Mall of America LEGO Imagination Center Grand Reopening

Name of Event: Mall of America LEGO Imagination Center Grand Reopening

Found at: http://stores.lego.com/en-us/Minneapolis/location.aspx - the Mall of America LEGO Imagination Center

Details: This past weekend had that most unusual of events: a LEGO store Grand Re-opening. Many things about this are unusual: the location at the Mall of America has been a flagship store since 1992. It's been known as one of only two "Imagination Centers" (the other being the Downtown Disney location), and it hadn't seen a major renovation since 1998. Further, LEGO has decided NOT to have grand openings for other recently opened brand retail outlets - two stores in the UK have opened recently, but won't have any special events to celebrate their "Grand Opening" until after the holiday rush is over. This time out, the large sculptures around the store are specifically not based on the current product line (so they won't become dated as quickly). The highlight is the large sculpture pictured here, which is also depicted in the event kit (also pictured here). Here's the round-up (just a few links for now so we don't run any further behind, but there are more coming): Brickset's entry on the commemorative set Commemorative set instruction scans by TooMuchDew (Bill Toenjes) LaForzaDiMente's flickr photos (covering only a few of the new sculptures) Erik Knopp's 124 flickr photo set (+ another 69 photos of renovation in progress) Garth Danielson's 46 photo flickr set Max Braun 35 photo flickr set Nathan Stohlman's 35 photo flickr set

This is Saturday's model of the day