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• Enjoy a magical Christmas build with this LEGO Santa s Visit (10293) building kit. Explore all the traditional details Santa s Visit with enchanting Christmas house model display.
• Includes 4 minifigures with dad, mom, girl and Santa you can recreate endless cozy family Christmas Eve scenes. See Santa drop through the large chimney into the fireplace.
• Enjoy spotting all the festive details the intricate interior. There are stockings the fireplace, a plate cookies with milk for Santa and gifts hidden around the house.
• This collectible Christmas house measures over 7.5 in. (19 cm) high, 10.5 in. (27 cm) wide and 6.5 in. (16 cm) deep. The rear roof moves outwards giving further access the upper floor bedroom.

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Review: LEGO 10293 Santa’s Visit (2021)

September 10, 2021 By Jay Ong 10 Comments

Christmas is coming soon, and as is LEGO tradition, we’re treated to a new LEGO Winter Village set each year, and I’m very honoured to be able to present my early review of the 2021 LEGO Winter Village set – 10293 Santa’s Visit !

Not to be confused with the promotional set of the same name , 10293 Santa’s Visit is a reimagination of 10229 Winter Village Cottage , currently one of the most sought after Winter Village sets.

That said, aside from being in the same-ish shade of blue (light royal blue vs the cottage’s Medium Blue), and it being a family home, this really is a unique set with its own individual identity.

Designed by Chris McVeigh, who did last year’s Elf Clubhouse , as well as the 2021 Modular Police Station , Chris has imbued this set with his own unique style, and included some really personal touches to make it his own.

After two years of fantastical sets such as the Elf Clubhouse , Gingerbread House , it’s nice to see the 2021 Winter Village set get back to a realistic setting that goes back to this beloved subtheme’s roots.

Read on to see more of 10293 Santa’s Visit!

See below for regional pricing:

• LEGO 10293 Santa’s Visit [US]  – US$99.99
• LEGO 10293 Santa’s Visit [AUS]  – AU$169.99
• LEGO 10293 Santa’s Visit [UK]  – £79.99
• LEGO 10293 Santa’s Visit [EU]  – €89.99
• LEGO 10293 Santa’s Visit [CAN]  – CA$139.99

Special thanks to LEGO for sending this review set!

Name:  Santa’s Visit Set Number:  76940 Pieces : 1,445 Price:  $99.99 [ U S ] | £ 79.99 GBP [ UK ] | AU$ 159.99 [ AUS ] Exclusive to:  LEGO.com Theme:  Creator Expert / Winter Village Release Date:  1 October 2021 / VIP Early Access 16 September 2021 Designer: Chris McVeigh Buy from LEGO.com [ USA ] [ AUS ] [ UK ]

Here’s a look at the instructions, which for some reason, is split into two – with one book for the house, and one for the Christmas Tree and outside fencing.

On the inside, is this neat profile of the set designer, Chris McVeigh, who is “well on his way to becoming the Yuletide specialist in the design team”.

Here’s the sticker sheet – nothing too controversial here – stickers are a pretty common occurrence in Winter Village sets, and while yes, I would prefer printed elements, these are easy enough to apply.

10293 Santa’s Visit comes with 4 minifigures, a small family of 3, and Santa Claus himself which has enjoyed a few updates, most visibly his new dual-moulded legs which finally gives him black boots. This is a big deal, and the design team pushed quite hard to get this done.

First, let’s look at the small family which gives us an adult woman, with her hair in a bun (first seen in Series 19’s Programmer ). Her hairstyle is commonly found on African American women, so this does inject some diversity, even if she’s the default yellow minifigure.

The little girl comes in some teal pyjamas with snowflakes, and her hair in pigtails, and the father has a red scarf, on a brown jumper and a face that’s just perfect if you want to re-create Ted Lasso .

The mum and dad both have mirthful laughing faces – which is perfect given this is a holiday set, so they should be very happy, and the little girl has a face with her eyes closed, fast asleep.

A brand new addition to the set is this new sprinkle cookie element, which is based on actual cookies made by Chris McVeigh’s mum called Melting Moments. I thought this was such a sweet Easter Egg, and I’m sure Mrs McVeigh will be delighted to have her recipe immortalised like this.

