Update (Wed 23rd June, 2021): Matthias Bartsch, the builder of this impressive piece, has added the Temple of Time build to LEGO Ideas, complete with building instructions — so you can both vote on it for the chance of it becoming a real LEGO set, and also just build it yourself!
[Original article (Wed 10th March, 2021): We know it's Mario Day and all that, but we'd just like to say - how come Mario gets his own LEGO set, but the vastly superior Legend of Zelda series struggles to get any of its fan-made designs past the review stages at LEGO HQ? It's a travesty, is what it is.
Maybe it's for the best, though, since we can't imagine an official LEGO Zelda set better than the ones Matthias Bartsch has been making. His latest is the Temple of Time from Ocarina of Time, featuring teeny-tiny recreations of the Master Sword and the Spiritual Stones that open the Door of Time.
In the past, Bartsch has also built the Clock Tower from Majora's Mask, complete with rotating clock faces, and Wind Waker's Tower of the Gods, which you can make canonically accurate by putting it in the bath.
You can find build instructions on Bartsch's Flickr page, as well as a ton of detailed photos of all the builds he's made so far.
[source reddit.com]
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mashes B Shut up and expand my hearts!
In Lego's defense, a Lego Zelda similar to the Mario set wouldn't be very interesting. Imagine having a cubic Link saying things like "hya! Hyak! Whah! Hayah!".
Now I want to replay Ocarina for the 65th time. Well played Kate, well played.
I've wanted Nintendo LEGO sets for the longest time and I was disappointed with the Mario sets. If Nintendo and LEGO ever make official Zelda sets hopefully they are more like the ones we see here.
We all have different talents — this isn’t one of mine. Very impressive!
I love these Lego builds, so much room for creativity and opportunities to pour your love for a property into. These look really brilliant, I’m a big fan of microbuilds.
Is it clear that he only uses LEGO bricks and none from another company? Otherwise I would recommend to say ‚toy bricks‘, as LEGO‘s lawyers are very aggressive at the moment...
That Tower of the Gods is beautiful.
Yo this is super cool! I love stuff like this. But I know how expensive it is to have enough of the right bricks in he right colors to build things like this. It usually means making custom orders and that ain't cheap!
That is an excellent build!
this is something I wanted to do but its so expensive to get a certain color of many blocks. And ofc my whole harry potter lego collection has the right color blocks but I am not destroying the sets. I really enjoy building, but money ruins everything.
That's pretty cool. People can make some really neat stuff with LEGOs.
I’ve been saying for years that LEGO should do Zelda sets in the style of their Elves series. The figures look very similar:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/716VAfX2iAL.AC_SL1400.jpg
Those would be a small fortune if they were official sets.
Maybe the next series of LEGO minifigures should be a LOZ or Nintendo set. You know, those gacha ones they sell in blind bags?
Beedle and Tingle could be rares 😁
I would legit throw money at Zelda sets. Even if those builds aren't as gorgeous as these!
@RandomNerds
Most Lego sets cost a small fortune nowadays!!!
This looks amazing. I really want a Link minifig
Needs to be submitted to lego ideas or whatever their user submission arm is
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