Taking a little holiday shopping detour into the tourist packed craziness that is Rockefeller Center at Christmas time, I tried to avoid the throngs of people by dashing left and right, but was still caught in the trap. While avoiding the crowds, my generally curious nature got the better of me once again as I went into the Lego store. For a while now, I have seen young boys carrying around Lego bags and wondered if they were from a large toy store- having forgotten altogether that a Lego store had opened a few months back, but because of my half baked interest in it, I never made a real note of it. Well, the other night, despite the place being packed, I went in and checked around.
Now, before you ask- no, they did not stock the new Batman series.
A relatively small shop (on two levels), it was fun to walk around, but perhaps it is best visited after the holidays, should you want a Lego fix. There are large scale models of Rockefeller Center (and some of the nearby sights, such as the Atlas statue), as well as some little dioramas and built models of what was on sale (including Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, which looks "cute" but does not have the force of the real thing by far)
Hopefully, next time I drop in, it will be less New York City and more Gotham.
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| close up of the army of little men that make up the Lego sign. |
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| the Lego sign. |
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| Mies Lives. |
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