![]() ![]() Some ideas are inspired by scenes or characters from the films, and some are drawn from the movies’ promotional posters. To come up with his Oscars concepts this year, Klaus saw all eight of the Best Picture nominees after they were announced. Usually he needs to special-order about 30 percent of the more hard-to-find brick shapes and colors from, which he calls the “eBay of Lego collectors.” Each sculpture requires from 100 to 150 pieces. The designs usually take a day or two to create, then he goes through his inventory of parts to see what he has on-hand. Then he takes his idea to the computer, where he uses Lego Digital Designer software to create a three-dimensional digital design from a vast databank of thousands of Lego pieces. His designs always begin with an idea for the iconic image he wants to create. Among the many self-styled models he crafted from loose bricks are tributes to Disney films like “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Alice in Wonderland” and “Up.” The largest kit model he ever built is London’s Tower Bridge, a huge 4,300-brick sculpture that sits in the family’s living room.Īs he grew older, his family started traveling twice a year to Lego conventions where he was encouraged to start creating his own Lego sculptures. Capitol, the Sydney Opera House and Manhattan’s Flatiron building, which decorate shelves and tables around the house. When he was younger, Klaus enjoyed building large-scale kit structures like the U.S. Liana said her son only asked for Lego kits for birthdays and Christmas, and “when the Lego catalogs would come in the mail, he would be jumping up and down with excitement.” “I’d go on the rides, but I really liked going in the shops and building things with loose bricks. “Living so close to Legoland was really cool,” Klaus said. One of the first things the family did when they arrived was buy annual passes to Legoland California in Carlsbad. Austrian native Gebhard Neyer is a senior director for a pharmaceuticals firm in Sorrento Valley. Klaus started building with Legos at age 4, the same year his family moved from Redondo Beach to Carlsbad for his father’s job. The former schoolteacher said she always encouraged Klaus and his sister Emilia, a sixth-grader at La Costa Heights Elementary, to spend their play time creatively rather than watching TV or playing video games. The idea for creating the Best Picture nominee sculptures came from Klaus’ mom, Liana Neyer. “It’s a lot of work building these things, but it’s really fun and a great challenge.” “I just love Legos,” said Klaus, an aspiring architect who plays trombone in the San Dieguito Academy band. ![]()
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