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Lego Pharaoh on the Thames

By Queuebot in Lego on Feb 23, 2009 at 3:07 pm



One of the largest Lego creations ever constructed is a 16-ft-tall model of an Egyptian pharaoh that looks suspiciously like King Tut.

The giant pharaoh is currently floating down the River Thames on its way to Legoland in Windsor, England, where it will be the centerpiece of Legoland’s Kingdom of the Pharaohs, which is set to open March 21. 

This is the final leg in its 1,395-mile journey by truck and boat from the Czech Republic, where it was constructed.

The pharaoh required more than 200,000 Lego bricks and weighs one ton.

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(image credit: Geoff Caddick/PA Wire via AP)

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  1. Jake
    Feb 23rd, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    Cleopatra's needle would have been a slightly more relevant Egyptian artefact to have built and transported down the Thames, past the real thing. although it wouldn't have been as impressive as this

  2. shanbanan
    Feb 23rd, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    Here's another Lego Pharaoh that I so enjoy. The ad campaign is hilarious.

    http://www.ibelieveinadv.com/commons/axe_1.jpg

  3. ziggystardust
    Feb 23rd, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    No one knows how it was constructed.

  4. tr
    Feb 23rd, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    I'm having a hard time not imagining that that's a Lego London Bridge behind it.

  5. Dadster
    Feb 24th, 2009 at 7:02 am

    Those poor builders...

    They're all dead now.

  6. ted
    Feb 24th, 2009 at 8:56 pm

    That's quite the belly button.

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