Since its debut at Brickworld Chicago in 2023, the New Hashima collab has gone viral, spawning new incarnations at LEGO events around the world. (You can learn more about its origins here.) Builder Toltomeja provided cubes (the modular format from which the city is built) at Bricking Bavaria in 2023 and 2024. Now Toltomeja fuses the cyberpunk city with their talent for microscale with this stunning tribute to the 2024 iteration. At 64×64 studs, it’s quite massive for “micro,” but that’s what it took to showcase the contributions of more than 50 builders.
For reference, here is the full-sized model in all of its glory:
New Hashima is more colorful than your typical sci-fi city, which translates well into microscale helping the many distinctive cubes stand out. Toltomeja comes up with some genius techniques to mirror the original, like using cherries to evoke kanji writing.
It’s fun to spot the individual models in miniature, like this island tower from Brick Ready or the hover barge from Gerrit Gottschalk. Truly, the level of detail and color matching is incredible!
Below are the three cubes that Tolotomeja contributed – two for ’24 and one for ’23. You can read our initial coverage of Toltomeja’s cubes here.
After appearing in North America and Europe, New Hashima spread to Australia this year with New Hashima Down Under. Follow @newhashimacollab to find out if a version of the cyberpunk city is cooming to a LEGO convention near you, or learn how to get involved.