Build a Pixellated VW Beetle


	Build a Pixellated VW Beetle

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7-25-2008 10:10 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d3110859-bee5-4ce2-b0af-1ba1eafb1cd3/FB93B94B-1232-4D63-BF25-2A089A121B64/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.retrothing.com/2008/07/build-a-classic.html" href="http://www.retrothing.com/2008/07/build-a-classic.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.retrothing.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.retrothing.com/2008/07/build-a-classic.html"><P><IMG border="0" src="http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/24/legovw.jpg" title="Eyes like dinner plates..." alt="Lego VW" />
<BR />The VW Beetle's iconic silhouette presented a serious design challenge for LEGO. However, the Beetle is the classic car most requested by LEGO fans, so designer Steen Sig Andersen took three weeks to craft his interpretation of its rounded profile from angular LEGO blocks. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.retrothing.com/2008/07/build-a-classic.html"><P>Andersen explains, "When you scale things down, it’s more difficult to achieve that
rounded look when you’re working with squares and cubes. So a few square edges are inevitable." The square edges initially caused concern at VW's head office in Wolfsberg, although the Germans eventually grew to love LEGO's daring reinterpretation of the iconic 1960 'Charlotte' model.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.retrothing.com/2008/07/build-a-classic.html"><DIV class="entry-body"><P></p> <P><A href="http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=10187">LEGO Volkswagen Beetle</A> [LEGO Shop]</p> </DIV>
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				<P><IMG border="0" alt="Lego VW" title="Hop in and go for a spin..." src="http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/24/legovw2.jpg" /></p> <P><IMG border="0" alt="Lego VW" title="Plastic cooled motor" src="http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/24/legovw3.jpg" /></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.retrothing.com/2008/07/build-a-classic.html">The 16" (41cm) long two-tone blue model offers a stunning level of detail, including opening doors, hood and trunk, a spare tire in the front and reproduction air-cooled engine in the back. The 1,626 piece kit is recommended for patient adults and retails for $119.99.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FB93B94B-1232-4D63-BF25-2A089A121B64/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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