A little over a year ago, Hogwarts broke: I was moving it, the tall tower got caught on some Christmas bulbs I’d hung from the ceiling, and collapsed, taking the Owlery with it. I’ve been meaning to fix it for quite some time, but it was only recently that I got around to actually doing it. I’m glad it is fixed, I hope it is a very long time before I have to do anything more to it.
Building a giant castle out of Lego is something I’m very glad I did, but it’s also something I don’t think I’ll ever be able to do again. Or, at the very least, not if it’s going to be seven feet tall.
It is just amazing.
Comment by Kristin — January 4, 2008 @ 10:42 pm
Impressive. Most impressive. And just a little scary.
Comment by yellojkt — January 4, 2008 @ 11:37 pm
What is your long term plan for Hogwarts? Are you going to display it forever in your home? Look into sending it to a museum? Or eventually dismantle it? It’s pretty impressive, I’m just not quite sure how long you can live your life around a giant lego castle. It seems so delicate.
Comment by Summer — January 6, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
Summer,
While it might seem very large (and it’s certainly tall!), in terms of square footage, it actually has a small footprint — it sits on a small IKEA side-table and is 22″ by 22″ (64 lego pegs by 64 lego pegs).
Eventually, it’ll have to come down. While it isn’t fragile in the neccessarily traditional sense (if one of my cats jumps into it, the poor cat is going to be sore), I don’t think it could survive a move (and its height would make getting it out of the building difficult, to say the least). When I do move, however, I’d like to build “Hogwarts Mk. II”, which I imagine as a complete environment — Hogsmeade, the Hogwarts Express, the Black Lake, and the Castle. While I imagine Hogwarts II will not be as tall, I do imagine it’ll have a larger base (maybe 6′ square).
Someday, you & Matt are going to have to come up and take a look at it in person. Let me know the next time you’re planning a field trip to Wegman’s. I’m almost literally right around the corner (assuming I’m not at work, of course!)
Comment by MalSnay — January 6, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
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