Football in miniature

It has been too long since we had our last lego posting. (By the way - the company has yet to give us any royalties for the extensive promotion we do of their product - maybe because most of the purchases done in the Eicher lego collection were from the early 1980s in Germany).

But enough words - here is Enoch's vision (with help from Asha and Mummy) of a football match between Holland and Australia! Is the World Cup fever somehow quietly infiltrating the Eicher household?


We join the action just as the kick off is getting underway. The crowds are in the stadium. The players are on the field - ready for the referees whistle to blow.

The helpful man in the corner will sell us a ticket for this match. Amazingly - there are still some tickets to be had for this crucial match.


The tension on the pitch is palpable as the referee whistles for the game to commence. Holland playing in red (the closest Enoch could get to orange) is up against the Socceroos who are in the blue and black strip. Amazingly - the good Oz-men actually play in blue when they are away! Enoch did not know this - but there we have it.

The crowd is clearly loving the match - and the TV crew is on hand to beam the proceedings to the millions of lego people who are watching from their lego tv sets somewhere in the darkness children's toy boxes around the world.


But what makes this match extra special is that royalty have joined in the fun.

Since both countries have queens - it was a hard call to make about which one is the one actually at the match. We plumped for the Netherlands - since good old queen Elizabeth II would hardly be showing up for an Aussie football match (it would probably lead to no amount of unrest from the supporters). Also we have a king at hand and some fearsome bodyguards as part of the royal party.


Ah, the magical world of lego - which allows for countless worlds to be made and played with. And which allows grown men the vicarious pleasure of living life in miniature with our children.