Giant Lego Castle Chicago late 80's
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Giant Lego Castle Chicago late 80's
Hi everybody. I'm new to this forum. I had been wondering something, and I figured this was a good place to ask. Back in the late 80's / early 90's I visited Chicago with my family. We either went to the Chicago Lego store (if it was around then). Or it was fao schwartz. I can't remember which. Anyway, I remember going in there, and they had a GIANT Lego castle built for people to see. From memory, I'm guessing it had to be 5 or 6 ft tall. (At least it seemed like it to and 8 year old.) It was a black castle, and looked kinda like a gigantic version of "the Black Knights Castle". I'm wondering if anyone remembers this, or if photos exist of Lego displays from this era. Well, here's hoping!
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Re: Giant Lego Castle Chicago late 80's
LEGO shops did not come to the USA shores until the 1990s, but there were many shops that featured them, and Playmobil quite prominently. Was it inside a shopping mall?
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Re: Giant Lego Castle Chicago late 80's
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Do you have any idea if it was a specific store display, or one of those traveling shows that they used to bring to major shopping malls? I remember going to a display at our local mall in the late 70's or early 80's that had lots of huge sculptures, and there was this Classic-Space layout that covered at least a 10 foot by 20 foot table. I was really into space at the time, so that's the thing I really remember. No clue if there was a big castle or not.
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Do you have any idea if it was a specific store display, or one of those traveling shows that they used to bring to major shopping malls? I remember going to a display at our local mall in the late 70's or early 80's that had lots of huge sculptures, and there was this Classic-Space layout that covered at least a 10 foot by 20 foot table. I was really into space at the time, so that's the thing I really remember. No clue if there was a big castle or not.
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Re: Giant Lego Castle Chicago late 80's
Yeah, it must have been a shopping mall then. I've been looking around on flickr, and seen that there are groups of people that hold lego conventions and build large castles. This way a store display though. So my guess is it was probably an official lego display at some store. That's about all I know. Since I've done a little research, and found out that building lego castles is such a big deal, this doesn't matter to me as much now. I didn't realize that people did this sort of thing all the time. I thought it was a one of a kind type of thing. Had no idea there were all these conventions and such.Count Blacktron wrote:LEGO shops did not come to the USA shores until the 1990s, but there were many shops that featured them, and Playmobil quite prominently. Was it inside a shopping mall?
Re: Giant Lego Castle Chicago late 80's
Unfortunately, the few I photos I found were from the late 90's. I think I may have a few from earlier. I'll keep digging.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxseidel/ ... 3234660399
I can't recall which store the display was in... Walmart/Target/Kmart, maybe?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxseidel/ ... 3234660399
I can't recall which store the display was in... Walmart/Target/Kmart, maybe?
Re: Giant Lego Castle Chicago late 80's
What about this one (click on picture for folder):
According to the folder description, this was part of the "LEGO World Show" back in 1984.
According to the folder description, this was part of the "LEGO World Show" back in 1984.
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Re: Giant Lego Castle Chicago late 80's
I remember seeing the display that LEGO did at FAO Schwartz in New York, sometime in the mid-1980's (probably 1984-1986, since I recall that it was after the gray castle era (1984) and before I was interested in castle sets (around 1987)). The display they had included a life-size setup with astronauts at a computer panel, a town display at minifig scale with a skyscraper on fire (being extinguished by firemen), and a castle setup with minifigures on rotating bases fighting each other or jousting.
I do think I've seen a picture of what might have been that display or a similar one, but I can't seem to find it for the life of me. I think the picture I saw featured a very tall and skinny square castle tower that went up several feet. Maybe it was in one of the LEGO books at home, although I don't think that's true. Hmm...
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I do think I've seen a picture of what might have been that display or a similar one, but I can't seem to find it for the life of me. I think the picture I saw featured a very tall and skinny square castle tower that went up several feet. Maybe it was in one of the LEGO books at home, although I don't think that's true. Hmm...
DaveE