My son just corrected me. The Millenium Falcon is the second biggest LEGO set. It only has 5,195 pieces. The new Taj Mahal set has 5,992 pieces and boy is it beautiful. How long do you think it would take to build?
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The Biggest Lego Set Yet!
This is Model 10179, Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon. It weighs more than 20 pounds and consists of 5195 pieces. It took the builder and his son about 30 hours. The completed model is about 33″ long, 22″ wide and 8″ tall. This video shows each step of assembly from the instruction manual.
All I can is “wow”. I was very impressed when my son built the new Ferrari set for his Granddad this past Father’s Day…
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Bionicle Rock Video
I was in high school when somehow the entire student body burst into a spontaneous version of “We Will Rock You”. I didn’t like the song then, but I’ve witnessed it become a parody of itself to the point that I can’t help but love that it now exists.
Bionicles are some sort of equivalent to that song. Although I love watching my son create new beings with their endless combinations, and there is something truly great about how the design of the pieces practice a “complicated is cool” devotion, they also possess the same bombastic essence as Queen’s clobbering beat.
I am waiting for some genius to make the great comical animated Bionicle video for us all to laugh with, but for now this clip’s closing guitar solo gets some serious props.
LEGO continues to be one of the most creative toys and companies out there. This movie is almost as good as the first Indie, and definitely tops the other three. Plus it’s only five minutes!
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Bizarre Buildings
I like to think my son loves bizarre buildings, but I know I love showing them to him. As many as there are, I want more, more, more! I do know he’s an excellent LEGO builder so all the viewing I subject him to has got to have some benefit for the boy.
Listverse is a great website, although not always as suitable for the younger set as this selection.
