彼得兔和花园

Peter Rabbit and the Garden

作者：Chelmade / 发布于：2024-11-06

Welcome to Mr. McGregor’s garden! Unless of course, you are a rabbit, then GET OUT!

There’s no stopping the Peter Rabbit from slipping under the garden gate and munching on those radishes! There also seems to be no stopping The Tale of Peter Rabbit from sharing his adventures generation through generation. I read the book, written by Beatrix Potter, when I was growing up, and now I read it to my children. A timeless story with beautiful illustrations, I started to imagine how my kids might play with a LEGO set that was inspired by this world.

It was after attending my first LEGO fan convention in March of 2024 that I started writing out the scenes I remembered the most and sketching pictures. There’s Peter eating radishes, getting caught in a net, upsetting three plants, running home to mother under the big fir tree and drinking Camomile tea in bed. I looked at the book and added even more details! What other things do you recognize? (Perhaps a homage to Peter's father?)

I looked into the time period in which this was written and chose the color scheme and style to fit the 1900’s instead of basing it on the modern-day movie version. In other research, I learned that The Tale of Peter Rabbit has been translated into more than 40 languages and has sold 45 million copies since it was first published in 1902!

I think it's safe to say, this model has appeal to all ages. It’s easy to imagine this in my display cupboard (because it’s actually there)! And my kids kept begging me to play with it. They liked taking the plants and making their own unique gardens for the animals to play in. There are added playability factors with removable walls to access the small buildings (which also pop off the main build), slides to travel through the burrow, and three plants to knock over!

What a joy it was to experiment with techniques and try things I’ve never done before! I built this out of real bricks first and then made it digital. I sure was excited when the announcement came of an increased part count! Everything is accurately built and other than editing what is outside of Studio’s scope, there’s no impossible builds.

Model Dimensions:

19”L x 12”W x 13.5”H

48cmL x 30cmW x 35cmH

Part Count:

Approx 4600

Three cheers for Peter!

*The last image contains a scanned copy of the watercolor painting I did based off the book.