My Neighbour Totoro

Who wouldn't want a LEGO Totoro? The character we all fell in love with in the movie My Neighbour Totoro by the amazing Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.

I found that most other submitted models here wasn't true enough to the characters, especially Totoro themself, so I gave it a go myself by trying to make an attractive and playable model of a realistic size to the LEGO minifigures. It contains two striking poses and with Totoro's iconic grin or not.

This model takes its cue from the iconic poster image of Satsuke and her little sister Mei waiting by the bus stop in the pouring rain. The model is built to minifigure size and Totoro can be built into different pose combinations: arms on sides, holding umbrella, arm outstretched, huge grin or not.

I believe it would make a great LEGO-set which isn't unrealistically large but also captures the essence of the movie scene depicted and would bring joy to anyone of any age be it by playing with it or just displaying it in a bookshelf.

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