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Ancient Italian Walls Repaired With Lego Bricks

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Call me old-fashioned by hahafaha · · Score: 3, Informative

    Am I the only one who thinks this is rather appalling? I mean, these are beautiful, ancient relics, now completely defaced.

    1. Re:Call me old-fashioned by JCSoRocks · · 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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    2. Re:Call me old-fashioned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      its a wall. just about every wall in all of europe is some kind of ancient relic.

    3. Re:Call me old-fashioned by gbulmash · · Score: 3, Interesting

      If they could have tried to match the color a little bit, it might not be so bad. But with the day-glo Lego colors, it looks like grafitti or vandalism rather than repair.

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    4. Re:Call me old-fashioned by Nasajin · · 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!

    5. Re:Call me old-fashioned by flyingsquid · · Score: 3, Funny
      No, it looks like crap.

      I agree COMPLETELY. The beautiful aesthetics of those LEGOs, ruined by those hideous stones.

  2. without any glue whatsoever by jedie · · Score: 4, Funny
    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.'

    No shit Sherlock?

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    1. Re:without any glue whatsoever by pieisgood · · Score: 3, Informative

      He meant to the wall its self, not other lego bricks.

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