The new Santa with boots, is the highlight of the set, and boots aside, is currently the best version of Santa out there. Look at how perfect he looks alongside older Santa minifigures. Aside from his fancy new boots, and slightly updated torso print (with less fur trimming), there’s another surprise underneath his beard…

Tada! Santa’s new minifigure head has beard printing on it as well, which is perfect if you want to display him without his beard accessory! Personally, I love his face like this without the beard!

And lastly, here’s a look at Santa’s new back printing too. Just great, and this set gives fans of LEGO Winter Village a perfect opportunity to upgrade to a new, and far superior Santa.

That or, you could also opt for the 40499 Santa’s Sleigh set , which also has dual-moulded legs, but I’m not sure if the torso and head are the same.

Another tradition with LEGO Winter Village sets, is the unique Christmas Tree, and this year has an extra special twist to it. At first glance, it looks fairly ordinary – sure, the square wooden base looks new, but wait, are those transparent studs peppered across the leaves?

Gently pressing down the star, illuminates the Christmas Tree for such a stunning, and festive effect. This is the first LEGO Christmas Tree to make use of a light brick embedded on the inside, and it really transforms its entire look in such a magical way.

Here’s a look at where the light brick is hidden – the Christmas Tree does pop out of its base quite often, and unfortunately, there isn’t a way to “lock” the Christmas Tree in place, if you want to keep it lit up, but I feel like this should be an easy mod if you’d like to include your own lightning kit (such as Light My Bricks ) to keep it lit up permanently.

Here’s a better look at the assortment of presents and wrapped gifts. The highlights for me is the rocket, which seems like a homage to the Saturn 5 rocket , and the trumpet, but I also love the dollhouse, which has a blue car that cleverly uses a rollerskate piece.

It reminds me so much of classic LEGO Town Architecture, and I did dive through the Brickset archives, thinking it was an actual LEGO set from Chris McVeigh’s childhood – the closest I can think of is 1484 Houses from 1987, or 6360 Weekend Cottage , but the blue car does place it closer to 1484 Houses.

There is also a small outdoor gate and fence, with a quaint red mailbox – perfect to send Santa letters and Christmas wishes.

I really love the sculpting of the snow, and how it neatly blankets the fences, and piles up at the base, and I also love the use of this new 1 x 1 round brick within the lantern, which uses the fairly rare opalescent colour, Transparent White Opal.

And here’s the completed family home, which is resplendent in Light Royal Blue – the same colour as the Winter Village Cottage, which still works really well, as it contrasts really nicely against all the white snow on its roof, and ground, and also makes the green and reds pop.

The house sits on a uniquely shaped base, which gives it a more unique almost W-shape, further setting it apart from the Winter Village Cottage which is very blocky.

There’s a more organic, natural feel to this house thanks to its shape, and Chris has done a marvellous job here with the architecture and angles.

Here’s a look at the entrance, which has a lovely stone arch and pillars, as well as festive gold bells hanging from holly above the doorway.

The door also has some holly which Chris cleverly sandwiches within the door’s holes.

This set just oozes peace and tranquility, especially with the white dove on the windowsill, just chilling there. A part of me also imagines that it doubles as Christian symbolism , as the dove is widely used as a symbol of peace and goodwill.

At the side of the house is white spiny tree, with sharp white branches, and a bird-feeder in it.

One of the highlights of the house design and facade, is the introduction of these green wolverine claws, which Chris uses to great effect for festive pops of colour all around the house.

They add so much fun to the look, and are another huge way that sets it apart from the Winter Village Cottage.

Oh and more opalescent lamps which are just divine.

I also like this double roof effect going on here, which creates such a great effect. The colour blocking is also so pleasing, with the dark blue trim, separating the lighter blue and white.

To soften the sharp lines for the roof, and house, Chris generously uses these curved tiles on the edges, which also looks great as it creates a sense of realism where snow tends to pile in these exact spots.

Such a great facade – very inviting, homely and peaceful.

Like any good Winter Village set, the back opens up like a dollhouse to reveal the interiors. This house contains a large living and dining area, fireplace, a small kitchen, and an upstairs bedroom.

Don’t ask me where the parents sleep. It’s not as large as the Winter Village Cottage, but makes clever use of the available space, and manages to avoid feeling too cramp. Unfortunately, this also means no Christmas Tree on the inside, which is a bit of a bummer.

Here’s a look at the kitchen, which includes this perfect Stand Mixer. It’s absolutely genius, and I love it so much.

And in a nod to Chris’ mum baking, there’s also a loaf of bread resting on the countertop too.

