Chapter 4. Miniland Scale: The Whole World in Miniature

In 1968, something spectacular happened in Denmark: The LEGO Group opened a unique theme park, called LEGOLAND, not far from its headquarters.

Along with rides and snack shops, LEGOLAND contained an incredible group of LEGO structures in a part of the park that became known as Miniland. In the early days, Miniland creations reproduced many famous Danish landmarks and buildings, but as new theme parks opened around the world, all sorts of Miniland structures were built. In Figure 4-1 you can see an interesting scene captured at LEGOLAND in Winter Haven, Florida.

Although miniland scale is used extensively in LEGO parks, you probably won’t find any official LEGO sets that contain miniland-scale ...

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