Random set of the day: Imperial Hotel
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 21017 Imperial Hotel, released during 2013. It's one of 5 Architecture sets produced that year. It contains 1188 pieces, and its retail price was US$129.99/£99.99.
It's owned by 3,734 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $184.90, or eBay.
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I appreciate that the LEGO logos are on the studs and that they're all facing the same direction, but they are rotated 90 degrees, so it could be improved.
This isn't Star Wars!
I'm afraid the hotel rooms will be quite occupied when your friends arrive!
I am altering the room rates. Pray I do not alter them any further.
But I don’t see a single hot tub trooper :(
@MCLegoboy said:
"I appreciate that the LEGO logos are on the studs and that they're all facing the same direction, but they are rotated 90 degrees, so it could be improved."
For that matter, they could also have been rotated 180 degrees. The only worse orientation would be if they were rotated 90 degrees clockwise, which would make both sets of studs (front and top) upside-down.
Back in the day when we got five Architecture sets in one year - and those we got were presented in premium boxes, just like Ideas sets incidentally.
How times have changed.
Remember, kids, Imperial Japan was BAD
This would look so much better without an East wing.
@PurpleDave said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"I appreciate that the LEGO logos are on the studs and that they're all facing the same direction, but they are rotated 90 degrees, so it could be improved."
For that matter, they could also have been rotated 180 degrees. The only worse orientation would be if they were rotated 90 degrees clockwise, which would make both sets of studs (front and top) upside-down."
LEGO sometimes secretly rotates logos 360°. What’s worse is that it doesn’t disclose which are clockwise and which anticlockwise. It’s infuriating! :~D
I don't know what the base is, but looks more like "presidental" palace in an authoritarian conutry, then a hotel.
@PurpleDave said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"I appreciate that the LEGO logos are on the studs and that they're all facing the same direction, but they are rotated 90 degrees, so it could be improved."
For that matter, they could also have been rotated 180 degrees. The only worse orientation would be if they were rotated 90 degrees clockwise, which would make both sets of studs (front and top) upside-down."
Having L E G O top to bottom is the traditional kanji reading order.
@Yooha said:
"I don't know what the base is, but looks more like "presidental" palace in an authoritarian conutry, then a hotel."
Not entirely inaccurate, as apparently the original was commissioned by Japanese aristocracy to house guests for lavish parties, but the iteration the set is modelled after is largely benign
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Hotel,_Tokyo
Man, Architecture sure loved to adapt Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. Of them, I like the look of this one's set depiction the best. (Lego did four of his buildings in five sets, the Guggenheim getting two depictions)
Seeing this one again actually reminded me of the Robie House, which had an awful build where you build it with a bunch of 1x2 pates to mimic building with clay bricks. Good thing this set looks more sensible to build. I recall both being wildly expensive for their time though.
Iconic set of an iconic building. Unfortunately, both are history....
(though the real thing can still be seen in Meiji Mura...still need to go there)