Apr 13 2009Biblical: And The Lord Said, "Go Forth And Build Me With Modular Plastic Blocks"
Parishioners at a Protestant church in Vasteras, Sweden, kicked off Easter yesterday with the unveiling of a 6-foot tall, 30,000 piece LEGO Jesus. *eyeballing own 6", 18-piece LEGO Jesus* Nice, guys, way to 1-up me.
It took the 40 volunteers about 18 months to put all the tiny plastic blocks together, and their creation shows a standing Jesus facing forward with his arms outstretched.
Church spokesman Per Wilder said the statue at the Onsta Gryta church in the central Swedish city of Vasteras is a copy of Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen's "Christus" statue on display in Copenhagen.
LEGO Jesuses, now THAT'S what Easter is all about. Am I right? Well, besides dying eggs and projectile vomiting the chocolate bunny from your Easter basket. *HOOOORF* I think I see his ear!
Parishioners create Christ statue from Legos [dispatch]
Thanks to Jeremy and Meema, who had a Peep-eating contest and both lost.
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Reader Comments
1. Jiakasuma - April 13, 2009 11:48 AM
Fisrt!!!!!! ^_^
2. nadalo日本にいます。(also in Japan) - April 13, 2009 11:51 AM
not bad.....just add a lightsaber and could double as a Jedi
3. LSDiesel - April 13, 2009 11:51 AM
Psh. I don't think Jesus was flattered by this at all.
4. TimTim - April 13, 2009 11:51 AM
First to spell "first" correctly! ^_^
5. Madgame - April 13, 2009 11:52 AM
Looks like Jesus is grabbing his junk in the stained-glass window in the background
6. JoMama - April 13, 2009 11:55 AM
AND IT WAS SO!!!!
7. WHO DEY - April 13, 2009 12:18 PM
@4 haha nice they were too busy with the ^_^
8. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - April 13, 2009 12:22 PM
Um, it looks like someone's giving Jebus a handjob in that glass... I know it's just the table, but it still looks like a handjob...
9. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - April 13, 2009 12:26 PM
PS- GW you have a broken tag... see top of this page...
10. PA1911 - April 13, 2009 12:29 PM
I like how they went with the non traditional "Surfing Jesus" pose.
11. MacMaster - April 13, 2009 12:35 PM
Maybe its just the angle but it looks like he has really long feet. Clown shoe Jesus?
12. nadalo日本にいます。(also in Japan) - April 13, 2009 12:42 PM
@10 LOL totally surfing pose!! winner
13. todders - April 13, 2009 1:06 PM
they should build a lego statue of this guy:
http://www.digitalfuntown.com/videos/151
14. che-che - April 13, 2009 1:20 PM
looks like jesus might have had, lizard feet. guess that is how he was able to wonder the desert for forty days.
15. JJtoob - April 13, 2009 2:52 PM
Because that my friends, is what the big man J would do. But it dont stop there, he would build, listen to this: he would build you out of Legos, because Jesus loves you that much, except clay looked better, and was more available in the newly-made Eden.
16. Maikel - April 13, 2009 2:56 PM
"LEGO Jesuses, now THAT'S what Easter is all about."
Now, isn't plural of Jesus, Jesi?
17. Darth - April 13, 2009 7:04 PM
Wow! I bet Lego is doing great lately!
18. Mr.Checkers - April 14, 2009 12:03 AM
lol
19. asoijoijoihoi - April 14, 2009 6:38 AM
being jesus he's surfing without a board. yeah that's right, miraculous surfing bitches
Not all words ending with '-us' have '-i' as their plural form. Like buses.
20. naas 日本に行く in tokyo - April 14, 2009 8:35 AM
@2 & @12 nadalo where in JP are you? I need to score some ganjo here & it's not easy
Damn I wish shibu-onsen had internet, I'm a day late & 100 yen short
21. Johannest85 - April 14, 2009 2:25 PM
Woho finally someone is putting Västerås on the map :P maby walk over there with my pockets full of bricks so i can add some details :P
22. Mirianna - May 10, 2009 6:55 PM
Wtf is wrong with his feet?
23. Amanda - May 11, 2009 3:48 PM
I'm guessing the feet had to be a little bigger to hold it all up, give it a proper base. 30,000 legos would be kind of heavy.
Props to the people who put this together, that's amazing.
24. emo 1999 - June 9, 2009 12:29 AM
I love god those people who make fun of him shame on you