredibles

My kids wanted to watch the Incredibles yesterday, so I figured I'd feature Bob and the Omnidroid by MacLane. I'm not sure whether or not this is Angus MacLane or not. It would make sense, since Angus is part of Pixar, and this Brickshelf gallery has several Pixar-inspired MOCs. OTOH, there is nothing in common between this Brickshelf gallery and Angus' Flickr stream, so I don't know if this a completely different builder, or it's just that his old stuff is on Brickshelf and newer stuff is all on Flickr.

Princesses

Icare made a series of figures similar to the recent block buddies meme. Let's start out with two classic princesses - Snow White and Sleeping Beauty.

Big Buzz

Kevin Hink, who works at the LEGO store in Austin, Texas, made this scene to commemorate the store opening and the 8 foot Buzz build.

Giant Buzz

Here's a smaller version that the Master Builders used as a template to make the 8-foot Buzz.

Humongous Buzz

When the LEGO store opened in Austin, Texas in August of 2010, there was a public event to build a 8 foot Buzz Lightyear. Attendees would construct larger blocks, which were then assembled by the master builders to make the sculpture.

Dumbo

DeTomaso Pantera made this great version of Dumbo.

Block buddies

Aha, the block buddies meme was sparked by a minimalist ad campaign by German firm Jung Von Matt. Anyway, let's see two versions of Toy Story by Carson Hart and Cutlass Iz.



Followed by two versions of Pooh and friends by Cutlas Iz and Etzel87.

2x2 stack characters

I don't know who built this. The Brothers-Brick, who are very good at giving credit to original builders, simply say it is spreading virally around the web. All of these characters are quite clever, but this is of particular relevance here on DisneyBricks for the group at the bottom left.

Missing person - HeatherLEGOgirl

If you're a regular reader of the variety of major LEGO blogs out there, you've already seen this, but I'm passing it along on the theory that at least some of my readers come from outside the hobbyist community. Heather Braaten, who you may know on various online forums as HeatherLEGOGirl, has been missing for the past week. She was last seen in Seattle, Washington. If you see Heather, or know anything of her whereabouts, please contact Lino Martins at linotopia AT hotmail DOT com , as he is in close touch with Heather's family, or directly contact the Seattle police department. Or use any of the contact information on the flyer below.

Visiting Disney

Constant Concepts made this great Disneyworld visitor. Wouldn't it be great if LEGO made an official mouse-ears hat piece?