Fifteen adult LEGO fans/master builders from nine countries are living out their ultimate brick-based dream as their creations are currently on display at the LEGO House in Billund, Denmark. This isn’t your average living room LEGO setup. We’re talking about the Masterpiece Gallery, where visitors from all over the world come to admire these genius-level builds without fear of stepping on any stray bricks.
This year’s exhibition includes Victoria Worsley from the UK, who turned her love of LEGO into a 1950s-style diner and a house filled with LEGO Belville figures. She’s hoping to inspire more women and girls to dive into LEGO building, maybe helping them realize there’s a whole LEGO world beyond pink castles.
Australia’s Donny Chen is showing off his massive 7,000-piece golden dragon, built in honor of the Lunar Year of the Dragon. Not bad for a guy who spends his days teaching piano and snapping bricks together with the precision of a LEGO wizard.
At 19, the youngest exhibitor, Roldan Grace from the U.S., has brought his 11,000-brick Knight on Horseback to the party. Just to keep things interesting, he’s also included a Scarlett Macaw and a Wandering House. When you’re a LEGO prodigy, one model simply isn’t enough.
All 15 builders personally transported their intricate creations to Billund, where they worked with LEGO’s Master Builder, Stuart Harris, to ensure every brick was in place. No capes involved, but the fate of thousands of tiny bricks was definitely at stake.
The models are now on display, and the builders can finally relax as visitors flock to marvel at their talent. For the rest of us, it’s a chance to be inspired—or feel slightly inadequate about our own LEGO skills.
The exhibitors at the Masterpiece Gallery:
- Donny Chen, Australia
- Dicken Liu, China
- Roldan Grace, United States
- Victoria Worsley, United Kingdom
- Jessica Bavier, United States
- Victor van den Berg, Netherlands
- Khang Huynh, Vietnam
- Nathan Don, United States
- Tamami Takado, Japan
- Martin Gebert, Germany
- Steven Howard, United States
- Takuya Fukugawa, Japan
- Andrew Steel, Australia
- Aiden Kessel, Australia
- Jiwoo Seon, South Korea
So, if you’re anywhere near Billund, don’t miss the Masterpiece Gallery. It’ll either make you feel incredibly inspired or hopelessly jealous. Either way, step carefully. The last thing you want is a stray brick underfoot. Just kidding. There won’t be any.
Images: LEGO.