Ole Kirk's House 10

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Ole Kirk's House 10
Ole Kirk's House 10

One year ago I had the chance to visit Ole Kirk's house and I fell in love with it. So, during the long drive back from Billund, I started to think about building a MOC of it. My intention was (and still is) to build the whole block, but I had a smaller scale in mind, something like set 4000007; when I actually started building the house, though, I realized it would turn out much bigger, so I had to break it down in steps. Ole Kirk's house (also known as the Lion House) is the first step. The next one (which I hope to be able to complete before Skærbæk this year) will be the System House, opened in 1958 (the one-storey building) and 1961 (the two-storey building).

1961 is also the time of the setting of the MOC. I wanted to show the contrast of the 1924 style of Ole Kirk’s House and the 1961 style of the System House. So I picked the earliest moment in time when I could do that.

This also means that at this time Ole Kirk’s House had a few different details if compared to its current appearance. For example now the chimneys are gone and so are all of the skylights. On the front side, the external windows are now the same, while back then the left ones were taller (and sported a nice LEGO logo); on the back side the top windows were completely different than the front ones, while now they're a perfect replica of them.

Currently Ole Kirk's House is part of the LEGO Idea House, TLG’s private museum about LEGO history and philosophy.

This MOC was first shown at the Paredes de Coura Fan Weekend 2016.

Main references:
- 50 Years of Play, Willy Horn Hansen, 1982, the LEGO Group;
- Explore the LEGO History, www.lego.com/en-us/legohistory/welcome

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Taken on: June 19, 2016
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Sets appears in:   • LEGO® Ole Kirk's House, System House and Factory (Minifig Scale)   
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