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‘Who’s Better, Who’s Best’ is my tribute to Pete Townshend, guitarist with The Who and driving force behind the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia. This mini-set is the first to feature two identical versions of the same character and as such is something just a little different. The ideas behind my two Pete scene may be new, but the build itself was straightforward enough and looking through The Who archives I soon found pictures of Pete’s fancy jacket, Pete smashing…

Head and upper torso: Fairlight CMI IIx Lower torso: Roland CR-78 Left arm: Minimoog Right arm: Yamaha DX7 Left leg: ARP Quardra Right leg: Prophet-5 Changing limbs Roland Juno-6 Roland Jupiter-8 Fairlight CMI IIx Synclavier II

‘The Cavern’ is set around the time of The Beatles signing their management contract with Brian Epstein and was inspired by several early photographs of the group, playing in the Liverpool club and posing in their leather jackets. I tried to make my build as accurate as possible, but the length of the Lego arches dictated the size of the stage and left no room for performing. However, finding some detailed pictures of George’s leather jacket enabled Minifigs.me to design…