The dining table, for the very first time has room to spare for everyone to seat everyone including Santa, and I love that it doesn’t feel overly cramped. It has a lovely table runner, and some candles as a centerpiece.

Here’s a look at the child’s bedroom.

To allow better access, you can fold the roof out, which is pretty clever.

There’s a small desk, where the young girl can pen her letter to Santa.

And you can tell that the young girl is a fan of all things space, with the rocket poster above her bed.

And this neat little model of Saturn hanging from the roof.

This must be a McVeigh family tradition, but hidden in the attic, beneath the roof, is this pink present!

Here’ a look at the fireplace, with the family portrait, 3 brightly coloured Christmas stockings, and a clock.

And here’s a look at the lounge chair, and logs next to the fireplace.

It wouldn’t be a Chris McVeigh Christmas set without some fun play features, and true to the set’s name, you can actually pop Santa into the chimney, and he falls all the way down and pops out from the fireplace!

What I liked:

• Charming set, at an accessible price
• New Santa minifigure
• Colours are delightful
• Superb architecture and a family home for your Winter Village
• Has its own identity

What I didn’t like: 

• Not much, maybe another minifigure would be nice
• Presents could be improved

FINAL THOUGHTS:

This is a truly delightful set, and a more than worthy addition to LEGO’s Winter Village series. While it may share colours and the general theme as the Winter Village Cottage, this set truly has its own identity, and can stand toe to toe against the beloved Winter Village Cottage.

There’s so much to like, but I love that this set remains quite accessible at only US$99.99, allowing most families to expand their Winter Village without costing too much.

The facade, and architectural design is quite accomplished, and I love the oddly shaped base, and W-shape of the house, as well as how well the curves on the roof, offset some of the harsher sharper lines.

Where this set truly excels, is the little touches and flourishes that cannot be quantified on its own. Chris has imbued this set with so much of his own personal Christmas family experience, and thus radiates warmth and personal charm that makes it quite unique.

I don’t have the entire Winter Village out on display, but here’s how it looks next to some of the recent sets, and the Winter Village Cottage, which has a special place in my heart.

So yes, while there are some similarities, this set does have its own identity and is a great expansion for your LEGO Winter Village, especially if you don’t own the Cottage.

In many ways, I have to commend LEGO for acknowledging that many people want a residential, “home” build, and they could’ve gone the Winter Toy Shop route , and re-release the exact same set, but I like what Chris has done here – taken the Winter Village Cottage as inspiration, and update it to make it its own thing, yet still influenced by the colours, layout and vibe of the set.

Highly recommend the set, as it’s truly charming, and will hopefully bring you lots of joy come Christmas time, especially if you’ve had a challenging 2021.

Rating   and score: 4/5  ★★★★✰

Build [4]  – A very fun and engaging build that was super relaxing. Not too challenging, but mostly chill. Real Value [4]  – Can’t fault it – you get a LOT of LEGO for the price. Innovation [3]  – Does a new Santa count? The facade, and overall architecture is also quite unique Coolness [5]  – Ice is cool, so this set is very cool. Keepability [5]  – Its a Winter Village set, so very collectable.

Thanks to much for reading my early review of 10293 Santa’s Visit! I hope this helps you decide if you will add to this your LEGO Winter Village.

10293 Santa’s Visit will be available from LEGO.com on 16 September 2021 for LEGO VIPs, ahead of a 1 October 2021 general release.

Special thanks to LEGO for sending this review copy!

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January 3, 2022 at 7:36 AM

Where does the “Welcome Ho Ho Home” sticker go?

December 14, 2021 at 3:17 AM

Hi! Thank you soo much for your review! I was wondering if you could please give us some tips on storing the sets for next year? Santa is starting to give my son a set every year. Any tips are greatly appreciated. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!

November 28, 2021 at 9:51 AM

Just started the build with my Daughter, and the separate instructions for the fence, presents and tree were perfect. She built those and the contents of bag 1 while I tackled bags 2&3 which set out the base of the model (and could be quite boring for a younger builder).

Now we’re ready to tackle the rest of the build together. The boring bits of setting up that sturdy base structure are done and I’m sure we’ll have some great fun with the rest of the build together!

