For Flynn's birthday I offered to take him (and Jake and Michelle) into the city to visit Hobbyco, hobby and toy store, which used to be located in George Street, but is now in the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney. And my brother Peter pointed out the Lego exhibition taking place in the Sydney Town Hall - just across Druit Street from the QVB!
So, a visit was arranged.
Note that I did not think to take a camera, so these were all taken with my (oldish) Nokia N95. The camera at hand...
This is a close up of the mosaic, showing the dithering used to
achieve the range of colours from the limited palette of Lego blocks.
Climbing this ladder would be an interesting experience. It seems
better suited to a pole vaulting event.
The largest piece in this exhibit is this dinosaur skeleton. That's
Shell and Flynn on the left.
A close up view of the dinosaur skeleton head. One of the exhibition
monitors implied that the bricks are glued, which seems likely, as
the pieces are transported
as is.
No assembly required!
Flynn standing next to this Lego couple. And that dinosaur is
close by.
Jake started moving out of the picture a little early. The blue
showing on the couple is a reflection of the phone's flash.
Perhaps the most colorful peace symbol ever - courtesty of Lego!
Closer view of the top of the circle showing construction details.
Everything behind the barrier here is Lego - even the floor tiles!
The piece of art, showing it as basically a brick wall, with appropriate
use of coloured blocks to produce the image.
The title says it all:
The Swimmer.
Flynn and/or Jake wanted to go into the Town Hall (the Lego exhibition
was in the basement). So, we wandered up, and discovered the
Red Gate Gallery: Two Generations
exhibition of Chinese art - part of the Chinese New Year celebration.
It was a small exhibit, with some quite interesting art.
This is one of the statues in the exhibition, and
Flynn does his best imitation of the figure.
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