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During a visit to a temple complex in Kyoto, as part of my trip to Japan BrickFest last year, we noted a courier van in the courtyard. We in this case were fellow builders Stijn van der Laan, TBB's Andrew Becraft and Nick Vas and Niek van Slagmaat, two designers who work for LEGO in Denmark.
The contrast between the van and the serene surroundings was astounding, but the van in itself was pretty distinctive. Since I had built a few Japanese vehicles for the event, we immediately discussed building a LEGO version. It took me a while to gather enough teal (dark turquoise) parts, but here it is. The monks represent traditional Japan, which was Andrew's suggestion.
I didn't know much about the van at the time, but looked into it a bit more when I came home. It's a Toyota Quick Delivery and was specifically designed for courier use. It has a high cab, so that the driver can walk through the vehicle to pick up the packages stored in the back, before exiting. It is narrow, to drive through narrow streets, and consequently, it looks really tall compared to its width.
The company livery is that of the Yamato Transport group, which is one of Japan's largest courier companies. Because of the logo, which represents a mother cat carrying a kitten, it is also known as "The black cat company".
I didn't take a picture of the LEGO model from the exact same angle as the real van, but this comparison still shows the similarities.
One of the stand-out features of the van is its asymmetry. It has far more windows on the kerbside (which is the left in Japan) than on the driver side, including a larger window in the bottom half of the sliding door. There's a folding seat for a passenger.
We saw the van at the Daitoku-ji monastery, which is a sprawling Zen Buddhist temple complex outside the city centre of Kyoto. These figures represent Japanese Zen Buddhist monks in their traditional garments.
The cavernous interior has a number of racks in it for storing packages. For moving heavy ones, the driver has a small collapsible trolley, which can be folded and stored under the floor. It works on my model too.
Christmas Present I'd actually bought myself a while back, but when I got it home Mrs SL nabbed it off me and it ended up wrapped and under the tree :-)
This is the recent re-issue, the original was coloured blue and silver on the box art/catalogue photos. Nowadays they go for quite a bit on eBay, this was more reasonably priced as a Buy It Now item.
An unusual and very high van, based on the Dyna truck and clearly designed for Japan. I can't imagine it's especially fun to drive, but I suppose being a billboard for local radio station Dunedin More FM means it doesn't move a lot.
I know a lot of LEGO car builders like custom cars or exotic super cars. I like to build everyday vehicles, though, albeit in this case from a different part of the world. These are typically Japanese delivery vehicles, with my new Mitsubishi Fuso Canter on the left. On the right is a van, a Toyota Quick Delivery as used by Yamato Transport, that I built several years ago, after having seen one in real life during a trip to Kyoto.
Back when I built the first version, LEGO had only just re-released teal elements and the parts palette was really limited. In the years since, it has steadily expanded, though. For instance, there are now are 1x1 "cheese slopes" (instead of only the 1x2 variant) and 1x1 tiles, and this has allowed me to make a few small improvements, in particular to the doors.
June 9 - 161/366
My next door neighbor just welcomed their second son to the world. Lucas was 9 lbs 3 oz and 20 in long. Big Brother Nicholas is excited yet jealous. Mom deserves a medal. They left the house at 5:25 am and she had the baby at 6:15 am. The Rn said if they'd waited longer he'd have been delivered on the beltway. She begged for an epidural. I'm surprised they gave it to her considering how quickly the birth went. All are home and doing well.
This is the mystery new grocer in the Willow Place Shopping Center at 5430 West Broad St, Richmond, VA.
This store opened in 1993 as a Food Lion and closed in 2017. In 2022, construction started on this building to be built as "Grocer at Willow Place" (and shopping the shopping center owner would not disclose the tenant). The tenant still has not been officially disclosed, however the current buildout definitely resembles an Amazon Fresh grocery store. Being the trend with other Amazon Fresh grocery stores under construction, this one has never been completed after Amazon halted the construction of all stores that were being built.
This is the mystery new grocer in the Willow Place Shopping Center at 5430 West Broad St, Richmond, VA.
