Ancient Italian Walls Repaired With Lego Bricks

Posted by timothy on Friday July 25, 2008 @10:38AM from the best-of-old-and-new dept.

Ubuntukitten writes "When some walls in Bocchignano near Roma started to erode, the perfect solution was found in Lego bricks (although some look suspiciously like Duplo bricks to me). FTA: 'At first I thought it would be a complicated procedure to fit the pieces, But as it turned out, the bigger plastic pieces were compatible with the smaller ones, and the Lego held itself in place without any glue whatsoever.' I like the effect. It's like the scene has been created on the holodeck but a few holoemitters are broken ..."

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Re:Call me old-fashioned by JCSoRocks · 2008-07-25 10:50 · Score: 3, Insightful

No, it looks like crap. I love legos, but I also love architecture and ye olde buildings.... cheesy plastic bricks + old buildings = garbage.

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Re:Call me old-fashioned by Nasajin · 2008-07-25 12:37 · Score: 3, Insightful

Am I the only one who thinks this is rather appalling? I mean, these are beautiful, ancient relics, now completely defaced.
Exactly! Lego should never be mixed with Duplo. It's a travesty!