A WORLD record-breaking Lego sculpture of Tower Bridge has been built to mark the launch of a new Land Rover car. The replica landmark was built using 5.8 million bricks — breaking the previous record by nearly half a million — and took five months to complete. Laid out end to end the bricks would stretch from London to Paris, a distance of 200 miles.The new Land Rover Discovery beside the record-breaking four-storey Lego bridgeBear Grylls abseils down from a helicopter to land on Lego Tower Bridge Time-lapse video shows how record-breaking Lego Tower Bridge was built It was revealed at Packington Hall in Warwickshire alongside the new Land Rover Discovery SUV. TV adventurer Bear Grylls and sports legends Sir Ben Ainslie were there to mark the spectacle -- with Grylls abseiling down from a helicopter onto the four-storey Lego landmark. Taking a dip ... Sir Ben Ainslie drove the new Discovery under the replica landmark Out the other end ... Sir Ben and his sailing team drove through the trough of water symbolising the Thames
Meanwhile, sailing star Sir Ben took his America's Cup team for something they're not used to -- a trip UNDER the water in the new seven-seater. He was even towing another Lego creation -- a replica of his racing boat made from 186,500 bricks. He drove the car through a deep trough of water representing the Thames during the big reveal on Wednesday. Bobbing about in the waterZara Phillips jumps over two Discovery carsNew Land Rover beside mega bridge and sporting celebs There was also a chance for expert equestrian Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, to show off as she vaulted over the bonnets of two Discoveries parked nose-to-nose. Emma Owen, LEGO UK and Ireland spokeswoman, said: “We are thrilled that Jaguar Land Rover has used Lego bricks to add some Guinness World Record-breaking creativity to the launch of the latest Discovery." 1. Land Rover Discovery Tower Bridge (2016) – 5.8m bricks 2. Star Wars X-Wing Fighter (2013) – 5.3m bricks
3. Lego house created for James May's BBC programme Toy Stories (2009) – 3.3m bricks 4. Herobot 9000 A mecha robot (2011) – 2.8m bricks 5. Allianz Arena scale replica of the spectacular Munich soccer stadium (2005) - 1.3m bricks Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368By using this site you agree to the use of cookies.In the past few years investing in LEGO has become a trend and hot topic amongst LEGO fans. Previously people bought LEGO for their children or their own enjoyment, and only considered selling their collection when they wanted to move on from the hobby or had to sell their collection due to financial or other issues. However especially since the use of the Internet it has become quite apparent that LEGO sets, minifigures and parts (especially the discontinued or rare ones) are in fact a hot commodity that can bring significant gains. LEGO fans realized that by selling LEGO they no longer want or need they can fund the hobby (LEGO is an expensive toy after all – and more LEGO is always better), or make extra money for other expenses. T
his trend has progressed so far in fact that there are now those who look at LEGO exclusively (or almost exclusively) as an investment; they buy new LEGO sets in multiples with immediate or future gain in mind, or scout for old LEGO sets they know are still in high demand. Personally I don’t consider myself a LEGO investor, however I do sell LEGO (especially minifigures) to fund my hobby. In fact I own all my LEGO free and clear just buy investing a little time and effort of doing a few sales a month. Whatever comes in from these sales is what I use to buy new LEGO. I have also talked with some long-time LEGO investors who shared with me that their LEGO investments far outperformed their gains on the stock-market or other, more traditional lines of investment vehicles. Whether you just want to fund your LEGO obsession, or you are considering LEGO as a serious investment vehicle, one challenge you will run into, and where you spend most of your time at, is price-research. T
his is the heart-and-soul of investing in LEGO (or in anything else for that matter); you want to buy low and sell high. Today I would like to introduce you to a website that will help you in your price-research and your LEGO portfolio management, so read on! 😉 is an online LEGO Price and Investing Guide that was created by two brothers, Jeff and Ed Maciorowski. Jeff is a professional website engineer, while Ed is a professional LEGO fanatic. Together, they realized there was a need for a unique online LEGO destination that would help provide pricing information for LEGO in the secondary markets. Ed grew tired of physically jotting down hundreds of eBay auctions by hand which he used to come up with average LEGO set prices and aid him in finding great deals for his budding LEGO investment hobby. The brothers set out on a quest to provide fair market value of LEGO sets to millions of LEGO fans all over the world. Th is to educate the LEGO enthusiast, collector and investor of the most up to date and current prices of new and used LEGO sets. Th
has access to countless current and past auction results from the thousands of various LEGO sets sold on eBay each day. By utilizing this information and putting it into easy to understand charts and graphs, BrickPicker members can make intelligent and cost effective choices when making their next LEGO purchase. Various tools and data are at the BrickPicker member’s fingertips. Tools such as a LEGO Comparator will allow users to match several LEGO sets next to one another with key information elements such as piece count and pricing trends. This information can help gauge what set may be a better value for their money. Another tool, the Bulk LEGO Price Guide is available to help answer that question that is seen so very often on forums, “How much is 100 pounds of LEGO worth?” Just move the weight slider to your desired setting, select filters such as theme or specific colors of pieces and find out what past eBay listings sold for. is its BrickFolio. This is an investment tool, much like you would see on any financial website that will allow collectors input or import their entire collection of LEGO sets from other sites and get up to date values while giving some key insight into their collection.
A few remaining and notable features for the site are it’s Blog & News Aggregator that constantly grabs the latest news (including our news here at TBB) from all your favorite LEGO sites and display them in a fun and easy to read way, reports about Top Selling LEGO Sets, links to find the best prices on LEGO and a very active Forum with members that talk about the great deals they found. Another thing that is quite unique about BrickPicker is its content. Their blog, known as the BrickVesting Blog covers areas of content that discuss topics tailored to the collecting and investing of LEGO. Article topics such as “Shipping Wars” talk about issues of trying to get that pristine LEGO box for better resale value in the future. One of the most read blog articles is “LEGO Investment Bubble: Fact or Fiction?” looks at some data and other collectable markets to forecast whether an investing bubble does exist. While the BrickPicker has key information about the multitude of LEGO sets in existence, their focus is about the value of these sets and their place in the LEGO investment world. So