Myer unveils 70th annual Christmas window display

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Apparently, the designers have well and truly learned their lesson from last year's display, which was supposed to be in honour of the Irwin family and Australia Zoo... but was criticised for falling into the uncanny valley as the stuff of nightmares rather than yuletide whimsy. This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.

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00:00The makers of Melbourne's Maya Christmas Window display have unveiled the 2025 exhibit

00:06in collaboration with Lego. Apparently, the designers have well and truly learned their

00:11lesson from last year's display, which was supposed to be in honour of the Irwin family

00:16and Australia Zoo, but was criticised for falling into the uncanny valley as the stuff of nightmares

00:22rather than yuletide whimsy. That display was a little more reminiscent of a sci-fi or horror

00:28movie rather than a joyous herald of Christmastime.

00:36This year's Lego-themed display took over 12 months to plan and involved teams from the Lego

00:42Group, including certified Lego professional Ryan McNaught, also known as the Brick Man.

00:49The six-window display features 488,215 Lego bricks and tells the story of a letter to Santa,

00:58making its way from the Melbourne Post Office to the North Pole Workshop.

01:13littleeslexVA is still happening in this show It's a little harder that Agricultural department

01:17is still going on to see but still you'll see it with the most highlights.

01:20Here's the story of a Claire Ryan McNaughton on his dashboard you can see

01:23and soon you'll see the result I had the ability of bringing to the next view.

01:27During the weekend you will see that, him actually appears to be a classic

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