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Octan Gas Station

My LEGO gas station is now on display at the LEGO store in Pleasanton, California at the Stoneridge Mall. I built it in 2012 and first showed it at Bricks by the Bay, but never posted a blog entry about it until now.

This creation started when I saw a photoshopped image on Facebook of a gas station with the prices changed to “ARM,” “LEG,” and “BOTH,” with the ubiquitous “9/10” after each. When I saw that, I knew I had to build a LEGO gas station just so I could make that sign.

It’s appeared in several of the BayLTC and BayLUG shows since it debuted at BBTB 2012, and today I installed it in the LUG Showcase display at the LEGO Store in Stoneridge Shopping Center in Pleasanton, CA. I rebuilt the adjacent streets using tiles and baseplates instead of using the stock LEGO roads, to better fit the dimensions of the store display window, but the gas station itself is unchanged. It’ll be on display there for about a month.


Click photo to view on Flickr ↗Album (14 photos) on Flickr ↗
BBTB 2012: Octan Station 3 BBTB 2012: Octan Station 4 BBTB 2012: Octan Station 1 BBTB 2012: Octan Station 2
Octan Station at Stoneridge LEGO Store 1 Octan Station at Stoneridge LEGO Store 2 Octan Station at Stoneridge LEGO Store 3 Octan Station at Stoneridge LEGO Store 4
Octan Gas Station at San Jose Train show Sep 2012 BBTB2017 060.jpg BBTB2017 063.jpg
BBTB 2012: Octan Station 3BBTB 2012: Octan Station 4BBTB 2012: Octan Station 1BBTB 2012: Octan Station 2Octan Station at Stoneridge LEGO Store 1Octan Station at Stoneridge LEGO Store 2Octan Station at Stoneridge LEGO Store 3Octan Station at Stoneridge LEGO Store 4Octan Gas Station at San Jose Train show Sep 2012BBTB2017 060.jpgBBTB2017 063.jpgBBTB2017 064.jpgBBTB2017 065.jpg

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