Designer insight: Rok Zgalin Kobe
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Many LEGO set designers use our BrickLists feature to maintain a list of the sets they've worked on and often provide interesting insights about their involvement.
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Rok Zgalin Kobe wrote this about their work on 21058 The Great Pyramid of Giza:
The pyramids were high on the wanted list of Architecture sets since the start; with how to execute it without the model ending as too repetitive and monochromatic being the main challenge. By cutting the Pyramid in half, that enabled the execution of a spacious forefront for the Pyramid, as well as showcasing the intricate spaces within.
Some artistic liberty brought together various places such as the worker’s village, upper and lower mortuary temples, connected by a causeway and of course, the river Nile. All of those set the context as it was during and immediately after the Pyramids construction. The microscale buildings and vegetation also enhance the monumentality of the Pyramid rising behind them. Layered plates of different colours add liveliness and depth to the river Nile.
Anderson Ward Grubb took it to a whole new level by adding the reveal, building the interior of the pyramid under construction and finalised the model.
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I don't know if it's just me, but I can't see any list of Kobe's sets. I can see those of some other designers though.
I can't see any of the notes in any of the sets of the designer lists. I do see an option to add notes to each of them though!
@redhead1982: The list is there, there just aren't any sets on it. Even if you go to
21058's database entry and click on his name in the sidebar, same thing. Incidentally, your username made me think of my brother, who's a redhead (or was, before he decided to shave his head) and was born in 1982.
Love this set! Looks impressively large and detailed, plus as well as the history I'm a huge Stargate fan so that was a nice bonus.
Absolute cracking selection of sets. In fact the ones I don't have are mostly due to having been in my dark age, or not having enough physical space!
Particular favourites; Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, and the Lamborghini Countach.
@Paperballpark said:
"I can't see any of the notes in any of the sets of the designer lists. I do see an option to add notes to each of them though!"
I think the notes only appear when you view it in "List" mode, not "Gallery" or "Table".