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I received this email today from Amazon for a contest to win the above Batman joker Mural. YoYo is asking for a picture of your child’s creation as you entry. However, if you read the contest details, it does not matter if you send a creation picture or just a card with your name on it as this is a random drawing.
“NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR PHOTO UPLOAD OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR PHOTO UPLOAD WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.”
If you look at the description above, it states that the Mural is a Lenticular Mural which means “Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses (a technology that is also used for 3D displays) are used to produce printed images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles.” Or that it changes depending on which angle that you are looking at it.
I have seen a few of these in the pastat Brickworld Chicago. Here are a few Examples I found on YouTube. I believe that the Snow White one is pretty recent and just surfaced in the past few months.
According to the artist on his Flickr Page concerning the Snow White Mosaic … “Built using over 14,000 cheese slopes and about 1,000 tiles (the area is 128 studs across x 128 studs down). The lenticular effect is achieved through the use of ‘cheese slopes’ – LEGO element 54200. By laying the slopes in alternate directions with the ‘top’ surface facing left or right, you get a different image in each direction. Each image consists of slopes that have been placed on every second (vertical) column of studs down the baseplate. I tried using Pictobrick to convert each image to pixels I could ‘colour’ with slopes, but it produced results that assumed I had the full spectrum of colours ever produced by LEGO at my disposal. Sadly, ‘cheese slopes’ only come in around 30 solid colours and I couldn’t work out how to change the Pictobrick settings to reflect this. (I’ve never been technically minded when it comes to computer programs and I would love to know if someone out there knows how to modify Pictobrick to restrict the colour range). So a lot of this picture was done by eye and trial and error.”
Here are the contest details in Summary from Here.
“Upload a photo of your most awesome super hero-themed brick creation and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a one-of-a-kind LEGO® Batman & The Joker mural assembled by a LEGO® Master Builder. Hurry, sweepstakes ends March 7th. Good Luck!”
“Rockstars of the brick world, LEGO® Master Builders are responsible for designing massive and highly detailed sculptures. Now, your family has a chance to own one of their one-of-a-kind masterpieces—a 2.5′ x 3.75′ LEGO® Batman and The Joker mural valued at approximately $4,000!
Submit a photo of your child’s most awesome super hero-themed brick creation and you’ll be entered to win this stunning collector’s item. One winning submission will be chosen!
Click the “Submit an Entry” button and follow the on-screen instructions to get started.
No Purchase or Photo Upload Necessary to Enter or Win. Open to legal residents of the 50 US & DC, 18+. Ends 3/7/15 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. Void where prohibited. Subject to Official Rules.
All photos of entrants’ brick creations may be posted by the Sweepstakes Sponsor for public viewing. Photos can be viewed at the ‘View Entries’ tab on the sweepstakes page.”
You can enter the contest here and see some of the entries as well.
http://www.yoyo.com/legosweepstakes
I wonder if they are going to Tax the winner for the full value if this. If so, does thta mean it will cost you $1000 to take posession of this prize? I wonder what this would sell for on eBay?