I’m extremely lucky to be able to say that my own LEGO creations ended up in my local LEGO store!
I selected a small collection of my proudest and best MOCs for you to see in person! I included some with personal meanings, like Ribbit which was the frog that started it all for me, to make this exhibit a showcase of my progress and of who I am as a LEGO builder and artist. I also made sure there was a lot of original part usages to discover – can you spot the minifigs microphones? 👀
Want your own of something you saw in this expo? I prepared some instructions for you!
Backstory of my choices:
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First MOC is my Joyful Road Trip 3D frame! Born of part experimentations, some took from the Pick A Brick cup from my first ever trip to the LEGO store! Very fitting to be displayed next to the same Pick A Brick wall, don’t you think?
There’s many things I’m proud of in this one. My favorite must be the sun rays, and the challenges I overcame to make the car look this sleek and compact – very happy with this MOC!
Next to it, my dear little baby sheep! She has a whole family, but for the expo she’s on her own.
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These are some of the most popular MOCs I’ve built, ever! I couldn’t believe it when it got 5000+ upvotes in the LEGO subreddit, reaching top one in the popularity feed! And wow, the many touching comments I received along the way.
Popular creation? Checked. And I wanted something that references my painting hobby to include in the collection, so what better candidate than these?
And this delicate beauty was one of my very early piece experimentations, from I was just starting learning MOCing techniques online. It incorporates SNOTing, unique connections that allow for a sculptural aspect, mostly parts from my childhood LEGO collection, and frogs in camouflage for the win!
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I chose this one because not only was it another very popular one on social media, but it was also the first thing I built for the challenges of my local LEGO group, which I was so excited to finally be of age to be part of! Growing up, there wasn’t any LEGO groups for anyone over 7 years old, rarely even 10.
Incorporating builds from different stages of my LEGO journey feels like presenting my evolution and achievements. It makes me even prouder to have this opportunity!
This little frog is the reason you are reading from this website today.
One Christmas, under the tree alongside the LEGO train, me and my brother added our own creations. Among them was Ribbit, at the time unnamed. My mom noticed it, and said that she didn’t remember buying us this set – I replied that I actually built it myself. To that she said that I should post it on the LEGO IDEAS website, which we heard of not long ago in a documentary, because she believe it was worthy of a real LEGO set. My dad saw it some time after, and without consulting my mom he basically repeated the same scenario: the surprise of seeing a frog he didn’t remember buying, asking where it was from, then proceeding to saying I should submit it to that special website where you have a chance to become a LEGO designer. And I did! It was a very gratifying experience. Although it never gathered enough supporters to actually be turned into an official set, Ribbit kickstarted my social media presence, the interest in making the many more LEGO IDEAS projects that were to follow, my meeting of fellow AFOLs, my learning of actual LEGO techniques, and eventually led to me opening my art business.
Adding Ribbit to this display was a must: it’s the pillar of my LEGO world.
And to finish off, mini-me can be seen ridding Ribbit!
