LEGO designer reveals how they chose the dinosaur for 10326 Natural History Museum
In a video all about LEGO Icons 10326 Natural History Museum, the LEGO designer behind the build explained how the central dinosaur was chosen.
Both inside and out, the presence of the brick-built brachiosaurus is clear throughout 10326 Natural History Museum. The banners outside tease the exhibition of the enormous dinosaur skeleton and inside, it’s impossible to miss the towering structure. But how was the dinosaur selected to take up this central position? In the designer video for the set, we got the explanation.
“The centrepiece of the palaeontology museum is the brick-built brachiosaurus,” explained LEGO Designer Chris McVeigh. “Very early on, we decided that we wanted to have a brachiosaurus in the model. The decision was made because we wanted a dinosaur that was very tall, whose neck extends up through the atrium, and whose tail could wrap around the inside, allowing us to have that vertical height without being too wide to fit in the model.”
So who better than the brachiosaurus? The final effect is certainly impressive, with a brick-built dino that stands almost as tall as the building itself, without taking up too much valuable floor space.
With various smaller exhibits dotted throughout the modular museum, the presence of the brachiosaurus ties together the entire set. What’s more, in keeping with tradition in Modular Buildings, it nods toward another LEGO theme, with a design reminiscent of Jurassic World’s own brachiosaurus (if a version that’s a bit more dead).
Elsewhere in the video, Chris also dives into how the LEGO Group included yet another poop joke in 10326 Natural History Museum. Check out the full video below, or head to the LEGO Group’s official YouTube channel.
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rather disappointing that this is being touted as a Natural History museum when it’s not. space and minifigures selection of headgear wouldn’t be in a natural history museum. they’d be in a science museum or just a general museum. natural history is the study of the living world, not space travel of fashion. could have done so much better with the interior.