LEGO Ideas Pixar's "Up" house with balloons

This is my build based on the movie UP, one of Pixar's best movies. Includes 5 characters: Carl Fredricksen, Ellie, Russell, Kevin and Dug. The main building is the house which can be displayed in two ways, with or without balloons; you can turn off the fireplace to decide which way you prefer. The first floor houses all the interior details such as pictures, the sofas, the decoration above the fireplace, etc. You can also choose the color of Carl's hair: light bluish gray to represent his time with Ellie or white to represent the time with Ellie display his flying house. The set contains 2,995 parts and many references to the film, can you find them all?

How do the balloons work?

The balloons and the fireplace are one system that connects to the house. On the second floor there is an opening of 2x2 plates so that the fireplace can pass through perfectly. On the first floor there is a 1x2 technical brick with a hole where the bottom of the fireplace connects. With these constructions in the house, the balloon/fireplace system can remain upright.



The fireplace/balloon system is made in such a way that it is removable and can accommodate round/spherical pieces around the model. To make sure the model could be built in real life, I made a physical version with the bricks I had. It is not a 1/1 replica of the digital version, but it does prove that the system for the balloons works.