This creature also belongs to Nintendo's best-selling franchise and first made its appearance as Mario's ride.

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• After Mario was finished I was asked to build yet another Nintendo character.

• • est. 14000 bricks
  • building time 66 hours
  • dimensions : 80 cm high, 42 cm wide, 50 cm deep
  • weight : 18.9 kg
• Yoshi was glued onto a pvc disc (diam. 50 cm) to prevent him from tumbling

• Because of its gravity defying nature ( think classic T-Rex pose ) I was considering working with lead counterweights in his duck-like tail.

  At second sight this would make Yoshi cumbersome and uneasy to handle, not to mention the nasty balance exercise while building. Recollecting the basic principles of physics - an object will topple once its plumb line falls outside of its base of support - and setting aside my purist LEGO convictions ( do not alter LEGO pieces ) I decided to go for a bold new approach.

  To prevent Yoshi from falling flat on his face I expanded the base of support by crafting a plastic disc ( 25cm radius ). Next I cut up a large 48x48 studs LEGO base plate to match the contours of Yoshi's foot soles and glued them onto the plastic base of support.

• Yoshi was commissioned by the Game House.