When Building a LEGO project, I don’t ever imagine that I will make kids cry, but it happened once. I built this Mc D’s for a 1950s layout, based on the original location with the arches.

And stealing a joke from the Simpsons, I put a truck in the back, unloading one of every animal into the kitchen. I built this in 2006 so there were far fewer LEGO animals available. But there were Polar Bears, Monkeys, Snakes, Rats, Cats, Frogs and Horses!

Anyway, A kid saw it and started crying “Mom, it’s not true! It’s not true!”

I built this imperial fort for the the Surrey Museum’s LEGO® Pirate exhibit in 2010.

Though the fort is a unique creation, the architectural style is loosely based on a Dutch fort I visited in the north of Brazil, Fort Natal. (Credit to Allan Corbeil and Dave De Gobbi for the houses behind the fort)

You can also see a great video of my whirlpool from the same exhibit here.

While the fort was based on reality, the whirlpool was entirely fictional 🙂

The motorized whirlpool spun along side the Coral Castle I build. Random fact; I used approx 800 1×1 round white plates and bricks to make the coral, mostly jammed sideways into the open holes of Technic bricks. The best part is that I didn’t have to do it alone. I had many hours of help from VLC members Pierre and Pascal.