Interview with LEGO Designer of 10307 Eiffel Tower, Rok Zgalin Kobe

An exclusive interview with Rok Žgalin Kobe, the LEGO designer who worked on 10307 Eiffel Tower. At 1.49m high, it's the tallest LEGO set ever.

Recorded in September 2022 at LEGO Fan Media Days 2022, at the LEGO Campus in Billund. Fan Media Days is an annual event organised by the LEGO Ambassador Network where select fan media get to meet LEGO designers and get an inside look at upcoming LEGO sets.

Chapters:

6:20 How did this come together?
7:00 What was different about this Eiffel Tower compared to previous models?
7:45 Strong enough to be carried
8:00 Pulled apart into more manageable chunks
8:40 View from below
9:22 It's an amalgamation through time
10:44 72 prominent French scientists and engineers
11:53 Sharing the build
13:05 Designed during the pandemic
13:50 Problems that were solved during the design process?
15:45 Instructions are easy to follow
16:00 What are you most proud of?
17:09 Is this an Architecture set
19:20 Differences to 10181 Eiffel Tower
21:05 Why 10,001 pieces?
22:20 One detail that people might miss?

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Simply put, this set is a marvel of LEGO engineering and made by an excellent designer in Rok Zgalin Kobe 🙂