September 16, 2021 at 8:35 PM

Ok, ok, ok, I’m convinced. I have zero Christmas themed anything from Lego. I’ll wait for the sleigh in October and get both, but I’ve ordered the Gingerbread House and the Elf Clubhouse today. I like the idea of having a set lined up on the hallway table. I’ve also ordered Lightailing because it won’t be right without lights. Damn’ you Jay XD

September 12, 2021 at 11:16 AM

Highlights for me are the light up tree and the Santa sliding through the chimney – It’s so cool that Santa slides all the way through. So much fun, great set!

September 11, 2021 at 4:09 PM

Aus pricing is $159.99 not $170 thankfully

September 11, 2021 at 12:38 PM

It’s a big yes from me! Just the pick me up needed for Christmas.

September 11, 2021 at 10:37 AM

Take my money. A wonderful re-imagining of the original Winter Village Cottage.

September 11, 2021 at 3:43 AM

Great review. Thank you for all the images. Stunning addition in a beautiful blue to the Winter village range,

September 11, 2021 at 12:36 AM

At first the front seemed a little plain to me, but I can easily add gold pieces or white snow pieces to the roof. There’s so much else to like about this set, especially Santa sliding down, the light up tree, and the sweet little girl. Can’t wait to build this!

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10293: LEGO Winter Village Santa’s Visit Set Review

Posted By Adam White on Sep 10, 2021 | 0 comments

Christmas comes but once a year, and when it comes it brings good cheer. But it’s not just cheer the festive period bestows upon us, it’s also a time to expand the Winter Village with a brand new set. This year’s offering is a little more traditional and grounded in reality, with a festive-tinged family home and a visit from Santa Claus. Former fan designer Chris McVeigh is once again behind the latest addition to the Winter Village Collection. It may not be Christmas just yet but there are only 106 days to go, making it the perfect time to take a closer look at the 2021 Winter Village Collection set – Santa’s Visit.

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If you’re dreaming of the perfect Christmas Eve, get the festive season off to a magical start with this LEGO® Santa’s Visit (10293) model building set. It’s the ideal way to spend quality time with a cosy project for adults and families. Build the intricate Christmas house and explore all of the model’s jolly features before placing it on display.

A build packed with traditions Spot all the ingredients that make Christmas Eve so special. There are stockings on the fireplace, a plate of cookies with milk for Santa, and even a place setting for him at the dining table. The exterior is equally detailed. See the Christmas tree, which lights up when you press down gently on the tree top. Extra details complete the cheerful scene with presents, a postbox and brick-built boughs under the ‘snow’-topped roof.

• Set Name:  Santa’s Visit
• Set Number: 10293
• Theme:  Winter Village Collection
• Pieces:  1445
• RRP:  £89.99/$99.99/€99.99
• Measurements: 19 cm high, 27 cm wide and 16 cm deep
• Availability:  LEGO Stores &  LEGO.com  from October 1st

For over 10 years, Christmas has been a time for LEGO fans to eagerly await the reveal of a new Winter Village set. The 2021 set is titled ‘Santa’s Visit’ and is a little more traditional compared to the past couple of releases. But it still retains the whimsical nature we’ve come to expect from the Winter Village sets. There are certain traits most Winter Village sets contain, they include snowy coverings, open-backed buildings, a Christmas tree and of course a light brick.

The set offers the ability to be built by multiple people, making it the ideal festive family activity. This basically splits the build across two instruction booklets. The first allows you to build a snowy strip of scenery and another new take on the humble Christmas tree. Who knew there were so many different ways to build a Christmas tree with LEGO bricks. This one is a lot more advanced than most as it can actually be lit up. A base houses a light brick, over which the body of the tree sits. It’s not connected by clutch power, this allows the tree to be pushed down, which activates the light brick. Each level of the tree is sandwiched between a layer of clear plates. So when lit, the light brick shines through clear sections. It’s a clever way to not only incorporate the traditional light brick into the set but also offer a new take on a tree. Plus it’s nice to have the light brick used for something other than a fireplace or room light.

The strip of scenery acts as a sort of disconnected front gate. It’s a simple build but includes a few nice details. Especially the quaint little postbox and the old fashioned lantern framing the entrance. This step of the build also features a selection of brick-built gifts. Similar to LEGO Christmas trees, there seems to be an endless amount of ways to construct a mini present.

The actual house evokes the essence of some of the earlier Winter Village sets. In fact, it has a colour scheme similar to the 2012 Winter Village Cottage. The layout of the house is almost ‘L’ shape, with the central angles corner acting as the main doorway, flanked by two wings. One on the left featuring a chimney and the right has a two-time sloped roof.

