And I live in South America, so that’s where the X had to go! A few of my landmarks stayed, too, and I also hid my initials in the bottom right corner. Then I added a few fun things to make the blue and green dots go farther (getting rid of Antarctica meant I had a lot more ocean to cover!). I had lots of silver dots, and I wanted to keep the dark-blue in case I needed them for the oceans. I got that idea from Elspeth de Montes’ map (a great example of an all-blue version of the World Map). You may also have noticed that I switched the dark blue shadow for a silver shadow. Hey, if you’re going to do it, you might as well do it right! But I went one better and moved the continents down by six studs. Of course, taking all those dots off and putting them all back down was about as much fun as it sounds. My line of thought here was: “There’s nothing like enough blue and green, so I’m going to need to use the tan and yellow… hmm… tan and yellow… a parchment border? Pirate map!” If you really wanted landmarks to stand out (you could also try animals, minifigures in different cultural themes, foods from different cultures, what have you), the best thing to do would be to get some extra blue dots and make the oceans less colorful.Īfter all the scholarly research I had to do for those maps, I couldn’t resist trying something a little more whimsical for my last customization. You could get a lot more in depth on this, but since my oceans are still colorful, I wanted to keep the landmarks fairly uncluttered. Now for a third version of the map – which was actually the one I thought of first – I built micro versions of a few famous landmarks and attached them in the right places (more or less). This would have looked better with a less multi-colored ocean I’m sure.īesides tracing empires, this technique would be useful for highlighting any country you might be studying. I outlined the British Empire in gold… and ran out of gold, so I went for red plates inside. Depending on how exactly you define areas of control/conquest, the British Empire covered about 25% of the world. Turns out, the British Empire was the largest ever. So I tossed that idea and did some research to find a larger Empire. But the Roman Empire was actually very small! You could easily do this same kind of thing for other voyages of discovery! In fact, only twenty-nine of his men made it back home.īesides removing the coral and orange in order to make the red line stand out more, I also had fun adding a mosaic ship. Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe in recorded history-although he didn’t personally make it all the way around. Greenland grew a little.įor my first customization, I traced Ferdinand Magellan’s route around the globe. There were almost enough extra greens and blues to replace all the orange and coral.
Coral and orange really stand out though, and I definitely wanted to get rid of them before I started adding stuff. Today we’ll take a look at a few designs I came up with-and maybe I can inspire you to customize the set your way!Īs a reminder, the World Map comes with instructions for a bathymetric design that looks like this:īut it also has a lot of extra tiles, especially coral and orange. For those of you that are interested in going through a mountain instead of around it, that’s possible too thanks to the digger.When I reviewed the #31203 LEGO Art World Map (see: LEGO Art World Map Mosaic Review), I mentioned that I thought this set had a lot of educational potential. With huge maps, Lego has decided to add interesting ways to get around that include helicopters, horses and even dragons. There are hidden treasures hidden all over the map in environments that Lego claims “range from the fun to the fantastical”, and these can be found with friends as Lego Worlds allows users to share and play in friends’ worlds. Crafting buildings and statues from digital Lego seems to be the next step along from playing with physical Lego – how time changes eh? Who else would’ve loved for their Lego creations to come to life? We know we would, and we’re excited to delve into this digital Lego world.Īs with Minecraft, you’re able to explore all that your eye can see – and then some. So, what can you do in Lego Worlds? It’s reminiscent of Minecraft, with open world capabilities and crafting and exploring being the main focuses of the game.
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