| Builds | Components | ||
| Name (click for more detail) | Item | Pieces | Price |
| • It’s Tough to be a (Lady) Bug! | Total | 444 | 18.4 |
| • Polar Bear Playhouse | Total | 349 | 6.74 |
| • “Chasing Their Tails” Carousel | Total | 426 | 14.55 |
| • Park Area | Total | nnn | 10 |
| • "Up" | Total | nnn | 10 |
| • The Hub | Total | nnn | 10 |
| • Mission Control | Total | nnn | 10 |
| • Children's Play Area | Total | nnn | 10 |
| • “Blast Off” Drop Tower | Total | nnn | 10 |
| • Ursula’s Revenge | Total | nnn | 10 |
| • Ferris Wheeler’s Day Off | Total | nnn | 10 |
| GREEN ACRES THEME PARK | TOTALS: | nnnn | 100.00 |
The Story So Far
After “The “Accident” scrambled the town of Eureka, one of the first things to suddenly appear was a small theme park. It has a little of everything, from a Christmas cottage that serves ice cold Coca-Cola to a carousel where you ride giant Huskies to death defying rocket ride!
The scientists of Eureka speculate that they somehow caused this area to manifest… “The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play.” While most people agree with that assessment, there is one mystery that NO ONE has been able to solve… why is admission free!?
Build Notes
The whole idea for the theme park stated with the Ferris Wheel. When I added another row of track to the whole build, it gave me a space south of the Garden to fill. I bought the Ferris Wheel because it was on sale, the right scale and added color. I wasn’t intending to build a full theme park, but I already had the Christmas cottage kit and then my wife gave me the small “Up!” house as a stocking stuffer. They didn’t really fit in anywhere else in the build, but they could be turned into passable attractions in a theme park.
Once I had the idea, I couldn’t shake it, but it turned into a much harder build than I expected. Xing-Bao had three more kits that were from the same series as the Ferris Wheel. Those were easy. For a while I tried to add a roller coaster. I was actually able to create a scale ride car for it, but the space is just too small for any sort of decent track. Failing that, I decided to go with a drop tower. I built that out of spare Technic parts, but needed some sort of theme for it. That’s when I found a bunch of cheap rocket ship kits. I ordered the one on top for a whopping $2.37, but the sent the wrong thing – I got the “SpaceX” capsule instead! That turned out to be a blessing in disguise. It became the “building” that house the “pre-launch show” for the drop tower. Now it all fit together and it only took me six tries to make a layout where the rides didn’t interfere with each other.
Once I had that, the rest fell together…
- I created “The Hub” to house ticket booth, concessions, rest rooms and a roof top seating area.
- I added a park like are for children to play in, complete with tire swing.
- I added the walking paths with leftover printed floor tiles and finished the landscaping, which is a TON of plants and flowers. That scheme was derived from my memories of the Elitch’s Amusement Park in Denver CO. I am glad I did it, but it took forever to get it looking right.
- Fenced the whole thing in to make it feel like a unique entity.
You can check out the detail for each of the attractions by clicking on it’s name in the table above.
Final Thoughts
This build feels very much like a done deal. If I was going to change anything, it would be to add a distinctive “park icon” on top of “The Hub”.
