[MOC] Modular Skyscraper "The Daily Stud"

[peedeejay]

Hey everyone,

wow, it's been a while! I would like to present my latest modular: A modular skyscraper that is the home of “The Daily Stud”, which delivers the latest news throughout the city!

 

This is by far my biggest build and it was also the most challenging one. It also took extremely long from the first digital design to the final build, since I was unable to move a stud for almost 2 years, due to building a real house. ;-) My main challenge was to create a facade, where you don't see at first glance, that the build is modular as well as maintaining stability. Therefore I had to work with outer walls that are 2 bricks thick, which also explains the high part count. The build sits on two standard baseplates, is 107cm high and weighs about 16,2kg. It contains 22.801 pieces and consists of 9 modules.

 

Most of the design was actually finished almost 3 years ago, so quite a bit before LEGO released the Daily Bugle. When that happened I lost the motivation to really finish it, but I finally re-visited it some months ago to finally finish it.

 

The skyscraper has 8 floors, which are fully furnished:

Floor 1: Lobby, Front Desk and Waiting Area

Floor 2: Restaurant

Floor 3: Archives

Floor 4: Dark Room and Chill-Out-Area

Floor 5: Offices

Floor 6: Offices and Restrooms

Floor 7: TV-Studio and IT-Room

Floor 8: Meeting Room and Main Editors Office

 

As always: Building instructions are available on Rebrickable! All of the pictures and in hires can be found on my flickr account.

 

Daily_Stud_01 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_02 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_03 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_08 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_10 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_17 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_21 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_23 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_27 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_31 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_35 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_42 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_47 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_49 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_61 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_65 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_67 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_71 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Daily_Stud_74 by peedeejay!, auf Flickr

 

Edited June 22, 2023 by peedeejay

[jalemac34]

What a work!!!!! Can't imagine the number of parts....

Superb

[wolfmanone73]

Amazing work.

[Feuer Zug]

Incredible. The attention to each detail on the 8 floors is amazing. Does the elevator work, or is it for show? The piece count is insane too.

[Silverhurst]

Very nice design and execution! I love how the doubled walls give those really nice window sills. They take up extra space, but take your build to the next level.

[Lion King]

Wow! That’s amazing! I wish Lego could do  non-licensed Modular Building skyscraper but we will see. 

You did a great work!! 

[Sérgio]

I spend 45 min looking at all the details! great job!!

Edited June 24, 2023 by Sérgio

[peedeejay]

On 6/22/2023 at 2:01 PM, jalemac34 said:

What a work!!!!! Can't imagine the number of parts....

Superb

Thanks! The part count is in my initial post. It's 22.801. ;-)

On 6/22/2023 at 3:40 PM, wolfmanone73 said:

Amazing work.

Thank you!

On 6/22/2023 at 3:49 PM, Feuer Zug said:

Incredible. The attention to each detail on the 8 floors is amazing. Does the elevator work, or is it for show? The piece count is insane too.

It doesn't work and is just for show. There is just a big hole that you can look through from the top when you don't have the roof attached to it. ;-) I thought about it, but it's not possible to create one without having it visible from outside and I wanted to keep a clean facade.

On 6/22/2023 at 7:02 PM, Silverhurst said:

Very nice design and execution! I love how the doubled walls give those really nice window sills. They take up extra space, but take your build to the next level.

Thanks! They also add quite a bit to the overall weight. :D

On 6/22/2023 at 9:07 PM, Lion King said:

Wow! That’s amazing! I wish Lego could do  non-licensed Modular Building skyscraper but we will see. 

You did a great work!! 

Thank you! Even though we see larger and larger sets, I don't think something like this would happen. Even it were empty, the build would still have roughly 13.000-15.000 pieces and to be perfectly honest, the building experience is quite monotonous for the major parts of the facade. ;-(

On 6/24/2023 at 12:49 PM, Sérgio said:

I spend 45 min looking at all the details! great job!!

Thank you! That is exactly the reason why I spent so much time for them. :)

[Lion King]

1 hour ago, peedeejay said:

Thank you! Even though we see larger and larger sets, I don't think something like this would happen. Even it were empty, the build would still have roughly 13.000-15.000 pieces and to be perfectly honest, the building experience is quite monotonous for the major parts of the facade. ;-(

Ya welcome! That’s true. But take a look at Daily Bugle set - it has 4 levels, which it’s approx 33 inches tall. All existing Modular Building ses are about  inches tall, except for Town Hall (it’s 20 inches tall). I think Modular Building skyscraper would be best with 4 or 5 floors. :)

Edited June 26, 2023 by Lion King

[LegoDakin]

It's a very good with some really brilliant intricate little details.

[kevin8]

Great work! Thank you for sharing! Amazing interiors!

[hikouki]

Massive!!!

Excellent job on both the exterior and interiors!!!

[peedeejay]

On 6/27/2023 at 7:55 AM, LegoDakin said:

It's a very good with some really brilliant intricate little details.

 

On 6/27/2023 at 10:32 AM, kevin8 said:

Great work! Thank you for sharing! Amazing interiors!

 

On 6/28/2023 at 5:38 AM, hikouki said:

Massive!!!

Excellent job on both the exterior and interiors!!!

Thanks again everyone! I am glad you enjoy it. :)

[FGMatt]

Fantastic! I always feel that it's the details that really make something like this great.