This is my only lego project, which began at the beginning of the year. I started ordering parts I'd need around Christmas time and began working on it shortly there after.

1-9-09, 7 stories complete
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0082.jpg

1-26-09, 17 stories complete
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0140.jpg

1-30-09, 23 stories complete
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0147.jpg

2-9-09, 30 stories complete
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0163.jpg

40 stories
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0165.jpg

47 stories
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0167.jpg

... and this is where I'm at, three stories from the first setbacks. After 47 stories, or 43.5% complete, it stands 23.5" tall.

The white parts you see in the center is the two express elevator shafts that will end at the Skydeck. The roof and top will be removable to reveal the skydeck and elevators.

Looks cool :)

Great project, looks very realistic. Keep up the good work, I'm curious for the result.

awesome!
reasonably simple, because it is square.
Are you going to put a light in it?

I've thought about it, but I'm not sure if I am or not.

awesome!
reasonably simple, because it is square.
Are you going to put a light in it?

I don't think that will look good.

Looks pretty cool !!! How tall approx will it be once it's topped out?

I'll reserve judgement, but the more recent pictures look promising, I think it should turn out well...............

Looks pretty cool !!! How tall approx will it be once it's topped out?

47 stories is 23.5", so add another 7 stories and you get 3.5" giving 27" to the halfway point of 54 stories. Double that to 108 stories, and you come up with 54 inches.

Guessing as close as I can, to the mechanical penthouse on the roof, it should be right around 54.5 inches, or 4.5 feet. Including the antenna I think it'll be just over 5 feet total. Once I get to the roof part I'm going to play with the antenna size to make it look semi-proportionate. I know the antenna on the real roof are right around the 290-300 foot mark.

I raided the lego tubs to find any plate I could find, and finished it up to the 50th story, I have the first two setbacks completed. All in all, it's working out wonderfully.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0175.jpg

Pretty sweet huh? I'll be on hiatus for March, won't make a whole lot of progress on it until then.

lol , i love the message written in the dust on the TV :P

It looks like you already made the antennas on your table. :)

Yep! I have the roof, and Skydeck floor built along with a rough build on the antennae, I think they'll end up being taller than that though. Once the building is topped off I'll have to see whether or not they're proportionate. They might end up another half foot to a foot taller than they are now.

Been a while since I've been able to get here and update this. I made it past the first setbacks, and I'm stuck at the 63rd floor for now, which of course, is two mechanical floors from the next two setbacks where the building will take on the + shape. :)

Here she is, 63rd floor, 58.33% complete, and 31.5" tall.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0181.jpg

looking good..................

Great work already :)

Great work...Where dou you get that much of the same parts??

Lego.com has a pick a brick section, but the massive amounts of one part really starts to add up.

You can search for specific pieces like 1x1 black bricks in the Toys & Hobbies portion on Ebay, which is where I've gotten most of my pieces.

They're usually around half the price too. :)

Dude, this is lookin' awesome! Keep posting the photos during progress! Thanks :D

You should post the final costs of it once you are ready. :) Maybe people will donate :p

I can tell you right now it's getting close to around $350 so far.

Yeah.. it's crazy how much stuff costs. Some of my N scale buildings have cost close to 350 dollars each too. Then again some were pretty cheap.

That all said.. I'm excited to see your final building. I love lego skyscrapers! really really cool!

Cheers, Bob

I guess I was off some, for everything I've spent a mere $266.51 on these legos since December. I think it would have been double that so far had I not had a childhood fascination with legos.

Dude, that's awesome! Keep it up!

What are you going to do with it when it's done?

Stick it in the corner of my living room and admire it. haha

The 65th-66th floor setbacks are complete. I'm now waiting upon my 1x1 bricks to show up and I should be able to get it completed up to around the 70th floor.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0200.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0202.jpg

Great looking! You can play on your 360 while waiting :D

I'm playin rockband with my friend right now as a matter of fact. haha

I've got her up to the 75th floor now. Its starting to come into shape.

Its 75 floors, (and 7/12ths of the 76th floor complete), and 38.25 inches tall (just over 3 feet)

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0203.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/TheOriginalJames/Lego%20Sears%20Tower/100_0206.jpg

It's really getting tall now. :)

Wow is that thing going to fit in your house?

Looking very good. :okay:

Imagining if each of those floor plates (those thin black pieces between the floors on the windows) were to go all the way through (like on the prototype) and you'd put random on/off lights on each floor....

:|

:lol:

Looks interesting and I would show it to building's owner when done.

