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msirach
09-22-2009, 06:37 PM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/European_Union_Flag.jpg So much for that plastic fantastic home. (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/09/james_mays_lego_house_is_gone.html)

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/591/Lego_House.JPGMark Memmott - NPR (http://www.npr.org) - September 22, 2009

Top Gear is playing again. --Ed.

So much for that plastic fantastic home.

The house built with Legos we told you about three weeks ago is no more.

The home in the Surrey Hills of southeast England, which James May of the BBC's popular Top Gear program briefly lived in, has been taken apart. Apparently, the landlord (a winery) needed the property and no one could figure out a cost-effective way to move the structure to a Legoland park in Windsor.

The home was built, by more than 1,000 volunteers, in part for a ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/09/james_mays_lego_house_is_gone.html

99LeCouch
09-22-2009, 09:52 PM
That's completely bonkers and completely awesome! Go Mr. May!

Chuck
09-22-2009, 10:59 PM
The color might have faded over time, but it would never rot or suffer termites.

WriConsult
09-23-2009, 04:52 PM
I'd hate to have to clean the "Lego loo" though.

kendan
09-24-2009, 04:36 PM
My wife wondered about the facilities when I told her about this.



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