| | Cool LEGO Site of the Week
July 8–July 14, 2001
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LEGO Rides
—Markku Jääskeläinen
| | Markku Jääskeläinen, self described “Crazy LEGO Builder” has set a new high-water mark in fun park models, not only for size and sheer quantity, but also for detail, and for the fleet of minifig trucks and other vehicles (all 185 of them) he has built to move the rides around.
In terms of going the extra distance, the rides work like the full-sized rides on which they’re modelled, complete with blinking lights, 9V motors and pneumatic systems. There are even some hand drawn plans for six of the big models, for other ride engineers to consider.
Then there’s the extensive collection of 5-, 6-, and 7-wide cars (don’t miss the Batmobile), the automatic transmissions (under Other Creations), and the mosaics and sculptures (Other Creations, Misc).
So many wonderful models, so little time...
(Reviewed by Richard Parsons)
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