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"Lego: Secrets of the Pharaohs" will be at Science World until Sept 2006 as it makes its debut in Vancouver. These magnificent art pieces took several hours to design and assemble.
The exbit was well amazing, but I felt Lego should have put some thought into using tan coloured Lego blocks instead of bright yellow Lego pieces to make these statues appear and feel more like the real archeological artifacts. Design experts attempted to use their cheap lighting tricks to bring down the tone of yellow to a light tanish shade, but the dominant yellow is the wrong shade of colour. They should have invested some money into producing a new line of Lego blocks for their Egyptian themed project. I think the bright yellow, orange-red, sky- blue, and grassy- green colour theme takes way that ancient Egyptain art flare. Don't get me wrong these primary colours are great for contemporary amateur Lego enthusiats, but if you are going to make a reproduction of a Egyptian piece, don't use barn yard red, because it just doesn't cut it. It totally spoils the whole thing. Colour makes all the difference in the world. Despite my rant on the poor decision of Lego to make a Egyptian exbit with their traditional primary colour set, the exbit does have some merit for it's historical caption at each station. Quite a bit of thought was put into actively engaging the young ones, I recommend a weekend at Science World's Lego exbit for any couples with children. They will love it!