{"id":84695,"date":"2013-12-11T15:39:46","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T20:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=84695"},"modified":"2013-12-11T15:42:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T20:42:17","slug":"lego-rivendell-made-with-over-200000-bricks-is-a-marvel-to-behold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/12\/11\/84695-lego-rivendell-made-with-over-200000-bricks-is-a-marvel-to-behold\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Rivendell made with over 200,000 bricks is a marvel to behold!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">At last October&#8217;s <a href=\"brickcon.org\">BrickCon<\/a> in Seattle, a new collaborative LEGO creation was unveiled to the world. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/\">Alice Finch<\/a>, the same talented artist who created the largest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/8508642261\/\">LEGO Hogwarts<\/a> ever built, teamed up with fellow creator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fraslund\/\">David Frank<\/a> to build their own version of Middle-earth&#8217;s Rivendell. There have been other<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/09\/03\/61468-blake-baers-amazing-lego-rivendell-diorama\/\"> impressive versions<\/a> built before but this may dwarf\u00a0them all. I was fortunate enough to see this in person and it was truly spectacular! It really captured the hearts of the public attendees at BrickCon where it picked up the People&#8217;s Choice Award. LEGO blog\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brothers-brick.com\/2013\/12\/11\/tolkiens-rivendell-comes-to-life-with-200000-lego-bricks-exclusive-interview-with-builders-alice-finch-david-frank\/\">The Brothers Brick<\/a>\u00a0has a great interview with Alice and David, that goes into how and why they came to build this amazing version of Lord Elrond&#8217;s domain. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/sets\/72157638517944544\/with\/11293467456\/\">photos<\/a>\u00a0show all the detail inspired by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/11293496354\/\">&#8220;The Fellowship of the Ring&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/11293467566\/\">&#8220;An Unexpected Journey&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0as well as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/11293467456\/\">massive size<\/a>. It even\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/11293460926\/\">lights up<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bridge Building by Bippity Bricks, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/11293503254\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bridge Building\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5541\/11293503254_43f07d8da3_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" class=\"no-lazyload\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Dwarves forming a circle around Bilbo by Bippity Bricks, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/11293467566\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dwarves forming a circle around Bilbo\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5489\/11293467566_87edf9a439_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" class=\"no-lazyload\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Feasting Hall at Night by Bippity Bricks, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/11293461556\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feasting Hall at Night\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3769\/11293461556_67c51a1027_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" class=\"no-lazyload\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Elves return from hunting some goblins by Bippity Bricks, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/11293468136\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elves return from hunting some goblins\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7459\/11293468136_2af45bd4c0_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" class=\"no-lazyload\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Rivendell-angle by Bippity Bricks, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/11293474056\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rivendell-angle\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7377\/11293474056_2c2ec1f1f0_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"no-lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can enjoy more images on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88574960@N02\/sets\/72157638517944544\/with\/11293467456\/\">Flickr<\/a>. Congratulations to Alice and David on a beautiful version of Rivendell!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At last October&#8217;s BrickCon in Seattle, a new collaborative LEGO creation was unveiled to the world. 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