Mike

It's really getting tall now. :)

Yes, its up to my waist now.

Wow is that thing going to fit in your house?

It should. It'll be right around 54.5-55" tall (with another foot of antenna that I'm trying to figure out how to re-do). My family room has an 8 foot ceiling.

Looking very good. :okay:

Thanks.

Imagining if each of those floor plates (those thin black pieces between the floors on the windows) were to go all the way through (like on the prototype) and you'd put random on/off lights on each floor....

:|

:lol:

Looks interesting and I would show it to building's owner when done.

Mike

I might send the owners some pictures so they'll rethink painting the real one.

I could definitely make one with floors like that, but the lights would get expensive. (looking at tiny HID bulbs and a way to power them could easily triple the cost of the building itself.)

Hey JArch I love your LEGO Sears Tower because the Sears Tower is my favorite building. Also, where did you get all of those LEGOS? I don't even have that many LEGOS.

good work!
and you should put lamp in to the tower
it may be beautiful when you turn on lamp in tower

I agree with everyone, this thing would look awesome at night if you light it. I just don't know how exactly you would show it to use lite up at night. Some times I have little lights on my little skyline and it looks cool.

Hey JArch I love your LEGO Sears Tower because the Sears Tower is my favorite building. Also, where did you get all of those LEGOS? I don't even have that many LEGOS.

I started off with the base pieces from my old collection as a kid. I've used up all those plates, 1x1 bricks, etc.

When I was preplanning it I bought the 2x1 glass window pieces of lego.com, but the bulk of the pieces came from ebay. There are unlimited supplies you can purchase off ebay, and they usually end up being about ½ the price that they would be off lego.com.

any more updates ?

JArch, I have a question, how much did that all cost?

Was it ever completed. Or did he accidentally knock it down?

JArch, I have a question, how much did that all cost?

Thus far, its been around 300 dollars spent over the past 8 months.

Was it ever completed. Or did he accidentally knock it down?

Nope, to both. lol I took a hiatus on it. My workload got larger, as the workforce at my job got smaller.

I'm sitting here looking at it, and i have 150 window pieces on the way (which will take care of about 5 floors). She's sitting here at 82 stories complete. I'll have it completed by Christmas.

wow that is incredible! Very good job I can't wait to see it finished!

Dude your Sears Tower = Epic Win

Can you make bank of china tower in HK out of LEGO?? btw, ur Sears Tower is fantastic!

^^ I don't think it's worth the money to make a Lego city just for this forum. Besides they have that stuff in Legoland.

Not familiar with that tower, I tend to stick with US skyscrapers as my main focus. Once I complete this I may begin work on One Summit Square here in downtown Fort Wayne. Not the best of buildings, but it'll be another easy one to build. Thanks for the compliments all.

I'll have progress updates and pictures as they happen.

Not familiar with that tower, I tend to stick with US skyscrapers as my main focus. Once I complete this I may begin work on One Summit Square here in downtown Fort Wayne. Not the best of buildings, but it'll be another easy one to build. Thanks for the compliments all.

I'll have progress updates and pictures as they happen.

Good Luck!

Its seriously been a month since I've updated this? wow. I'm slacking. I've ordered myself some 1x6 plates, 75 of them. I will have some more built and another pictorial update within the week.

Wow that is amazing how much does that cost to order that many Lego plates?

Depends on the price of the pieces off ebay. usually they're 1.00-2.00 for 50 or 75 pieces. I only go to buy it now auctions.

That cheap!?! Geez at Lego they charge that much for one piece!

I was looking at my cousins Lego catalog and they really jackeD their prices up. Like a year ago I was looking into buying the green grocier right? Well at the time it was 59.99$. I looked at it a couple days ago, same set, nothing changed, and it was 159.99$ !

Yeah, I agree with u guys! I am a lego LEGO Club memeber so I get all of the club magazines in the mail. And when the product magazines come, I always look thru them and notice that all of the cool sets r quite expensive!

Lego makes more money off ebay auctions. They make them in bulk and selling them in bulk is cheaper on production costs. They can sell them to a 3rd party, who can then break them down however they want, and sell them for whatever they want. Just depends on what kind of profit margin they want really. I'll find the cheapest set and click buy it now.

could you please post more pictures ?

very good, i've made the world trade plaza (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 wtc) out of lego and i payed about 350€ for it^^

Hey JArch I love your LEGO Sears Tower because the Sears Tower is my favorite building. Also, where did you get all of those LEGOS? I don't even have that many LEGOS.

he got some at ebay and some off of pick a brick on lego