The exterior of the house is decorated with various festive paraphernalia. This includes boughs of Holly trimming the window ledges, plenty of white elements to represent a fresh dusting of snow, with small drifts piled up in front of the house. One of the most intriguing festive trims can be found bordering the large ‘A’ framed roof. This uses a recoloured version of the claw element commonly used with Minifigures, most famously Wolverine.

Much of the detail is reserved for the interior, which is nice and open thanks to the building’s layout. The focus is on the open plan downstairs area, where you’ll find a kitchen, dining room and lounge area. In a similar fashion to the Modular Buildings Collection sets, it’s the various little details that add to the charm of the set. A clever use of parts gives us a fun little food mixer and sink. Moving to the dining room and the table is decorated with a simple runner and another impressive use of the NEXO shield. The lounge area is a little small but it includes a delightful play feature. There’s a comfy chair and table of treats next to a roaring fireplace, which just so happens to be the traditional entry point for Santa.

The chimney is a hollow structure, with its entry point outside on the roof, you know, where you’d expect it to be. Dropping Santa down causes him to appear inside the house through the fireplace, which has flip-down flames to stop any burnt bottoms. Admittingly it’s a rather violent entrance but with so many presents to deliver, Santa does have time for finesse.

There’s a small mezzanine area to the left of the house, which is where the little girl sleeps and dreams of Santa’s visit. The decoration of her room suggests she’s a space fan with a rocket poster on the wall and a small planet model hanging from the ceiling. It does seem like a missed opportunity to not slip in a cheeky classic space reference, even if it was on the Minifigure.

The set features four Minifigures, two adults, a young girl and the main man himself – Santa. The family of Minifigures are fairly standard, but they all have great alternate faces. Tying into my comment about classic space, it would have been extremely awesome if the girl’s pyjamas featured a classic space logo pattern. But as it stands the unique festive design is still quite nice. The modern-day take on Santa was first introduced in the CMF range. This gave him the correct hat and beard. The version included in this features an updated design, with a new face print tweaked torso design and dual moulded legs, finally giving Santa his boots.

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Santa’s Visit

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Make Christmas Eve magic with the new LEGO® Santa’s Visit

Surprises around every corner, up on the rooftop.

Watch Santa slide down the chimney.

Santa takes a seat

Time for a quick milk and cookie break by the fire.

Gathering place

The whole family enjoys a meal by candlelight.

Visions of sugar plums

A little girl snuggles in her bed and dreams of Christmas.

Hang the Christmas holly

Festive red and green bough adorns the roof of the house.

Add a festive glow

Press the star to light up the Christmas tree.

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Koen Zwanenburg has built this incredible recreation of the iconic Russian cathedral. The dark orange with hints of teal are the most prominent colours in the structure, however, it is the spires that really draw in the eye. Each has its own unique colour scheme and design from jagged blocky shapes to smooth flowing textures. Koen has found inventive ways to represent the swirling patterns of the spires as green minifigure arms are even used in one of the peaks.

Round the back of the display, horned tendrils portray more of the complex designs of the spires. After looking at the building for some time, the structure shares some similarities with gingerbread houses, mainly thanks to the white trim and vibrant colours used in this creation.

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Tough and mean and olive green! Hoorah!

The reason the original castle set from 1978 was yellow and not gray is that LEGO didn’t want to encourage kids to build military stuff. All that changed with the abundance of gray in the Star Wars sets. Still they had similar hesitancy with olive green. It took the Pixar Cars line in 2011 to introduce the color and military builders rejoiced. So there, the joke is on you, LEGO! (That was much funnier when I thought of it earlier today.) While this particular shade of green is now available in many sets, it’s still a difficult color to amass in large quantities. That is just one of many reasons why this rough and tumble Soviet Ural-375D by Rolands Kirpis is so impressive. Another reason is each axle and the steering functions are run by Power Functions motors. It took a year to collect all the right parts to build this model but the end result is as mighty as the Ural mountains.

