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Lego Taj Mahal

Posted by samzenpus on from the let's-see-lincoln-logs-build-that dept.

In September Lego will start selling a 5,922-piece Taj Mahal model set. Priced at around $400, the 3ft wide by 2ft tall model will be the biggest in Lego's 74-year history. The Lego Taj Mahal, complete with domes, minarets, arches and stairs, can be completed in a little under 40 hours. I'm holding out for the Lego Colossus of Rhodes.

5 comments

  1. Switzerland by pudge · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unfortunately, this Lego set will be banned in Switzerland.

    1. Re:Switzerland by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually Lego has a 50, not 74 year history.

    2. Re:Switzerland by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No... LEGO was founded in 1934. It's 2008. That's 74 years.

      LEGO Building Blocks were first produced in 1949, which would be 59 years. So where the hell did you get 50 from?

  2. Nitpicky corrections by TooMuchDew · · Score: 1

    Pre-order now, will ship by 15 September 2008. http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=10189 $299.99 USD/399.99 CAD/199.99 GBP/299.99 EUR/399.99 AUD/2299.00 DKK/3199.00 SEK. Corrections: -Measures over 20" (51cm) wide and over 16" (41cm) tall (if it really was 3' x 2' it'd require up to 13,265 more bricks to build) -The LEGO Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen. He coined the name 'LEGO', an abbreviation of the two Danish words "leg godt" (meaning "play well") in 1934. -The LEGO brick in its present form was launched in 1958. -And it WILL be available in Switzerland for 489.00 CHF but 43% of the LEGO minifigs in Wangen bei Olten, Langenthal and Wil want to ban it ;)

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  3. Im offended. by nurb432 · · Score: 1

    This is a mockery of religion and should be banned. Death to the infidels ( or something like that anyway )

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