It’s no secret I am a huge fan of The Simpsons, so when a friend alerted me that LEGO was putting out a Simpsons set, there was no question I was going to get it.  That’s one of the perks of being an adult, right?  Right?

This was one of those times in life when the product vastly exceeded my expectations.  I never looked to see how many pieces were in this thing before I hit the “Check Out” button, so I was surprised when this giant box arrived at my door with more than 2,500 LEGOs inside.

I have to give them tremendous credit for their attention to detail with things like little hot dogs that go on the grill, or the “Property of Ned Flanders” stickers that are meant for a few items.  They also get huge points for cleverly finding ways to make certain objects in the Simpson household.  More than a couple of  times I was following the instructions for building some small item, not sure of what it was, then hit a eureka! moment and had to laugh at the crib, kitchen sink or shower head that somehow emerged out of regular LEGO pieces.

With that many pieces, it took me several hours over two days to complete, but with the magic of time-lapse photography, you can watch it all come together in two minutes:

I used the tiny bit of battery life left in my camera after all that to take a few other shots, including what I think is the proper way to transport a baby safely with a car:

And Lil’ Lisa checking the mail (at the mailbox I only now noticed isn’t quite fully snapped together…):

I think the car is really my favorite piece. It rolls smoothly enough that it could be its own toy, and in my younger days would have already crashed against a wall and smashed into a hundred lego pieces.  And that would have been awesome.

The time-lapsing was super easy to do using an app on my phone and a simple trick in Adobe Premiere, so definitely look forward to more of those in the future now that I know how.

Also, go buy yourself LEGOs! They are super fun.