Scaled up 375/6075 Yellow Castle by Duncan Titmarsh
Huw Millington sends word of a Brickish Association event he recently attended, where the centerpiece was a 6x version of 375/6075 Castle — aka “The Yellow Castle” or “What I wanted for Christmas 1978 and why I’m still not speaking to my parents, 30 years later.” ;-)
Don’t think that looks that big? Think again:
Check out more photos in photosets from Martin Long, Huw, and Darren Smith.
EDIT: Commenters over on Gizmodo point out that this is a 6:1 scale model, not just 6x bigger, which means that it’s actually 216 times as big as the original!
April 7th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Batman?
April 8th, 2008 at 12:00 am
This is insane. A classic castle built from big bricks which are in turn comprised of normal scale elements. It’s making my brain hurt from it’s cheesy coolness.
April 8th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Hey, I’m on TBB! (first pic; baldy head and RailBricks Tshirt!)
April 8th, 2008 at 3:57 am
I’ve made bigger.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:13 am
It’s even better close up when you can see how much of a talent the lads that built this have.
April 8th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Hey,
Just to emphasize what Rocko implies in his post, the ultra cool thing about this is not that it’s just another scaled-up creation. They actually came with crates of 6x bricks, and these were assembled on-site using the instructions from the original set with the giant bricks. This may well be my favorite castle LEGO thing ever.
Here’s another great gallery from Gizmodo.
Bruce
April 8th, 2008 at 9:16 am
I love the paddle wheeler in the gallery, and I recognize Peter Reid’s spaceships.
April 8th, 2008 at 11:49 am
This was so cool to see in real life, check out the Mr Men on guard at the back :0)
April 8th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
I see Batman on that castle. o_O
April 8th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
This is one of the most awesome MOCs ever! You can see that they even have one of the Red Doors positioned ‘upside down’ in the build! :)
April 8th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
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April 8th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
talltim> Did you get the L size t-shirt? It looks like you’ve put on about 50kg of pure muscle, all on your shoulders, in that pic. I believe those guys are insane.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Love it, love it, love it. And I did see the Mr. Men! Fantastic. It’s gonna be really hard to ever top this act for “best display of love for the Yellow Castle set”.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
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August 4th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I have been searching for the yellow castle instructions for years…is is possible to get them? Please advise. Joyce
August 4th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
@Joyce: Peeron.com has downloadable instructions for LEGOLAND Castle set 375, aka the “Yellow Castle.” Enjoy!