The Red Clay Consolidated School District in Wilmington, DE have set the Guinness World Record for the tallest LEGO tower at 112 feet, 11 and 3/4 inches. The tower was created using more than half a million bricks and weighed in at almost a ton. The project started in March and took students throughout the summer to finish their section of the tower and today was completed around 6:45pm at John Dickinson High School. There were 28 schools in the district that worked together to create the mammoth structure. All the bricks that were used were not from school funds but with donations from all over the world. The previous world record was set in Prague, Czech Republic in September 2012 and was at 106 feet and 7 inches. Portions of the record setting tower will now be given to individuals who donated $25 or more towards the project and some will be going back to the schools for educational purposes. The remaining bricks will be sold and the funds will be going back to the Red Clay district for school activities.
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There’s a new update on the LEGO City 2014 sets that we initially reported last week. Eurobricks users Caseyref as well as darth_tater has posted some new details on the City sets.
System Sets:
- Police Motorcycle Chase (60042) – White police car, 2 bikes, 3 minifigures (2 criminals and 1 police officers)
- Break-Out of the Prison Transporter (60043) – 8 stud wide prisoner van, 1 red quad bike, 3 minifigures (2 criminals and 1 police officers).
- Mobile Police Unit (60044) – Police truck with trailer, 3 minifigures (2 police officers and 1 prisoner)
- Police Boat Transporter (60045) – 4×4 police jeep with trailer, dinghy boat, 2 minifigures.
- Break-Out of the Police Station
- Bandit’s Hiding Place
- Police Helicopter Chase
Great Vehicles:
- Race Car (60053) – 6 stud wide Octan touring racing car with 1 minifigure and 1 silver cup.
- Light Repair Truck (60054) – Orange repair lighting repair truck about 6 studs wide with 1 minifigure and 1 road light post.
- Monster Truck (60055) – Green and black monster truck much like the one from the recent Monster Truck Transporter (60027)
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- Tow Truck (60056) – Blue and white tow truck is about 8 studs wide and 20-32 studs long with 1 minifigure.
- Camper Van (60057) – White camper with green stripes and a red canoe. Includes 1 male minifigure and 1 female minifigure.
- SUV with Watercraft (60058)
- Logging Truck (60059)
- Auto Transporter (60060) – Yellow transporter truck with a double-deck trailer. Includes 1 blue sports car, 1 black sports car, and 2 minifigures (1 truck driver
One iconic scene in The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring takes place at the home of the Elves at Rivendell. The Council of Elrond (79006) set recreates the scene in the movie where the Council discusses what to do with the One Ring. The scene also is the origin of one of the best memes created. This set contains 243 pieces and retails for $29.99 which comes out to about $0.12/piece. The box contains two numbered bags, one instruction booklet, and one small sticker sheet.
darth_tater over on Eurobricks has posted an updated list a couple of days ago on the initial wave of the 2014 LEGO Friends sets. I’m not into the Friends line that much so I’m not sure what fans are looking forward to. From some of the responses in the message board, a few are excited in seeing the news van and the penguin. If you’re a fan of LEGO Friends, what are you excited to see being released in 2014?
Updated 2014 Friends set list here.
Animals
Turtle’s Little Paradise (41041)
Tiger’s Beautiful Temple (41042)
Penguin’s Playground (41043)
System Sets
Sunshine Harvest (41026)
Mia’s Lemonade Stand (41027)
Emma’s Lifeguard Post (41028)
Stephanie’s Newborn Lamb (41029)
Heartlake Juice Bar (41035)
Stephanie’s Beach House (41037)
Sunshine Ranch (41039)
Heartlake News Van (41056)
Heartlake Horse Show (41057)
When I was younger, I didn’t get a chance to get the older LEGO shuttle sets such as the Space Shuttle Launch (1682) or the Shuttle Launching Crew (6346). As I got older, I was and still am fascinated with space-related things and when I came out of the “Dark Ages”, I saw the LEGO City Space Shuttle (3367) and I knew I had to get it. The set contains 231 pieces and retails for $29.99, a $0.13/piece ratio. The box has two numbered bags, one instruction booklet, one loose 6×16 black baseplate, and one sticker sheet.
Recently, I was sent a copy of a new LEGO book called Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry written by David C. Robertson with Bill Breen. Robertson was a Business Professor at the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland and was given the privilege to interview LEGO’s management team. Breen has co-authored and published many other business management books including this one. The book is published by Crown Business and has 320 pages.
Last month, we reported that the Red Clay Consolidated School District in Wilmington, DE will be trying to set a Guinness World Record for the tallest LEGO tower. As of Thursday, construction has already started and the tower was at about 40 feet. The completion of the tower will be held on Monday, August 19th at 5pm during “LEGO Tower Fest” at John Dickinson High School. Tower Fest runs from 5pm to 8pm and will have many games and activities for kids and their families. Our buddies over at Your Creative Friends will be there to cover the event as well so if you’re attending, drop by and say hi.
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