This store opened in 1993 as a Food Lion and closed in 2017. In 2022, construction started on this building to be built as "Grocer at Willow Place" (and shopping the shopping center owner would not disclose the tenant). The tenant still has not been officially disclosed, however the current buildout definitely resembles an Amazon Fresh grocery store. Being the trend with other Amazon Fresh grocery stores under construction, this one has never been completed after Amazon halted the construction of all stores that were being built.
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This is the mystery new grocer in the Willow Place Shopping Center at 5430 West Broad St, Richmond, VA.
This store opened in 1993 as a Food Lion and closed in 2017. In 2022, construction started on this building to be built as "Grocer at Willow Place" (and shopping the shopping center owner would not disclose the tenant). The tenant still has not been officially disclosed, however the current buildout definitely resembles an Amazon Fresh grocery store. Being the trend with other Amazon Fresh grocery stores under construction, this one has never been completed after Amazon halted the construction of all stores that were being built.
This is the mystery new grocer in the Willow Place Shopping Center at 5430 West Broad St, Richmond, VA.
This store opened in 1993 as a Food Lion and closed in 2017. In 2022, construction started on this building to be built as "Grocer at Willow Place" (and shopping the shopping center owner would not disclose the tenant). The tenant still has not been officially disclosed, however the current buildout definitely resembles an Amazon Fresh grocery store. Being the trend with other Amazon Fresh grocery stores under construction, this one has never been completed after Amazon halted the construction of all stores that were being built.
This is the mystery new grocer in the Willow Place Shopping Center at 5430 West Broad St, Richmond, VA.
This store opened in 1993 as a Food Lion and closed in 2017. In 2022, construction started on this building to be built as "Grocer at Willow Place" (and shopping the shopping center owner would not disclose the tenant). The tenant still has not been officially disclosed, however the current buildout definitely resembles an Amazon Fresh grocery store. Being the trend with other Amazon Fresh grocery stores under construction, this one has never been completed after Amazon halted the construction of all stores that were being built.
This is the mystery new grocer in the Willow Place Shopping Center at 5430 West Broad St, Richmond, VA.
This store opened in 1993 as a Food Lion and closed in 2017. In 2022, construction started on this building to be built as "Grocer at Willow Place" (and shopping the shopping center owner would not disclose the tenant). The tenant still has not been officially disclosed, however the current buildout definitely resembles an Amazon Fresh grocery store. Being the trend with other Amazon Fresh grocery stores under construction, this one has never been completed after Amazon halted the construction of all stores that were being built.
This is the mystery new grocer in the Willow Place Shopping Center at 5430 West Broad St, Richmond, VA.
This store opened in 1993 as a Food Lion and closed in 2017. In 2022, construction started on this building to be built as "Grocer at Willow Place" (and shopping the shopping center owner would not disclose the tenant). The tenant still has not been officially disclosed, however the current buildout definitely resembles an Amazon Fresh grocery store. Being the trend with other Amazon Fresh grocery stores under construction, this one has never been completed after Amazon halted the construction of all stores that were being built.
This is the mystery new grocer in the Willow Place Shopping Center at 5430 West Broad St, Richmond, VA.
This store opened in 1993 as a Food Lion and closed in 2017. In 2022, construction started on this building to be built as "Grocer at Willow Place" (and shopping the shopping center owner would not disclose the tenant). The tenant still has not been officially disclosed, however the current buildout definitely resembles an Amazon Fresh grocery store. Being the trend with other Amazon Fresh grocery stores under construction, this one has never been completed after Amazon halted the construction of all stores that were being built.
This is the mystery new grocer in the Willow Place Shopping Center at 5430 West Broad St, Richmond, VA.
This store opened in 1993 as a Food Lion and closed in 2017. In 2022, construction started on this building to be built as "Grocer at Willow Place" (and shopping the shopping center owner would not disclose the tenant). The tenant still has not been officially disclosed, however the current buildout definitely resembles an Amazon Fresh grocery store. Being the trend with other Amazon Fresh grocery stores under construction, this one has never been completed after Amazon halted the construction of all stores that were being built.