We interrupt the entries on my latest travels with a visit to a Lego exhibition in Lisbon… I just had to post this right away for my grandson Masi!

In regards to the headline, anyone who hasn’t lived in the states probably won’t understand the reference. It’s based on a TV commercial which first aired all the way back in 1972, so you might also have to be as old as dirt, like me. Anyway, it’s from a commercial whereby two people fight over a frozen waffle. As if a frozen waffle would be worth fighting for, sheesh, they really are kinda nasty. But Leggo my Eggo was an effective slogan; it certainly stuck with me after all these years. Fittingly, I found a photo of an Eggo made out of Lego on the internet as well. The Lego version might even taste better than the real thing.

Anyway, I saw a news item about “Europe’s largest display of Lego,” and knew I had to be a proxy for my grandson, who loves Lego. (I understand they prefer “Lego” for both singular and plural. They also want you LEGO in all caps but I say to hell with that, they’re getting enough free advertising here as it is. It would feel like I’m shouting LEEEEEGOOOOO! every time I use the word, so I’m settling for Capitalization Only.)

The exhibit wasn’t quite what I expected, it was more or less just a big warehouse with a lot of glass cases holding various Lego creations. There were apparently 1,000 different constructs, but I only took photos of about 950 of them. Here follows the top 895 (just kiddin’. It’s definitely under 800).

The Leaning Tower of Pisa was pretty cool, and I even got to take that stupid and overdone “I’m holding it up” selfie everyone takes at the real thing. Yep, looks just as corny with Lego.

The Great Wall of China was impressive simply due to its sheer size. It might’ve taken them almost as long to build this as the real thing! Well, maybe not, because the real thing took 2,500 years or so. It might have seemed that long to the Lego builders though.

I kinda wish my eyes were like this, it’d be great if my ophthalmologist could just move a few Lego pieces around to give me better eyesight! We’d all be better off if we were made out of Lego!

Colors were used to great effect with some of the constructs. The entire exhibit apparently had about 10 million pieces in it, or just a few more than my grandson Masi has.

The Titanic looks a lot better built out of Lego than it does now, that’s for sure!

Is today Wednesday? No, but she sure is.

My boys used to play with Transformers all the time when they were kids. I guess I didn’t get them enough yellow Lego so they could make their own. I do think they enjoyed destroying their creations more than making them, but holy hellfire would rain down upon them if I stepped on a piece in my bare feet.

The entire exhibit occupied about 2,000 square meters, just enough to fit New York City into.

Every single thing you see in these table games is Lego. Almost makes me wonder if you could play ’em.

Animated characters were well represented.

As were Bridges.

Some of the creatures were fascinating, even the little guys.

Orthanc. And you’re welcome.

The attention to detail as well as the massive size of these Twin Towers was very impressive.

But I honestly couldn’t figure out why they had this demolition thing as part of it, as if this was after the 9/11 attack, especially with all those emergency vehicles. Maybe they felt that a Lego plane crashing into one would be in poor taste (well duh), so they opted for a sort of partial preview or something?

Some of the landscapes, whether Star Wars themed or amusement parks, were also impressive due to their immensity and attention to detail. Some of those make the bottom of my feet hurt just looking at ’em.

Race tracks and train tracks. The Four Seasons one was kinda cute, even though it didn’t look like a hotel at all.

Even though these don’t look complicated, think about all the work it would have taken to get all the proportions just right much less all the expressions. Well done!

Here you have one of the most beautiful creations known to man, as well as the Venus de Milo. I will say that it’s not often you get to see boobs made out of Lego.

Okay, well, there’s always someone. She really puts the hooters in shooters (they look like bazoomb- er, bazookas). This wasn’t in the exhibit btw, I was just keeping you abreast of Lego developments.

I thought I felt the force for a moment there, but I think it was just gas.

Fictional superheroes and supervillains and cute little aliens were well represented.

Always bring Lego when you go on a hike or a remote camping trip so you can build a lantern or a radio. Even gramophones are a good idea because they don’t use electricity.

The airport was pretty impressive. I think maybe they ought to use Lego to upgrade the Lisbon airport, which is consistently rated among the worst in the world.

I have no idea what this represents, Jurrassic Park maybe?

Of course Harry Potter’s world appeared as if by magic.

These prove that Lego can be used as educational tools too… check mate!

Highlights of he western world in Lego. Apparently the Eiffel Tower is now in Spain, and the White House is in the Gulf of Mexico. Yeah, I said Mexico, not the Gulf of America. Sheesh.

I particularly liked these movie posters, proving that you don’t have to go 3D to create some amazing things with Lego. I think it would be cool to make these and put them in a frame with glass and mount them in your TV/entertainment room!

Liberty and even freedom of speech is currently under assault in the USA, so let’s hope this Lego statue and what it represents doesn’t end up becoming a real-life comparison to the actual statue.

Obviously, these selfies were all created by Lens Buddy. Lens Buddy is an app that lets you control lots of things when taking selfies, so I used it here. Now I’m kinda bummed about the program, do they really need to put “Created with Lens Buddy” on every photo for the free advertising? I even resaved them as .jpgs but sure enough, “Created with Lens Buddy” still snuck through via some stupid algorithm, the words don’t even show up in my local apps, the sneaks. While this initially soured me on the program, I realized that maybe I’m using a free version, in which case I do kinda get it, because us angels are forgiving like that.

Anyway, these selfies didn’t have anything to do with Lego, but it was a good way for them to get five more euros out of your wallet. Which they needed to do, based on the number of visitors that were there when I was. Like about three. There were also a handful of families in the children’s play area where you could build whatever you wanted with lots of Lego, but I was expecting there might be a little bit of a crowd or something before I arrived, but no. In fact, not one other person came into the selfie area when I was in it. Which I was glad for because I looked pretty stupid in a lot of the poses I tried.

In the end I hope this gives Masi and maybe a few other people some ideas as to what they could create with their cornucopia of Lego. I’m generally happy making a box that doesn’t fall apart in a slight breeze.

Created with Lens Buddy.

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