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Originally from Manchester, England, US-based designer Andrew creates artwork for video games. In his free time, he creates art as well as photography. But his big passion is building LEGO

sets, both official ones and his own designs. How and when did you get into building with LEGO

bricks? I remember being amazed by all the details and working functions from my brother’s 8860 Technic Car set, from around 1985. I liked to build cars, robots and spaceships. As with most LEGO fans, there was a period when other things took over, but around 2013, I got back into it and found LEGO CUUSOO, now known as LEGO Ideas. What inspired you to make this Flintstones model? I have fond memories of watching The Flintstones growing up, and even now as an adult I enjoy it. I wanted to bring those memories to life in a LEGO build that would be fun for kids, nostalgic for adults and would translate well into a LEGO set. I love how The Flintstones has most of the tech we have, such as a music player but done in a primitive way, such as a bird’s beak playing the music disc, and the grass gets eaten, rather than cut! What was the biggest design challenge with this model? The design challenge with this set was capturing the fun and all the details of the show. It took about 88 hours in total and I used about 770 LEGO bricks in total, including Minifigures. How did it feel reaching the 10,000 votes and then becoming the next LEGO Ideas set? It took around 14 months to reach 10K and the support ebbed and flowed depending on how much time I spent promoting it. At 9996, I had to go to a meeting, but in my mind, I was yelling ‘Yabba Dabba Doo!’ LEGO Designers that inspire me: Former LEGO Designer Adrian Florea: He has some very creative parts usage on his Flickr.Mike Psiaki: He was official co-designer on the Saturn V and is a good technical builder.Sam Johnson: He did a great job taking my Doctor Who project and turning it into an official set. Fan designers that inspire me: Tyler Clites AKA Legohaulic: Lots of cool fun models on his Flickr, and his Stitch model looks great.Alex Jones AKA Orion Pax: He has an amazing amount of cool models on his Flickr. Jason Allemann AKA JK Brickworks: He makes LEGO come alive through motion. Websites I visit: New Elementary: In-depth blogs on new elements and creative ways to use them.Brickset: Lots of LEGO news updated daily.Brothers Brick: Cool and impressive builds. Fan Designer: “The Flintstones is timeless, blocky, fun and colorful just like LEGO!” Favorite LEGO

Studs Not On Top (SNOT) Brackets Micro Ball joints Curved slopes Me te Fn Dsge: Mr at: Adw Cak Fcs:32 Ricardo Silva Yabadaba… DUH!! That was my reaction when asked to work on this project. Of course I wanted to! I had crossed my fingers for it to succeed when I saw this model popping up on LEGO

Ideas. The Flintstones were a big part of my childhood and I loved watching the cartoons on TV. My job is to make sure the model is a good building experience, is stable during play and looks iconic, as well as ensure that we stay true to the fan’s original vision in the model. The entire model was impressive by itself, but I loved all the details that the fan designer, Andrew, had built in, including the car, the mailbox and the sofa, the TV set, the lamp and the phone. I tried to keep a lot of those in and even managed to add a few extra details. One of the most challenging parts to improve was the roof of the house. It’s a very big chunk of gray bricks and it lies at an angle, so it needed special attention. It was a great collaboration and I’m very satisfied with how the model turned out. Crystal “Bam” Fontan I was ecstatic to have the opportunity to work on The Flintstones LEGO Ideas set! I grew up with The Flintstones show so it was exciting to see how I could bring these characters to life in minifigure format! Bedrock is already colorful in itself, so I knew that there were some cool opportunities to bring color into the design. The challenge was figuring out how to merge the animated style of The Flintstones with the LEGO style. The fan designer, Andrew, is a very passionate LEGO fan so it was very important to make his dream come true. He had great suggestions and was a great help! It was definitely challenging creating the minifigures for The Flintstones characters. I mean… how do you make them without their iconic noses?! I think we achieved a great solution and it was an honor to bring these characters to life as LEGO minifigures. My favorite part of the model is the tiger print curtain decoration! The color combo of the gray house, blue door and orange curtains truly ROCKS! ;) Me te LG® Dsges: Rcro Sla & Cytl “Bm” Fna LEGO Designers4 Au Te Fnsos: On September 30, 1960, Fred and Wilma Flintstone hit the television sets of America during prime time, depicting a fantasy Stone Age couple dealing with the dilemmas and issues of the modern era. Although initially panned by TV critics, it quickly became a hit; a funny, happy cartoon with large cross-generational appeal, so both adults and children could enjoy watching it together. The humor was largely based on the juxtaposition of everyday dilemmas in this Stone Age setting, where a mid-century suburban American lifestyle was creatively appropriated with the ‘technology’ of the time; cars were powered by running humans, and domestic appliances such as washing machines, vacuum cleaners and garbage disposals worked via animals. In the town of ‘Bedrock’, items such as a radio or even a television set were made from… rocks. The two families of the show, the Flintstones and the Rubbles, did all the things a typical family would do like playing golf, bowling, playing pinball, using the telephones and listening to records, but they also had a pet dinosaur… This LEGO

Flintstones set has been created in homage to the television classic, paying respect to the creativity, fun and humor of the show. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.54 Dd yu kw… Bo Fcs: The Flintstones were originally called the Flagstones and then the Gladstones. Bedrock was referred to in early episodes as Rockville. The Flintstones was the most financially successful animated series, until The Simpsons. Wilma Flintstone’s maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal and Betty Rubble’s was Betty Jean McBricker. The Flintstones episodes dealt with everyday issues of the time, some more serious than others. One story arc dealt with the Rubbles’ difficulty having a child, but ended happily with the adoption of Bamm-Bamm. Fred dreams of the day he can leave his dino operator job at the quarry and live in wealth and luxury. Wilma and her best friend, Betty Rubble, sometimes take off on crazy escapades. Luckily, Wilma’s practicality usually prevails and prevents the two women from getting into real trouble. Barney is the devoted husband to Betty and father to Bamm-Bamm, and despite all his skirmishes with Fred, a loyal friend. Quieter than Wilma, Betty Rubble nonetheless has a spark of mischievousness and loves her best friend’s sense of adventure.6 Andrew, concepteur installé aux États-Unis et originaire de Manchester, en Angleterre, crée des illustrations pour jeux vidéo. Dans ses temps libres, il s’adonne à l’art et à la photographie. Mais sa grande passion est la construction d’ensembles LEGO , tant officiels qu’issus de ses propres conceptions.Quand et comment avez-vous commencé á assembler des briques LEGO

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