Ideas books
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238 – Ideas Book 1 – Station with basic train
Read more: 238 – Ideas Book 1 – Station with basic trainHello vintage LEGO lovers 🚉 On page 5 of Idea Book 238, there is a scene that captures something LEGO did beautifully in its early years: not just buildings, but life in motion. Trains arriving, passengers crossing, stairs going up and down — a whole little world built from simple bricks and big imagination. The…
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The Nice People Apartment Tower
Read more: The Nice People Apartment TowerHello vintage LEGO lovers 🏢 On page 2 of the German edition of Idea Book 238-1, there is a small injustice hiding in plain sight. If you look carefully at the left edge of the scene, tucked behind larger and more photogenic buildings, you will notice a modest structure that the photographer clearly did not…
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IB 238 – Lego City Bank
Read more: IB 238 – Lego City BankHello vintage LEGO lovers 🏦 Deep in the background of page 2 of the German edition of Idea Book 238-1, behind the colorful townhouses and lively traffic circle, stands a tall and rather mysterious structure. It is easy to miss at first glance, but once you notice it, its rigid vertical lines and endless rows…
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IB 238 – The Grand Yellow Hotel
Read more: IB 238 – The Grand Yellow HotelHello vintage LEGO lovers 🏨 On page 2 of the German edition of Idea Book 238-1, among cheerful town scenes and tidy little buildings, stands a structure so large and confidently yellow that one cannot help but imagine it has a story to tell. I like to call it The Grand Yellow Hotel. The Grand…
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IB 238 – The blue building that didn’t have a name
Read more: IB 238 – The blue building that didn’t have a nameHello vintage LEGO lovers 💙 On page 2 of the German edition of Idea Book 238, quietly sitting among several colorful buildings, there is a tall blue apartment block that LEGO never bothered to name. No official title, no story, no proud label — just a building, minding its own business in the background. Naturally,…
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IB 238-1 Coco’s Neighbour’s House
Read more: IB 238-1 Coco’s Neighbour’s HouseRight next to Coco’s House, quietly standing in the background of Idea Book 238-1, there is another charming little building — smaller, simpler, but just as full of character. I like to imagine it as Coco’s Neighbour’s House. In the original illustration, it appears almost discreetly, partially hidden among taller structures. Yet its clean façade,…
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IB 238-1 Coco’s Yellow House
Read more: IB 238-1 Coco’s Yellow HouseToday’s design can be found on page 2 of Idea Book 238-1, tucked among playful and colorful constructions, there is this tall yellow townhouse with its steep red roof and confident blue chimney. I chose to call it Coco’s House. The bright yellow walls feel like warmth; the red roof, like a protective embrace; and…
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IB 238-1 : The Acacias Apartments Building
Read more: IB 238-1 : The Acacias Apartments BuildingHey there ! I chose to name this building the Acacias Building. The name is inspired by the acacia flower — a name frequently used in France for modest residential developments and affordable apartment blocks. It carries a certain poetic contrast: a simple building with a gently evocative name. The model featured here is the…
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Ideas Book 238-1 : Tiny blue basic house
Read more: Ideas Book 238-1 : Tiny blue basic houseThis page of Ideas Book 238-1 shows how to build basic house walls with windows. This one is faily easy to build, sitting on a early baseplate. I didn’t add the tree in this rendering because this part is missing in stud.io. This house doesn’t use slopes for the roof, which is typical from this…
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Red Urban Row Apartments Tower
Read more: Red Urban Row Apartments TowerThe circled LEGO construction from the German edition of LEGO Idea Book No. 1 (238-1) is a striking urban row house with a stepped gable facade, standing as a bold accent in a colorful cityscape. This narrow, vertical structure rises approximately 15 studs large and 26 bricks tall (plus roof), built primarily from vibrant red…