May 6 2008Tallest LEGO Tower Is Pretty Tall, But Wired
I know what you're all thinking, "Damn, Geekologie ain't had no sweet LEGO posts in awhile, how am I supposed to get my fix?" Well put the needles down my friends, the LEGO post is back, this time in the form of a monster puke colored tower. The Legoland Windsor theme park in England recently broke the world record for tallest LEGO structure (which was 96.1 feet) with this motley mother. The scraper of skies stands inches short of 100 feet (add a couple more blocks you fools!) and took just under a billion individual LEGO blocks to complete. Did you fall for that? I was just wondering if you'd believe that if I said it. Because it didn't really take a billion blocks, just 500,000. It's pretty awesome and all, but how about removing those wire tethers? That makes it kind of questionable. I want to see it stand on its own. Which is why I just started construction of the world's tallest freestanding LEGO tower. I made it to five feet but ran out of blocks. So I tore a couple blocks off the top and created a mask. That's right folks -- I'm robbing Toys "R" Us, wish me luck.
UPDATE: A pimply teenage clerk hit me in the face with a broom handle and my mask broke. They recognized me as the guy who's always hanging out in the LEGO section. I tried to grab one of the new Indiana Jones sets and make a run for it, but some hag hit me with her shopping cart and threw my back out. Now I'm laying face down in a holding cell at the police station with a slipped disk or something. Some other guy keeps touching my ass and I keep telling him to stop. I can't even see what he looks like. I guess the real lesson here is this: next time I'm making my mask out of K'Nex.
A couple more pictures of the LEGO highness after the jump.
Reader Comments
1. cave12man - May 6, 2008 3:02 PM
First and Awesome
2. Jake - May 6, 2008 3:34 PM
Anyone have any idea what the tallest truly freestanding (no wires, no glue, etc.) Lego structure is?
I tried a couple Google searches and got nothing...
3. BobTheMul - May 6, 2008 4:10 PM
29.3meters
(96.1 feet)
http://www.680news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20070818_171723_6248
Toronto Aug 2007..... looks more sturdy. I'd say the English attempt could be destroyed by just one un-leashed toddler.... could happen any day now folks.
4. The Superficial Writer - May 6, 2008 4:11 PM
Sorry to rain on these guys parade, but this is no man-made LEGO tower. This is what happens when I lay down with my fly open in the middle of England. You would've thought I'd wake up while they attached all those wires to my magic brick wang...
5. bob - May 6, 2008 4:31 PM
@T.S.W.
Your baby-maker is made out of small pieces of square plastic?
I feel sorry for your loved one(s) whoever he/she/it is
BTW, my baby-maker is bigger, and girthier
6. pickle - May 6, 2008 5:44 PM
haha i get dizzy looking at it. it's definitely a billion million katrillion zillion lego bricks. i believe everything geekologie guy says so stfu TSW and how did you morph over into this secret world of mine anyway.
7. SmokingGirl - May 6, 2008 11:40 PM
LEGO penis...you'd need a lot of KY for that one.
Just throwing that out there.
8. Jake - May 7, 2008 3:27 AM
@ BobTheMul
Yeah I saw that one, it turned out to be wired as well...
9. Stolencheese - May 7, 2008 4:41 AM
My penis is made of flesh and muscle. (Y)
10. monkymuscle - May 7, 2008 7:10 AM
I have been there ahahah, when i was 7 and 10. it wasnt that tall though.
11. Spunky - May 7, 2008 11:38 AM
What i find funny is, i work for the multi-billion pound company that funded this record breaking attempt...... but i read about it here before the company intranet even knew.
Priceless.
12. Scott - May 7, 2008 12:52 PM
My penis is made of Builder Bob luncheon meat.....
I once was walking across the golden gate bridge with a friend when he suddenly decided to urinate off the bridge. I got the urge as well and we both proceeded to empty our bladders. As we were urinating he remarked: Boy, this water is cold! To which I replied: Yea and it's deep too!
Ba ha ha ha haho ha! *wipes tear* Come on! It was funny!