Piecing it together: Pasadena deputy mayor creates Lego replicas of hometown sites

The deputy mayor of Pasadena has beenrebuilding his western Newfoundland town one brick at a time. One Lego brick at a time, that is.

Terry Randell says he has always had a passion for Lego, and the extra downtime of the COVID-19 pandemic helped him reconnect with his beloved bricks.

Randell replicatedseveral landmark buildings in his town, including the local grocery store, a former general storeand the old recreation centre.

"I had some free time, and also for Municipal Awareness Day, our town put out a challenge for youth in the community," Randell told CBC Radio's Newfoundland Morning.

"You could take a picture with a local landmark, you could draw it, or you could create it with Lego."

The last option inspired Randell to do something, just for fun.

Reconnecting with friends

Randell's rekindled passion for Legostarted late March, when Randell decided to go through his collection from the Lego Architecture series. He posted the builds live on social media, where he said it was great to talk with family andfriends as he constructed the sets.

He completed seven sets, including the Statute of Libertyand the skylines of London and Dubai, before turning his attention to his own creations.

Each build took between two to three hours to complete.

His Pasadena recreations were short-lived;he needed the Lego from each piece to make new pieces.

There are no plans to build the rest of the town, mainlydue to lack of supplies.

"I only have a very small number of brown bricks, so I wouldn't be able to focus on any building with a lot of brown in them," he said.

Still, Randell has been having a lot of fun with his creations, so he may just buy more bricks.

That is,when he finds more free time. Randell started a master's degree in late June.

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