10 interesting designs from Lego (22 photos)
With their help, people from all over the world can bring their ideas to life. You could even say that Lego is more than just children's toys. And today we will prove it by telling you about the 10 most incredible objects created from them.
Mosaic
Lacey Cadsen spends her free time creating masterpieces from play-doh mosaics. The woman takes plasticine of different colors and forms small balls from it, and then glues them to the base. It took Lacey 6 months and 152 buckets of plasticine to create her most famous mosaic, called Ondine, consisting of 12,191 fragments.
Tallest Lego tower
The tallest tower made of Lego, the construction of which took over 45 thousand designer parts, is located in Budapest, its height is 34.76 m. Schoolchildren from all over Hungary took part in its creation. And the famous Rubik's cube placed at the very top of the tower is its finishing touch. Well, let's hope that the wind is not terrible for this tower
Volvo XC90
In 2009, a real Volvo XC90 car was created from Lego bricks in Lego Land, California. This model was used as a joke to prank one of the park employees. A video of this fun quickly became popular on the Internet and received more than two million views.
House
A man named James M. James built a real house out of Legos. The two-story home, which consists of 3.3 mil. cubes, has everything you need for a comfortable stay, even a working toilet and bath, as well as a comfortable bed. Fortunately for the owner of the house, it is not made from Legos, but from the most ordinary materials
Colorful artwork
The creator of these paintings is artist Eleanor McNair. Each picture is created from Play-Doh plasticine. When a woman finishes her work, she takes a photograph of it, and then takes it apart and reuses the same clay in her next work.
Aircraft carrier "Harry Truman"
German resident Moll Hawking, a big Lego fan, created a copy of the American aircraft carrier Harry Truman. It took him approximately 200 thousand cubes to create this incredible model. The length of the aircraft carrier is 4.5 m, and its weight is as much as 158 kg! The man repeated not only the external, but also the internal appearance of the aircraft carrier. So, he added models of working electric light bulbs, installed moving elevators and radars. Half of a submarine and an artillery boat float next to the aircraft carrier
Harry Potter
And this creation will definitely appeal to all fans of the boy who lived. Seattle resident Alice Finch created a replica of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry building. And it took her 400 thousand Lego cubes. The woman paid attention to every detail and every architectural element of the building, and as a result she managed to recreate the unique atmosphere of this school. It took Alice a year to build the building, but it was definitely worth it. In 2012, at Brickon (a convention of Lego lovers), she received 2 awards for the Hogwarts building
Springfield
Lego sculptor Matt de Lanoy, using 500 thousand Lego cubes, was able to recreate the Simpsons' hometown of Springfield. In this city you can see Moe's Tavern, City Hall, Krusty Burger, Kwik-E-Mart, a nuclear power plant and, of course, the Simpsons' house. And if you look closely, you can see the most popular characters of this animated series inside the buildings.
Chevrolet
The Chevrolet company created a life-size model of the car from plasticine. The machine, which took 1.5 tons of play-doh to create, was created by hand by a team of eight people in 2 weeks. A blue sculpture has appeared on the streets of London to mark the start of sales of the Chevrolet Orlando in the UK. You can only imagine how surprised people were when they saw this incredible plasticine car.