![]() ![]() ![]() A green Christmas wreath - and, from a distance it, too, looked real - hung near the front door (and it certainly would have fooled Santa, especially after a couple of spiked eggnogs).Īnother notable treasure that Holloway showed off was called “Ralphie’s kitchen,” a small aquarium-size replica of the family dining area from “A Christmas Story,” the highly popular 1983 holiday film.Įqually notable and taking up a desk-size portion of her living room was a “Christmas village,” including gray train tracks, green trees and shrubbery, a jolly Santa in a red sleigh, miniature inhabitants, a depot, and other assorted buildings.įor Holloway, a former commercial pilot and IT director of Electronic Arts in the early days of the now-mammoth video game company, working with Legos “is so relaxing.” To her, piecing together the 60-inch-long replica ship - colored to depict the black-and-red hull, the cream-colored decks, and corn-yellow exhaust stacks - was just one of many projects she has completed since she started assembling Lego objects five years ago.Īs a visitor arrived, she toted a green-hued typewriter from one table to another, and, at first glance, it looked like a quaint collectible from bygone days - but, no, it was made of Legos. The only things missing from the bow were plastic likenesses of actors Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, who starred in the 1997 film “Titanic,” but perhaps they might be added some day. Working all day, everyday for the past four weeks, the Vacaville resident was able to construct interior decks, engine rooms, galleys and other elements of the Titanic, the famously ill-fated RMS passenger liner. ![]() Arriving on Thanksgiving, a box filled with over 10,000 Lego “bricks,” or pieces, entered the home of 76-year-old Tari Holloway. ![]()
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