The creative folk at professional UK LEGO® builders, Bright Bricks, have created a series of themed exhibitions, which have been touring various ventures across the UK and beyond. One such exhibition is The Great Brick Safari, a interactive animal themed collection, filled with brick-built animals. The Great Brick Safari will soon be heading to one of the UK’s most iconic zoos, as Twycross Zoo will soon play host to a really wild bunch of LEGO builds. Even more exciting for us it’s coming to BricksFanz home county of Leicestershire. So we’ll been donning our jungle suits and heading to Twycross Zoo, once the event begins on October 20th. More details below.
- Safari Spotter Trail – discover over 70 life-sized LEGO creatures
- Brick Pits – dive in and get creative with brick-filled play pits
- Make & Take – build your own LEGO critters which you can take home
- Safari Jeep Selfie – have you picture taken in a brick-built jeep
A Great Brick Safari At Twycross
From 20th October to 7th January, Twycross Zoo will host the world famous Great Brick Safari, a first for a Midlands-based zoo. Families and LEGO® brick-lovers alike are invited to explore the interactive safari with over 70 life-sized LEGO brick animals, showcasing 27 different species. Professional LEGO brick builders, Bright Bricks, used 882,339 LEGO bricks to make the incredible sculptures. Among them you’ll find a four metre tall elephant named Earl Grey, a roaring Bengal tiger and a majestic lion with his playful cubs.
Adding to all there is to see and do at Twycross Zoo, this fantastic visitor experience is included in the price of your zoo admission, and provides guests the chance to take part in a host of extra activities too.
Little ones can enjoy the Safari Spotters Trail and find all the LEGO brick animals from a panda to penguin, and even take home a certificate showcasing all their hard work.
Parents can enjoy a coffee and cake in the Explorer Café, while kids play in the Brick Pit and let their imaginations run wild as they build their own animal. Plus for a small fee, guests can even build and take home their very own LEGO brick animal.
Capture great memories with a selfie in the unique LEGO brick Safari Jeep and don’t forget to explore the rest of the zoo, home to over 500 animals of 125 different species from all around the world.
Karen Clarke, Chief Operating Officer at Twycross Zoo, said: “We’re really looking forward to hosting the Great Brick Safari, which promises to be a fantastic day out for the whole family to enjoy. It’s a fun and engaging way of showcasing some of our amazing species, whilst welcoming some wonderful new animals to the zoo.”
We are always looking for ways to involve our guests and provide the best experience we can when they visit the zoo. The Great Brick Safari is a great opportunity for us to offer our guests a unique interactive experience, whilst making everlasting family memories.”
Centrally located in the heart of England just off junction 11 of the M42, Twycross Zoo is open to the public from 10am to 6pm, 364 days a year. For further information and to save 10% off tickets, book online today at www.twycrosszoo.org or call 0844 474 1777.
Did you know…
- Twycross Zoo is hosting over 70 stunning animal models, representing 27 different species
- World Famous Bordon-based LEGO brick building company, Bright Bricks, used 882,339 bricks to make the incredible Great Brick Safari sculptures
- The builders have constructed a LEGO brick model showcasing the vibrant world of butterflies. Swords, harpoons, levers and even snow-shoes are used to replicate these distinctive shapes, adding incredible, novel details to these amazing creatures
- The bats weigh the least at only 10kg each whilst Earl Grey the elephant weighs 1,210kg
- It took a mammoth 271,739 bricks to build Earl Grey the elephant
- The LEGO brick animal sculptures have a combined weight of just over 5,389.5kg…that’s the equivalent to seven full sized-female giraffes
- The famous LEGO brick that we play with today is more than 50 years old. The bricks made way back in 1958 will still fit perfectly with those you play with today
- Laid end to end, the number of LEGO bricks sold in a year would reach more than five times round the world
- The spiders are a must-see, and includes a Brazilian salmon pink bird eater, a Goliath bird-eating tarantula, a Huntsman spider, a trapdoor spider, a western black widow and a Bark spider, which has the longest web-shooting range of any spider
- It took 7,586 hours in total to make all the animals sculptures
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