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300,000 Brick LEGO Production of the Olympic Village

HKLUG presents LEGO Sport City. It is currently one of the most amazing LEGO productions ever in China. The theme of this city is the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Swimming Cube, Nest Sports Ground and Sport Village were built as a landmark of this LEGO... ...full story at digg

from digg on Mon, Aug 25 2008

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18 Aug 08 visit Olympic lego - a new sport?  »  Guardian Blogs What requires requires years of training, skill and dedication ... and 300,000 pieces? Why, Lego of course! The Hong Kong Lego User Group should surely take gold for their giant model of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which includes an interpretation...
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06 Aug 08 visit Photos: The Beijing Olympics ... in Legos  »  Shanghaiist The Lego Sports City has joined in the Olympic craze, by making their own models of Beijing Olympic venues. We are especially impressed with their tiny Go China! banner. (Look carefully at the wushu scene in the second picture). Photos from Design You...
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