Welcome to Fhloston Paradise (among other places)

July 13, 2013 8:38 AM

In the mood for some ginormous LEGO dioramas from beloved films? Of course you are! Besides the usual suspects of Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Batman, there are some equally impressive projects to be found based on Logan's Run, The Fifth Element, 300, Mothra, and even The Wizard of Oz.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI (17 comments total)

I love these. I'm almost as impressed with the creativity going into creating some of the "custom" minifigs (I'm pretty sure the Scarecrow's face is some kind of Halloween monster) as I am with the actual dioramas.
posted by asnider at 8:57 AM on July 13, 2013

My god. These are wonderful.
posted by dismas at 8:58 AM on July 13, 2013

Fhloston Paradise must the most beautiful concert hall of all the universe. A perfect replica of the old opera house of ... who cares.
posted by autopilot at 9:00 AM on July 13, 2013 [6 favorites]

Logan's run! Look at that!
posted by dismas at 9:11 AM on July 13, 2013

Ooooooh. I wonder how many of these might be at BrickCon in October?
posted by palomar at 9:29 AM on July 13, 2013

The photographs of the Logan's Run layout are beautiful.
posted by Ickster at 9:34 AM on July 13, 2013 [1 favorite]

Hear, hear, asnider. Are the Lego actors modified from existing Lego guys? Is it possible to 3D print them to your liking?

Also, in the Fifth Element set, I noticed that the paintings here are actually the main characters from Order of the Stick.
posted by tickingclock at 9:48 AM on July 13, 2013

Are the Lego actors modified from existing Lego guys?

From what I can tell, they are from existing minifigs. One of the great things about LEGO's Collectible Minifigures line is a great expansion in minifig headgear and costumes. It's from there that you get the sailors for the "Fifth Element" project and the Roman soldiers for the "300" project, just to site two examples.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 9:55 AM on July 13, 2013

The photographs of the Logan's Run layout are beautiful.

Hell yes. Those hexagonal leafy terraces and minifig crowds are amazing.

But where's Carousel?
posted by Spatch at 10:07 AM on July 13, 2013

Are the Lego actors modified from existing Lego guys?

As far as I can tell, yes. The only ones I'm not sure about are the Mangalores from the Fifth Element series. Their heads and weapons are likely custom made, and even their bodies look like they might be a custom paint job.
posted by asnider at 10:11 AM on July 13, 2013

The Mangalore heads are from the "Alien Conquest" series LEGO did a couple years ago.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 10:20 AM on July 13, 2013 [1 favorite]

But you may be right about the Mangalore weapons. Those might be custom from Brickarms.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 10:22 AM on July 13, 2013

I love all of these. That said, one of the Helm's Deep shots shows the unfortunate consequences of not having enough minifigs to fully evoke the source material. In the movie, ten thousand orcs move shoulder-to-shoulder in a seething mass towards the walls of the besieged keep; in Legoland, it is a platoon of them in loose formation.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 11:59 AM on July 13, 2013

In the movie, ten thousand orcs move shoulder-to-shoulder in a seething mass towards the walls of the besieged keep; in Legoland, it is a platoon of them in loose formation.

This one might be more to your liking.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 12:24 PM on July 13, 2013 [4 favorites]

AlonzoMosleyFBI: "This one might be more to your liking."

Holy shit
posted by notsnot at 2:24 PM on July 13, 2013

This one might be more to your liking.

NOW WE'RE TALKING!
posted by ricochet biscuit at 2:55 PM on July 13, 2013

I can't wait until my brother finishes his Pacific Rim tribute movie.
posted by Charlemagne In Sweatpants at 6:41 PM on July 14, 2013