LEGO Soyuz launcher stands 1.25m high and took a year and a half to build

Since it’s first flight in 1966, the Russian Soyuz rocket system has become the world’s most frequently used launch vehicle. With over 1,700 flights in 50 years, this Russian stalwart has hauled cosmonauts, satellites, and cargo aloft, with its relatively simple design creating an enviable reliability record. However, this LEGO version of the latest Fregat version of the Soyuz is anything but simple — Jussi Koskinen has pulled out all the stops to capture every last feature of the spacecraft’s detailing. The scale of the effort involved is impressive — the model took 18 months to put together, and measures over 1.25m.

The overall structure of this massive model is excellent, and the shaping and angles on the lower boosters are particularly good. The smaller details are worth a look too — don’t miss the texturing around the base of the boosters, the scaffold-style connection between stages, and the nice integration of the Russian flag into the upper stage’s colour scheme. This formidable model wouldn’t look out of place on display beside the LEGO Ideas Saturn 5 set, and that’s high praise indeed.

Colorfully camoflauged Sukhoi SU-34 Fighter-bomber

I’ve always wondered why we don’t paint our military jets with blue camouflage so they blend in with the blue sky. Well, after a quick Google search, it appears that the Russians thought the same thing, because the wonderful camoflauge pattern on this Sukhoi SU-34 by ModernBrix is indeed accurate to the real-life jet . It’s an excellent choice, because we rarely see this type of camouflage pattern recreated in LEGO.

Camouflage aside, the shaping is outstanding, especially on the cockpit and fuselage. The builder has also managed to fit side-by-side seating for two pilots in the cockpit — an uncommon feature the Sukhoi is known for — which eliminates the need for duplicate instruments required in the front and back of tandem seat fighter jets.

Nine chapels of St. Basil’s Cathedral are a marvelous example of LEGO microscale architecture

Markus Rollbühler is a LEGO product designer based in Billund, Denmark. Despite spending his weekdays working with LEGO pieces, Markus challenges himself to build microscale versions of the world’s most famous cathedrals in his spare time. His very special series of architectural masterpieces featuring Frauenkirche Dresden and Santa Maria della Salute is now joined by a marvelous copy of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.

St. Basil’s Cathedral is famous for its nine chapels of vibrant colors. Markus did an amazing job recreating each of them in a unique building style using bricks, hoses, slopes, and tiles of over a dozen different colors. However, the most genius trick of the build is nine sonic screwdrivers right from Doctor Who sets used as crosses on top of the chapels.

And, of course, the cathedral is totally worth checking out from all angles — make sure you visit Markus’ photosream for more high-res pictures!

Flying the unfriendly skies

From his Flickr stream, it’s clear that builder arwen qiea is a Cold War military vehicle buff. It’s an impressive portfolio of (mostly Soviet) tanks, missile carriers and navy vessels from the 50s and 60s. But his gigantic airplanes kind of steal the limelight! Here’s his latest one, a model of the Soviet TU-135, an experimental supersonic bomber from that era.

From that angle, the TU-135 seems almost as sleek as a modern Russian fighter jet. But from a higher vantage point you can see why it was nicknamed the “flying wing”.

So that’s a pretty big plane, right? Nope. THIS is a big plane…

…say hello to the Russian Antonov AN-22, probably the largest turboprop ever built. And the big builds don’t stop there. His version of the Lockheed C5a Galaxy (a heavy transport used by the USAF) is so big it literally eats other LEGO models for breakfast!

And here it is, digesting its meal of tanks and other armaments:

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Title: lego: leveraging a surface deformation network for animatable stylized face generation with one example.

Abstract: Recent advances in 3D face stylization have made significant strides in few to zero-shot settings. However, the degree of stylization achieved by existing methods is often not sufficient for practical applications because they are mostly based on statistical 3D Morphable Models (3DMM) with limited variations. To this end, we propose a method that can produce a highly stylized 3D face model with desired topology. Our methods train a surface deformation network with 3DMM and translate its domain to the target style using a paired exemplar. The network achieves stylization of the 3D face mesh by mimicking the style of the target using a differentiable renderer and directional CLIP losses. Additionally, during the inference process, we utilize a Mesh Agnostic Encoder (MAGE) that takes deformation target, a mesh of diverse topologies as input to the stylization process and encodes its shape into our latent space. The resulting stylized face model can be animated by commonly used 3DMM blend shapes. A set of quantitative and qualitative evaluations demonstrate that our method can produce highly stylized face meshes according to a given style and output them in a desired topology. We also demonstrate example applications of our method including image-based stylized avatar generation, linear interpolation of geometric styles, and facial animation of stylized avatars.

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