JE Brickworks
Set 605 remake
The extremely talented Jerry Builds Bricks came up with the wonderful idea of remaking classic LEGO sets last year and is running a 2021 season too.
For 2021 I chose the super-cute taxi set from 1971 - 50 years on, could I come up with a build that demonstrates both how much vehicle design has changed, as well as how sophisticated @lego has gotten?
The original set has just 17 pieces, no curves and is built 100% studs-up, proudly showing 32 of its total surface area of 40 studs, yet has wonderfully simple and elegant proportions. Onto my build, which has a few more pieces at around 130; how could an EV taxi look? I kept the colour scheme of the original set, including the wheels, but thought a mash-up of the original red, but with a nod to the checker graphics often seen on taxis. Of course the side graphics say TAXi, not TAXI as everything hi-tech has to have a lower-case i, right?
Set 605 remake
The extremely talented Jerry Builds Bricks came up with the wonderful idea of remaking classic LEGO sets last year and is running a 2021 season too.
For 2021 I chose the super-cute taxi set from 1971 - 50 years on, could I come up with a build that demonstrates both how much vehicle design has changed, as well as how sophisticated @lego has gotten?
The original set has just 17 pieces, no curves and is built 100% studs-up, proudly showing 32 of its total surface area of 40 studs, yet has wonderfully simple and elegant proportions. Onto my build, which has a few more pieces at around 130; how could an EV taxi look? I kept the colour scheme of the original set, including the wheels, but thought a mash-up of the original red, but with a nod to the checker graphics often seen on taxis. Of course the side graphics say TAXi, not TAXI as everything hi-tech has to have a lower-case i, right?