{"id":2538,"date":"2014-08-19T18:50:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T18:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2014-08-19T18:50:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T18:50:41","slug":"building-springfield-lego-simpsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/building-springfield-lego-simpsons\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Springfield: The Lego Simpsons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/14497736586_c9dfd41377_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/14497736586_c9dfd41377_b.jpg\" alt=\"Simpsons\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/14497736586_c9dfd41377_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/14497736586_c9dfd41377_b-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>D&#8217;oh! Welcome to Springfield, IL, home of <i>The Simpsons<\/i>. This insanely detailed Lego replication of the Simpson family&#8217;s hometown comes to you from builder Matt De Lanoy. Built almost entirely during a three month period, April to June, this immaculate cityscape was taken to the Chicago Brickworld convention in June.<\/p>\n<p>De Lanoy said he knew he would build the whole of Springfield when the small line of Lego Simpsons was originally announced. Coming after his recreation of New New York from <i>Futurama<\/i>, Springfield seemed an obvious next choice. Pulling elements from the tv series and the <i>Tapped Out<\/i> game.<\/p>\n<p>De Lanoy neither knows, nor wants to know, the final count of bricks used in this display. &#8220;I suspect that if I were to know the piece count, then I could get a rough estimate of how much money overall I&#8217;d spent on it \u2014 and that&#8217;s just something I don&#8217;t want to know,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The overall detail shown to this exhibit astounds all fans of both Lego and <i>The Simpsons<\/i>. De Lanoy knew every minute component, from the color of Flanders&#8217; windows to the sliding door and Squishee machine at Kwik-E-Mart. Not even the Simpsons&#8217; House Set was good enough for this carefully crafted reproduction. De Lanoy used the original set as a reference point before building his own more accurate Simpsons&#8217; house.<\/p>\n<p>Homer and his family would be glad to stroll through this epic recreation of their hometown.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pepa_quin\/sets\/72157642149492755\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check out more of The Simpsons Lego Springfield on De Lanoy&#8217;s Flickr!<\/a><\/h4>\n[justified_image_grid preset=1 ids=&#8221;2542,2543,2544,2545,2546,2547,2548,2549,2550,2551,2552,2553&#8243; thumbs_spacing=5 row_height=200 height_deviation=30 caption=off overlay=hovered overlay_color=#111111 overlay_opacity=0.4 outer_border_width=2 outer_border_color=#cccccc lightbox=prettyphoto margin=&#8221;10px 0&#8243; mobile_caption=off mobile_overlay=off]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D&#8217;oh! Welcome to Springfield, IL, home of The Simpsons. This insanely detailed Lego replication of the Simpson family&#8217;s hometown comes to you from builder Matt De Lanoy. Built almost entirely during a three month period, April to June, this immaculate cityscape was taken to the Chicago Brickworld convention in June. 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