{"id":1813965,"date":"2023-04-13T15:35:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1813965"},"modified":"2023-04-13T15:35:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:35:26","slug":"the-moon-in-lego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/04\/the-moon-in-lego\/","title":{"rendered":"The Moon in LEGO"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marc Sloan (LEGO Ideas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the LEGO Ideas website, user-submitted projects that reach the 10,000-supporter level are evaluated by LEGO to determine whether it can become a shipping product. Which is to say that Marc Sloan\u2019s 2,360-piece \u201cThe Moon: Earth\u2019s Companion<\/a>,\u201d a Moon map poster rendered in LEGO, stands at least some chance of being something one could buy at some point. [Universe Today<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the LEGO Ideas website, user-submitted projects that reach the 10,000-supporter level are evaluated by LEGO to determine whether it can become a shipping product. Which is to say that Marc Sloan\u2019s 2,360-piece \u201cThe Moon:… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[27,63],"class_list":["post-1813965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-astronomy","tag-lego","tag-moon","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1791366,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/07\/fun-with-lego-and-spreadsheets\/","url_meta":{"origin":1813965,"position":0},"title":"Fun with Lego and Spreadsheets","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 July 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Jon Schwabish has been building the Lego world map (previously), but he\u2019s also been building a spreadsheet version. \u201cBecause the map is laid out in a grid, it\u2019s primed to be built in Excel. 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