Kinkaku-ji / Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Name of Model: LEGO Pop-up Kinkaku-ji レゴで飛び出る金閣寺(鹿苑寺)

Created by: talapz

Found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYlA3NV0rFA&feature=player_embedded

Details: This is the first great model of the Golden Pavilion that I've seen - and that fact is going to get lost in the shuffle due to just how unique this creation is. This thing is spectacular on several different levels. On the one hand, it's built to look like a LEGO set box - all the sides are assembled as mosaics, and the details (including letters in English and Japanese, as well as a "parts list" and "actual size" minifigs) are all spectacular, even though things are kept strictly at low resolutions to match the side they are on. On the other hand - it's a giant pop-up creation that folds out to construct the perfect minifig-scale model of the Golden Pavilion inside! The close-ups near the end of the clip provide some insight as to how this was done, but it still remains a mysterious marvel.