Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Most signed Lego bricks in one structure: Lego fair set world record

Holt, Norfolk, UK -- The North Norfolk facility was the venue for a Lego fair, organized by Fakenham couple Diane and Adrian Fletcher, who supervised the construction of a Lego tower containing over 1,000,000 signed Lego bricks - which sets the world record for Most signed Lego bricks in one structure.

  Photo: An attempt to set the record for the most signed Lego bricks in one structure. Photo: Antony Kelly ( enlarge photo )

  The Guinness world record for the The largest image built with interlocking plastic bricks (Lego) measures 112 m² (1205.55 ft²) and was made by DK Publishing House (UK).

Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the tallest structure built with interlocking plastic bricks (Lego): 30.52 m (100 ft, 1 in) high, constructed by the Stichting Limmen Ludiek (Netherlands) foundation .

  The world record attempt was organised by Fakenham couple Diane and Adrian Fletcher, who were given more than one million Lego blocks before it started after a public appeal.

  The event included an auction of all of the Lego on display, plus a host of different trains made from the bricks.
  There was also a medieval scene, Star Wars Lego, a 21-inch Lego man, an 18m Lego town and a winter village scene.

  Mrs Fletcher said she and her husband decided to do it after being convinced by their son.

  She said: "We do teddy bear days at Bircham Windmill. Our son said: 'Why don't you do something sensible that I will enjoy?' And that's how this started."

  She added: "It's a timeless toy. Grandparents hand it down and everybody loves it. It's a new toy every day."

  An estimated 4,000 visited the event - raising upward of £10,000 for the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011