Since submitting and since it was gathering support, I physically built the model itself" Kevin continued, as he shared a little more insight into his build process and how LEGO Digital Designer proved to be a useful prototyping tool.
YELLOW SUBMARINE LEGO RETIRE FULL
It took me a weekend working on it full time plus many nights refining it. "My submission was built in LEGO Digital Designer. It's such a colourful, bright and attractive vehicle that just translated very well to LEGO". Needless to say, we learned quickly that Kevin is a man of many talents!īeing the musical person that he is, Kevin has always been a fan of The Beatles and that resonated in his desire to building the iconic vessel. "I built the Yellow Submarine as a tribute to my like for The Beatles and their music. With a small smile he adds that the music is just "for fun". I play piano and guitar, and I sing" Kevin tells us as he introduces himself.
Outside of LEGO and my work, I'm also a musician and a songwriter. When I'm not building or playing with LEGO, I'm an aerospace engineer for a company that makes turbine engines for aircraft. "I'm from Toronto, Canada and I'm 37 years old. ^ Justin introduced Kevin to the palette of LEGO elements that were used to create the final Yellow Submarine. Read on and get to know a little more about Kevin and what drove his motivation for this colourful LEGO set. Coincidence? We think not! We had to recreate the iconic Abbey Road photo in Billund. There were four Beatles members . and four designers involved in the LEGO Yellow Submarine. Before we dove into the interview there was one more thing that we HAD to do. ^ There was a time for a quick photo op with Kevin posing with the Yellow Submarine set, as well as the perfect sweater, before LEGO fans swarmed Kevin for his autograph!įollowing a quick breakfast, we got down to business - a meet and greet with the LEGO designers (Justin, Austin and Tom), who walked Kevin through their design process and Yellow Submarine iterations that were kickstarted once Kevin's Yellow Submarine project was greenlit for production as one of the next LEGO Ideas sets! But more importantly, we also had a little bit of time to get Kevin's thoughts on his LEGO Ideas experience.
To say he had a busy day signing Yellow Submarine sets would certainly be an understatement, so we were happy to see that he was all smiles when he arrived. He just came in from Liverpool the day before, where he was the guest of honour at none other than his own LEGO Ideas Yellow Submarine signing event at the Liverpool LEGO® Store. It was Monday morning, the 31st October 2016, and the LEGO Ideas team was keenly awaiting the arrival of Kevin Szeto who had travelled from his home in Toronto, Canada to join us in chilly Billund.
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