# Block-Built Fictional Hotels The LEGO Grand Budapest Hotel is as Delightful as the Original By Alyson Wyers | Published 2014-06-16 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lego-grand-budapest-hotel References: [designtaxi](http://designtaxi.com/news/366447/A-Wonderful-LEGO-Model-Of-Wes-Anderson-s-Grand-Budapest-Hotel/) & [youtu.be](http://youtu.be/oJ2ezbi3ZCc) If you didn't think Wes Anderson films could be any more charming, this [LEGO Grand Budapest Hotel](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ideas-jaws-set) recreation is likely to prove you wrong. Built by Ryan Ziegelbauer and his team, the illustrious hotel celebrates the June 17th DVD and Blu-ray release of the Grand Budapest Hotel. Ziegelbauer and his eight other model builders are all die-hard Wes Anderson fans, putting in 575 hours to build the LEGO Grand Budapest Hotel. More than 50,000 [LEGO bricks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lego-diorama) were used in the construction of the model, which were gathered from wholesale retailers and LEGO collectors in Germany, Italy Latvia, Lithuania, Poland as well as 14 different states across America. The remarkably accurate LEGO Grand Budapest Hotel is a scaled down version of the one depicted in the movie. Tony Revolori, who played Zero, even helped with some of the finishing touches. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.5/10 - Popularity: 8% | Activity: 28% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Fictional Hotel-inspired Constructions:** As people look for creative ways to celebrate their love for films, building actual constructions inspired by the movies has been taking off as a trend. - **Lego-themed Constructions:** Providing people with an affordable yet highly interactive and creative material to unleash their construction capabilities is something worth exploring further. - **Collaborative and Fan-made Builds:** As seen with the Lego Grand Budapest Hotel, crowdsourcing fans and enthusiasts to contribute to these builds amplifies the excitement for the build and raises the level of authenticity in the resulted constructions. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Film and Entertainment:** Filmmakers and movie studios can create more exclusive content and merchandise relating to popular locations and structures featured in their films to capitalize on the trend of fan-made builds. - **Toy and Building Block Manufacturing:** As building block games prove to be a timeless and versatile hobby, companies in this industry can focus further on promoting their products as perfect materials for bootstrapping future model builders who find therapeutic value in making things by hand. - **Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Platforms:** Platforms designed for crowd-sourced and collaborative installations can push the trend of collaborative builds to the mainstream and offer more variety in finished products while making it easier for enthusiasts to get involved. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Horror Film-Inspired Brick Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ideas-jaws-set.md) - [Coastal Block Puzzle Escapes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lego-ideas-italian-riviera.md) - [Whimsical Castle-Like Brick Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beauty-and-the-beast-castle.md) - [Nightclub Building Block Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lego-icons-jazz-club.md) - [Festive Brick Toy Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/whoville-moc.md) - [Movie-Inspired Vintage Handbags](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nik-bentel-1.md) - [Fandom-Honoring Building Block Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fandomhonoring-building-block-sets.md) - [Gothic Puzzle Houses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/addams-family-lego.md) - [Architecture-Inspired Legos](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brooklyns-architectural-history.md)