LEGO Bookends – The Brick Post! https://www.thebrickpost.com LEGO® Related News, Reviews, and More! Sat, 23 Apr 2022 10:55:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.thebrickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/TBP_Logo_Black_Fav-100x100.png LEGO Bookends – The Brick Post! https://www.thebrickpost.com 32 32 LEGO Ideas Feature: Train Edition! https://www.thebrickpost.com/lego-ideas/lego-ideas-feature-train-edition/ https://www.thebrickpost.com/lego-ideas/lego-ideas-feature-train-edition/#respond Sat, 23 Apr 2022 10:48:27 +0000 https://www.thebrickpost.com/?p=17900 Following the recent news of a new LEGO Freight Train set coming our way this Summer we thought it would be great to look at a selection of Train related LEGO Ideas projects.

Please don’t forget that if you like the look of any or all of these submissions head over to their corresponding pages and support them!

You’ll find both the page link, in each header, as well as a link to the creator throughout the small excerpt.


The Old Train Engine Shed:

This design, by Mind The Brick, would be a great addition to any of the LEGO Cargo Trains past & present and would make any Train fans display look complete.


Mediterranean Train Station:

Padlix has designed a stunning Train Station inspired by the Mediterranean. I particularly like the archways and clock tower!


London Underground Train Station:

Designed by JarvBricks, this one would work both as a beautiful display piece and as part of a Cityscape, placed under the City of course.


Train Tunnel Bookends:

Something a little different now by The American Brick, Bookends. I like how these look and give the sense you could pass something through the middle, as if my magic! 


Train Bookends:

We’ve featured these Bookends by Jimmi-DK before, many months ago. They look absolutely stunning and even include a Train.


The Boxcar Children:

This idea is by Misterion and is based on a popular Children’s book. The single, seeming abandoned, carridge looks great on the over grown tracks, very atmospheric.


The ‘Adler’ – German’s first Regularly Operated Train:

Brick Jongleur has captured this Train perfectly, I especially liking the first open sided carridge.


The Last Crusade: Circus Train:

Missing out on most of the Indiana Jones sets I’d love LEGO to dip their toes back into the franchise, especially if they make Bricktastic99’s idea!


Signal Box:

We’ve said this many times in our Podcast that LEGO should branch out into side builds and additional parts for their sets, one being Trains. This Signal Box by RailwayGuy would fall into that category perfectly.


Track Bed Set:

Another example of a perfect addon would be this Track Bed Set by FanOfLEGOTrains. Additional track with this sort of detail would be great for LEGO Train enthusiasts.


Thank you for taking the time to appreciate these LEGO Ideas submissions, we hope you’ve found them inspiring and done the right thing by clicking the links to support them. The could be made into real LEGO sets one day.

If you have a LEGO Train product idea please feel free to add it/them to the comments section below, let’s grow this article into something more, a ‘platform’ (excuse the Train pun) to show off everything LEGO Trains!

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LEGO Ideas Feature: Train Bookends https://www.thebrickpost.com/lego-ideas/lego-ideas-feature-train-bookends/ https://www.thebrickpost.com/lego-ideas/lego-ideas-feature-train-bookends/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2020 20:08:42 +0000 http://www.thebrickpost.com/?p=6571 Books, who doesn’t have at least a handful of books at home, sitting on a shelf or bookcase? What better way to keep them in order then using Bookends, they’re perfect! This week’s LEGO Ideas Feature is, yep you guessed it, LEGO Bookends!

Jimmi-DK has produced a set of bookends that not only keep your books in check but also gives the illusion of a train passing through them.

With these bookends it looks like a train is on its way through a tunnel in your books.

Whilst perusing the LEGO Ideas website I stumbled upon this submission and thought ‘wow, these look cool’ and I need to write a feature on them to help get them to their 10k support goal. Jimmi-DK isn’t too far off 10k but I’m sure he’ll get there.


I really like the look of these bookends and with a growing love for LEGO Trains it was an easy decision to support this submission. The detail that has gone into it all is outstanding and looks very professional. From the foliage and track to the train itself.

This locomotive has a traditional look and feel about it and the colours really work well together.

Both train sections are mounted on matching plinths, which also look well designed, built, and sturdy, each with overgrown greenery hanging from the tunnels entrance & exit. 

Jimmi-DK also mentions that they would fit into a LEGO City display. Just insert them into the side of a mountain (one each end) and it’s an easier alternative to constructing an actual cave system, amazing!

The measurements for each section is quite substantial too, coming in at almost 6in square

There are also five Minifigures included, a Train driver and four passengers. Access to the locomotive and carriage is gained by the removal of the roof sections so you can easily pop the Minifigures in and position them.

I could definitely see myself grabbing these if they were on the LEGO Store shelves. Having them setup on a bookcase or as part of a display would look so cool and definitely a conversation starter! 

Good luck to Jimmi-DK! 


To support the above LEGO Ideas submission please click the following link:

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/95574802-c787-4130-9ac5-d18a7e9195de

Please check out the creators Social Media platforms:
Instagram:

https://instagram.com/jimmi_lego?igshid=lba842podf4c

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