Menapian Posted May 6 Posted May 6 Hello everyone, and allow me to introduce you to Phileas Fogg of Savile Row, London, his valet Jean Passepartout, and my Lego MOC Around the World in 80 Days! This build is inspired by Jules Verne's classic 1872 adventure novel, in which the eccentric adventurer Fogg makes a wager that he can circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days using the most up-to-date nineteenth-century technologies and transport links. The colourful spinning globe allows the minifigures to travel through a series of microscale dioramas showing locations and transportation from the novel, from palaces and elephants to steamships, camels, and ancient monuments. Beneath these microscale dioramas, a dotted line on the map follows the travellers as they race from London through Europe to Egypt, across the ocean to India, over the Pacific with a stopover in Japan en route to the U.S.A., and finally over the Atlantic to reach London. Will they be in time to win the bet? No spoilers here... The set contains minifigures of the novel's four main characters: Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, the detective Inspector Fix, and the Indian princess Aouda. It's currently gathering support over on LEGO Ideas, where you can find more pictures and details. This is my first project using Lego Studio software, and it's been a real pleasure to put it together and share it with the community. All support and feedback is very welcome - thanks for looking! Quote
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