So if I used more bricks and built this thing laying on it's side, would that count??

Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude

The question is not how long did it take to construct this, but how long did it take to get 460,000 bricks in one place!?

mrtallbones

The fact that there's wires that are holding it up is just cheap if you ask me. There should be no wires at all.

dead_red_eyes

Pure. Awesome. Almost as cool as the famous scale model of a US Navy aircraft carrier, and just barely not as cool as the ginormous Star Wars battle.

blackmage439

If it were to fall over, I wonder how many people would die.

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E

I've heard about this before but didn't know people were still trying to break the record and make taller ones. Seems pretty awesome to me.

Legos rule!

fsusmithc2

They will just build a bigger one in Dubai.

Curves

@urbanturban666: Yeah. Especially with those Lego Technic builds...

Stang70Fastback

If there's aliens out there...they're laughing at us right now.

JackHoliday

dont you just hate it when you have to backtrack the steps on a lego build because you forgot a step...

urbanturban666

Photosho...fa.....I can't do it. It's just too awesome.

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E

Are we sure this one doesn't have Styrofoam on its innards? I was totally disappointed finding out the Indiana Jones lego-boulder was fake. I won't fall for it again!

D.E.P.C.

@Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E: minifig people working in the building, or human people working around the building?

frigg

@Codis: You did.

and I think there might be a pole in there too. :(

strider_mt2k

I swear I read the exact same story a while back. I even remember the line "The views from the top are quite stunning."

Codis

It would have been even cooler if they hadn't used guide wires, because if you think about it why stop at 96 feet. The guide wires will hold everything in place and stop it from leaning or swaying, so the only limits to how tall it can go are materials.

baltwade

all you need know is my brother to run over and kick it into a thousand piece plastic rain, in red blue green and yellow.

Omni Loser

@Curves: LMAO!

Probably in the shape of the moon or something too.

venomous_duck41

I volunteer to knock it over!

venomous_duck41

What's with all the wires holding it up? If you're gonna build the worlds tallest LEGO whoosamajig it'd better be freestanding.

LastAndLeast

Because building a world record lego tower is so hard when you have cables strapped to the ground to hold it in place. Why didn't they just build a 1000 foot lego tower and just have a Chinook flying above to support it? Wouldn't be any different...

SeverinoWolf

"I want my block back."
Anyone remember that Lego commercial in the 80's (90's?) Where they are building a large structure out of Lego brand building blocks and this little b@stard kid at the end says "I want my block back."
I always wanted to slap that little b@stard...not sure why, he just looked like he needed it. and Yes, I have issues.

hatrick208

That's nothing, I built a Lego house, actual size, it was 5000 square feet

Con Seannery

@venomous_duck41: The problem with "in the shape of the moon" is that it's just a sphere.

mhlaxp

@Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E: Never Forget
Lego 9/11

Con Seannery

@venomous_duck41: Actual Size

Con Seannery

I want to see some dumb shit take a wrong turn and crash through it...

bflorin

@Herman: Cool. Then I shall begin building my Lego horizontal tower....

As soon as I get enough Legos.

Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude

This is half a foot higher than the one reported on in May. Hm.

[gizmodo.com]

bandit

@Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another du...: Only if it's longer than 1578.8m

[www.recordholders.org]

Herman

That's so effing cool, dude. Although, yes it would be cooler if there wasn't any guidewires, but....just look at it!!! It's BEAUTIFUL!!!!

KarinLovesYou

One small step for man, three steps back for mankind.

I really don't get why grown adults find lego amusing. It stopped being fun when I was like five years old.

broho

@Curves: LMAO!!! True... just wait. Dubai will have a taller, bigger and.. and awesomer one! BLEH!

ashamaniq

@Omni Loser:
Plastic Rain
Some stay dry and others feel the pain
Plastic Rain
A baby born will die before the sin
Plastic Rain

*I move away from the mic to breathe in

SpaceMonkeyX

@Con Seannery:
So did I! Except it was less built entirely out of LEGO bricks, and more partly decorated with them. And it was less 5000 square feet and more 3200 square feet. And it was less just a throwaway line on the internet and more actually viewable on national primetime TV sometime in November (not sure of the date yet, though).

Purple Dave

@mrtallbones:
Well, Bricklink's largest lot runs just shy of 19,000 bricks, so that's no good. LEGO Factory, on the other hand, could _theoretically_ handle the load, but if they don't have them all in stock it could take quite a while for the backorder to be filled. The least expensive 2x4 bricks from LEGO Factory are orange, which run $0.14 apiece, so you'd be dropping $64,400 _before_ shipping (if you want a more stylish color scheme, you could end up paying another $4600-9200).

Purple Dave

What does it say on the backs of their shirts? dude + diamond = lego? I'm not quite sure.

Minifig

@Purple Dave: Damn, he called my bluff!
*Calls sidekick*
GET THE ESCALADE, LET'S ROLL!

Con Seannery

@SeverinoWolf: Way to be a boring jerk! Good for you.

housewarmer

Guys.

We did this back in MAY. MAY, mind you.

[www.gearfuse.com]

Jesus Christ this is old!

Vincent Voltaire

Awww, the boys are building a tower to Heaven to see their little friend Kenny.....

TimeTourist