1. A Star Wars X-wingThe world record holder for the largest Lego model goes to the builders behind this recently unveiled scale model of the dogfighting spaceship from Star Wars. The LEGO Model Shop in Kladno, Czech Republic, took more than 17,000 man hours and 32 builders to put together this massive model. It consists of more than 5 million bricks and weighs approximately 23 tons. 2. A mecha robotThe X-wing project took the record away from the LEGO Store in Minnesota's Mall of America. There, a massive "mecha robot" called the "Herobot 9000" consists of more than 2.8 million LEGO bricks, and towers over customers at a height of more than 34 feet. 3. A two-story houseTop Gear host and toy enthusiast James May took on a series of insane toy challenges for a BBC special. That included building a livable, two-story house entirely from LEGO bricks. The final structure consisted of 3.2 million bricks, and wasn't just a giant box with LEGO walls. May's team also put together an entire set of LEGO furniture, furnishings, housewares, and even bathroom fixtures — including a working shower and toilet.
Sadly, the house was eventually demolished. 4. A 2004 Volvo XC60The folks at the model shop of California's Legoland amusement park decided to use their uncanny building powers to pull off one of the most impressive office pranks you'll see in your lifetime. General manager Peter Ronchetti discovered that his car had been towed out of his usual parking space and replaced with a perfect LEGO replica. It was made with exactly 201,076 bricks and weighed more than a ton. Sadly, it wasn't a working model, so Ronchetti probably had to bum a ride from someone in the office. 5. A harpsichordPiano enthusiast and LEGO sculptor Henry Lim combined his two greatest passions to create a working LEGO harpsichord that plays real music. The 150-pound LEGO instrument took two years to design and build, and consists of more than 100,000 bricks. It can play a range of 61 notes with five octaves on a single manual keyboard. (Watch a video here) 6. A jet engineRolls-Royce turned to LEGO to make a replica of its Trent 1000 turbofan engine — the same one found in Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.
The model wasn't just built to look like Rolls-Royce's engine. The 150,000-plus brick model also contained several moving parts that replicated the engine's movements and functions. Of course, it was purely for show, since the LEGO version wasn't strong enough to keep a plane in the air. 7. A Nintendo controllerThanks to some innovative builders, you can actually buy a giant working replica of the Nintendo Entertainment System controller. Baron von Brunk decided to build his own five-foot-wide controller from LEGOs. He constructed the controller's housing, components, and buttons entirely from the toy bricks and wired them to a USB plug that could play NES games on a computer emulator.« Previous Post | Legoland may be full of fun and games for visitors, but apparently employees occasionally goof around too. Legoland California employees pulled a prank on general manager Peter Rochetti this week by switching his Volvo XC60 with a life-size model that mechanics had been restoring.
Made up of 201,076 Legos and weighing 2,934 pounds, the model — a replica of a Volvo XC90 — is almost a perfect match to Rochetti's car. The hardest part of the prank, Legoland California spokeswoman Beth Chee said, was getting the keys to Ronchetti's car and distracting him while the vehicles were swapped -- Ronchetti's office window looks out over the Carlsbad parking lot. "He thought it was very funny," Chee said. "We all got a good laugh out of it." Puppy left in hot car dies; Teens arrested after five-hour standoff in Eastside apartment Vernon disincorporation measure clears key Senate committee Then these guys go ahead and make it even cooler by making full, life-size models out of Lego blocks. With Lego growing in popularity as it has since inception, and with technology and innovation increasing in leaps and bounds, full-size models have come out of the woodwork in recent days. Check out these coolest life-size Lego auto builds to date.
Built specifically for the Ford Driving School at Legoland Florida, this Explorer is built completely out of Lego blocks. It sits at the entrance to Ford’s driving school for 6-12 year-olds. No, they aren’t learning to drive real cars. Just electric cars that max out at 3 miles per hour. The Explorer took 22 of Ford’s engineers 2,500 hours to build and used 380,000 blocks. Lego should really makes these kits easier for the kids. Unveiled at the New York Auto Show, the XC90 shown here is built for the driving school for kids at LegoLand California. This one is life-sized as well, and sits at the entrance as a symbol of both companies’ commitments to safety. The most age-appropriate Lego build on the list is the Cars 2 replica of Lightning McQueen. Built by the master builders at Lego, McQueen took over 2,000 to build and uses 325,000 blocks. That’s a lot of plastic! Edging Lightning McQueen out solely on coolness factor, Ferrari’s Formula 1 replica actually has room for a “driver” to sit in the cockpit.