Comments on: Announcing “Big in Japan” – collaborative display for TBB readers at BrickCon 2010

By: Thanel

Thanel — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:13:29 +0000

^ We have indeed had a lot of discussion on how to handle the scales and themes. We’re wanting to keep it open to all scales, mainly in 3 general categories: traditional (pre-1850), modern (1850-present) and pop culture (fantasy/pop arts/future).

Included among those are the possibilities of us Brothers or other participants organizing their own unified sections to a specific scale or topic. For example, I’d really like to contribute to a collaborative feudal Japan display, especially with my love of Kurosawa movies. Similarly, OJ is becoming guru of all things miniland Miyazaki.

By: Creative Anarchy

Creative Anarchy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:34:15 +0000

This seems like a really broad theme. When I heard about it an Brickcon it was intriguing but I wasn’t sure how it would be executed. Is this going to be minifig scale creation? Are we thinking of having varied segments like Fudal Period fantasy land, NeoTokyo 2029 Land, Midi-scale Monster Rampage land? I’m not looking to box in anyone’s creativity but I’d really like to have that same kind of big unified display that ZombiePoc brought to BrickCon rather than a collection of vignettes under a single general theme. It makes the collaboration more fun for me.

By: jimmythefly

jimmythefly — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:18:43 +0000

Should be lots of fun. It’ll be interesting to integrate pastoral scenes with a layered, decaying city circa 2029. Or maybe a layered, bright utopian future city? I dunno.

By: Thanel

Thanel — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:08:51 +0000

^ Indeed it does. I’m looking forward to it.

By: worker201

worker201 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:21:37 +0000

Thanel – According to Wikipedia, 10% of the warriors present at Sekigahara were gunners – which at minifig scale is going to seem like a lot. I’d rather do something a little more traditional – there were only like 3 gunners in Seven Samurai. Plus, Seven Samurai, with its 40 bandits and… well, I forget how many samurai there were – anyway, it’s recreatable without any sort of scaling. I also have a number of horses I could contribute as well, and maybe I could be convinced to build some peasant shacks and rice paddies. Sounds fun.

By: Thanel

Thanel — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:27:49 +0000

@ worker201: As Andrew mentioned in the post, a recreation of Sekigahara wouldn’t be bad. It could include slopes, riverbed, water, palisade and of course epic plastic battling. Anyone up to a castle? I’m planning on doing at least a portion of the village from Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, which I was hoping to work into a section of minifig scale traditional Japanese life.

@ Aaron D: We have decided for sure to leave it open for all scales and do have a unifying concept in mind. Like the exact categories, we’ll announce a few more details later when they’re more fully hammered out.

By: Ochre Jelly

Ochre Jelly — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:21:48 +0000

^ If it was rigidly cohesive it wouldn’t feel Japanese! ;-)

By: Aaron D

Aaron D — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:45:19 +0000

I remember hearing the preliminary discussion about this at BC09. Very stoked to contribute but unsure of how cohesive the display will be. Any plans for a standard or just a series of MOCs and Dios celebrating Japanese culture?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:27:07 +0000

^ Yes, definitely. Those are pretty hard to find, so we’ll definitely welcome anybody who’d like to lend those type of unique items from the Ninjas line. Thanks!

By: worker201

worker201 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:22:11 +0000

I’ve got a lot of minifigs from the Castle/Ninja line, if anybody wants has an idea for a big battle display and needs figs.

By: Nannan

Nannan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:23:04 +0000

That’s a pretty neat idea. There’s definitely some appeal to builders from castle to space – it could be a headache to fit all the pieces, but it should be fun.