LEGO Celebrates 50th Anniversary Since Mission To Moon
At this exact moment, 50 years to the day, mankind blasted off to the Moon. The NASA Apollo 11 mission to the lunar surface, would captivate a generation and inspire kids and adults alike, to reach for the stars. This iconic moment has been the launchpad for a number of key moment in the history of LEGO®. From the much-loved Classic Space theme in the 70s to Star Wars sets of today. Our fascination with Space is well documented with...
LEGO Big Builds: Sith Trooper To Debut At SDCC
As well as the various exclusive LEGO® items to be found at San Diego Comic-Con, including the just revealed Star Wars bust, the event is often used to debut various life sized LEGO Big Builds. The first of which to be revealed for the 2019 event is a Sith Trooper, yes another variant of the First Orders Stormtroopers. The Sith Trooper is basically a red version of the new style Stormtrooper. The LEGO version is a life-sized...
LEGO Big Builds: Harley-Davidson Fat Boy
As well as revealing the new LEGO® Creator Expert Harley-Davidson Fat Boy set, LEGO Master Model Builders have also created a life-sized, brick-built recreation of the iconic motorcycle. This impressive LEGO Big Build of the Fat Boy features silver coated parts, Wi-Fi animation control, sound and light effects to imitate a real Harley-Davidson Fat Boy. It took 865 hours to build and is made of 69,569 pieces, which includes 6000...
LEGO Big Builds: Stranger Things Poster
Last weekend, the LEGO Group participated in Netflix’s Fun Fair at Santa Monica Pier to celebrate today’s release of the highly anticipated Stranger Things Season 3. Throughout the weekend, attendees were invited to help bring to life a LEGO® brick-built mosaic of the Stranger Things Season 3 poster. This epic 80 inspired LEGO Big Build measures 90 inches tall and 60 inches wide, the mural is made up of over 56,000 bricks and...
LEGO Overwatch D. Va Arrives In Trafalgar Square
This weekend the London Game Fest takes over Trafalgar Square and LEGO® will be joining in the gaming fun by bringing along the huge Overwatch D. Va Big Build. The 9ft tall model is based on one of the new LEGO Overwatch sets D.Va. The giant LEGO model of Overwatch’s iconic mech pilot and her mech suit MEKA, will be on-site Saturday April 13th. At over 9ft tall, together D.Va and MEKA weighs around a whopping 570kg. It took LEGO...
Life-sized VW Camper Built From LEGO Bricks
Building life-sized vehicles with LEGO® bricks is all the rage these days. Despite their prevalence each new build never ceases to amaze. Over in Munich at f.re.e trade fair, a life-sized Volkswagen camper has been unveiled. This lates LEGO Big Build measures over five metres in length and stands two metres tall, plus it features that all important pop-up roof. The insides are equally impressive with everything you need for a perfect...
Jurassic World Big Build Arrives At Universal Studios
With the Jurassic World sequel set to stomp into cinemas next week, LEGO® continue to celebrate the movie launch with an impressive Big Build. In front of Stage 18 at Universal Studios, Blue the Raptor can be found atop an familiar looking 4×4. This roarsome new LEGO Big Build contains 703,855 bricks, weights over 1600 kg and took LEGO Master Builders around 2,548 hours to build! When the partnership between the LEGO Group and...
LEGO Creates A Life-sized LEGO Danica Patrick
LEGO Systems Inc have unveiled a brick-built recreation of famed sports icon Danica Patrick. The LEGO® life-size model, built by a team of nine designers and Master Builders, took over nearly 200 hours to create and features 14,819 LEGO bricks. The big build was revealed to Danica in New York Time Square. Danica has become a role model for kids, inspiring them to follow their dreams and enjoy their pastimes. Something which the LEGO...