A brick recreation (brickreation, if you will) of an iconic classic, the “Lunch Atop A Skyscraper” LEGO Ideas kit captures the essence of the American dream. The original photograph, shot in 1932, features eleven New York construction workers casually eating lunch on a steel beam, suspended 260 meters (853 feet) above the ground. Built by LEGO maker DallasBricks, this LEGO rendition pays tribute by turning the famous photo into a brick-based artpiece that can be hung on a wall or placed on a bookshelf.
Designer: DallasBricks
At its core, the set uses a flat design style, similar to LEGO’s art series, but it incorporates thoughtful 3D construction methods to create the illusion of a suspended steel beam. The minifigures are carefully posed to reflect the relaxed yet precarious nature of the workers in the photograph. Each figure contributes to the scene’s energy, making it feel dynamic and alive, as if frozen in a moment of real life.
Although DallasBricks doesn’t specifically mention how many pieces are used in this build, it’s safe to estimate there are quite a few, given the skyscraper details in the background. Look closer and you’ll notice the skyscrapers aren’t all buildings, they’re actually a mix of LEGO tech and hardware pieces like keyboards, phones, remote controls, and screens, along with a few building window pieces. This creative use of different flat bricks gives the skyline its uniqueness, allowing each building to have a different character instead of looking all the same.
The original photo wasn’t just a depiction of the American dream, it was that of celebrating all the people who got together to make this dream happen. The photo features builders of different races, enjoying a meal together while rather casually hanging off a steel girder. The LEGO MOC (My Own Creation) has 11 minifigures too, just like in the photo, all enjoying a meal together before they get back to work.
The LEGO Ideas Lunch Atop A Skyscraper kit is currently a fan-made submission on the LEGO Ideas website, an online forum where LEGO enthusiasts create their own builds and share them with the LEGO community. With 2,790 votes as of writing this article (and with 560 days of voting left), DallasBricks’ LEGO MOC is well on its way to gathering enough votes to reach the 10,000 vote mark, following with the design will get reviewed by LEGO’s internal team and hopefully turned into a retail kit!
You can vote for the LEGO Ideas Lunch Atop A Skyscraper kit here on the LEGO Ideas Website, or check out some more unique fan-made LEGO Ideas builds here.
