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Pop-up LEGO Kinkaku-ji opens to reveal golden pavilion

  • Andrew
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  • Oct 19, 2009
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  • Art, Asia, Building Techniques, LEGO
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  • 10 Comments

    • The Buddhist temple of Kinkaku-ji was originally built in 1397. In 2009, talapz built a Kinkaku-ji in a box. Okay, words fail me here. They really do.

    The builder notes in the video that he used 4,500 LEGO pieces to build his pop-up Kinkaku-ji, and it weighs 4 kg. Be sure to watch the whole video — talapz shows how this amazing creation pops up out of the box.

    And don’t miss Jumpei Mitsui’s Kinkaku-ji from 2007.

    Andrew posted this entry on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 9:02 pm. Posted in the category Art, Asia, Building Techniques, LEGO You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    10 Responses to “Pop-up LEGO Kinkaku-ji opens to reveal golden pavilion”

    1. Jai Says:
      October 19th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

      A for presentation! Pop-up LEGO is something that I’ve never imagined might exist.

    2. DocRod Says:
      October 20th, 2009 at 12:54 am

      A fine work of art and ingenious piece of Lego engineering. Inspirationaly stuff indeed.

    3. matija Says:
      October 20th, 2009 at 2:53 am

      This is simply amazing! It left me speechless. Perfect construction of the pavilion and engineering. I visited the pavilion last year in Kyoto, and it’s astonishing. Almost as beautiful as this model.

    4. Herman Says:
      October 20th, 2009 at 5:05 am

      Increbible. Not something I would build, but brilliantly engineered. Jaw dropping amazing!

    5. Kin Says:
      October 20th, 2009 at 8:28 am

      Honestly… My jaw almost drop out from my mouth when i watch the full video! Totally Amazing! Can’t believe that LEGO Technic piece can perform such goo function here!

    6. Parax Says:
      October 20th, 2009 at 9:16 am

      Sheesh! My Brains hurts! thats a lot of clever in one place.

    7. valgarise Says:
      October 20th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

      It is incredible!

      It is not only really beautifull it is a really complex engineering system.
      There is not any detail miss, box is perfect and model nice.

      Excellent work!

    8. LegoFace42 Says:
      October 20th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

      Just fantastic! A great feat of lego engineering. I’d love if Lego would make models like this. Various buildings, landscapes,etc. that fold out when built. I’d be first in line to get them. Could be a new craze.

    9. Brad Says:
      October 20th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

      That is just lovely. Astounding and lovely! If you check out the YouTube video, there is also a stop-motion sphere build which is also clever and fun to wathc.

    10. Felix Says:
      October 21st, 2009 at 4:03 pm

      Inspiring… to the point of being intimidating. Wow!