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Taj Mahal: Largest LEGO Set Ever Created

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  • Samo89, on 08/14/2008, -10/+14think this is bigger:
    http://gizmodo.com/5018606/750000+brick-kennedy-sp ...
    • TheBead, on 08/14/2008, -1/+17That is not a "set", thats a work of art.
    • bornahokie, on 08/15/2008, -4/+4bigger? that's what she said?
    • sirbeta, on 08/16/2008, -0/+3Do Not Hump
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1About 150 times bigger.
    • ThanatosSr, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1neither the Kennedy Space Center nor most of the LegoLand display structures are available as sets.
  • XxZtemxX, on 08/15/2008, -4/+28some assembly required.
    • SlowelyFadeAway, on 08/16/2008, -1/+8Really? I thought all LEGO's came prebuilt?
  • seabass10, on 08/16/2008, -0/+17i wish that they would scale it to something. I have no idea how big it actually is.
  • damian7, on 08/16/2008, -1/+2Niiiiiice.
  • Steinr, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1It must have taken 3 times as long to write the instructions for this than actually building the set design.
    • ThanatosSr, on 08/16/2008, -0/+0There's software out there called LDRAW. It's basically LegoCad. That's got to be what they use to develop the instruction books nowadays...
  • SouljaBoySTFU, on 08/16/2008, -0/+4This makes me miss my childhood.

    =(
  • pradaaddict, on 08/16/2008, -1/+3only $300 ?

    Big Lego sets usually cost a lot more than that
  • sambapati87, on 08/16/2008, -16/+1ugh, it's legoS, not lego! get it right!
    • nomadxx7, on 08/16/2008, -0/+7Why is their website www.lego.com or their logo LEGO?
    • sirbeta, on 08/16/2008, -0/+9I really have to wonder how someone can make such a bold statement like that and yet be so wrong. Looking it up before making yourself look like an idiot would have probably been the wiser choice Samba.
  • ligyron, on 08/16/2008, -0/+2I found carbonite George Lucas more interesting:

    http://www.geekologie.com/2008/07/_first_we_saw_ha ...
  • danesis, on 08/16/2008, -0/+2There's nothing to compare its scale to
  • camintmier, on 08/16/2008, -0/+4I'd rather have a motorized walking AT-AT.
    http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=10178& ...
    Or maybe an Imperial Star Destroyer
    http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=10030& ...
  • nomadxx7, on 08/16/2008, -0/+3Webescape's comment was spot on:

    I think it looks ***** gorgeous actually, but then it's just a building, and like Tom Hanks says in Big, what's fun about playing with a building?

    Plus the one at Legoland shows this one up: http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/170405.html
  • Truedream, on 08/16/2008, -0/+0"The Taj Mahal was constructed using materials from all over India and Asia. Over 1,000 elephants were used to transport building materials during the construction... ...In all, twenty eight types of precious and semi-precious stones were inlaid into the white marble."

    His wife must have been something.
    • Rammy912, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1The architect was Persian ;)

      But then the prince had him killed so he would never be able to make something like that for anyone else.
      • PdxPhoenix, on 08/18/2008, -0/+2No evidence exists for claims that describe, often in horrific detail, the deaths, dismemberments and mutilations which Shah Jahan supposedly inflicted on various architects and craftsmen associated with the tomb. Some stories claim that those involved in construction signed contracts committing themselves to have no part in any similar design. Similar claims are made for many famous buildings.

        [Wikipedia page on the Taj Mahal....]
  • olafcore, on 08/16/2008, -2/+2it's been like 10 years since i wanted a god damned lego set, and now it would look ridiculous to own one
  • burjzyntski, on 08/16/2008, -3/+21: I'm bored.
    2: Hey, I know what to do...
    1: ..wait! You don't mea..
    2: Yes! We'll build the Taj Mahal until we're done!

    I could have thought of about 73 better things to do.
  • rishichhibber, on 08/16/2008, -1/+4Just so Lego knows before printing it on a gazillion boxes - Taj Mahal is not a 'palace' (Despite the 'mahal' in the name), but a mausoleum.
    • PdxPhoenix, on 08/18/2008, -0/+1Yes... and not to pick nits, on all the Indy sets they also call the soldiers "Russian"... 'cept they weren't Russians in the time period of the movie; they would have been Soviet soldiers...
  • mnortei, on 08/16/2008, -2/+1every week there's a new largest lego set "ever" created
  • dafragsta, on 08/16/2008, -1/+3It's only a model.
    • Tssst, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1I don't think many people got the holy grail reference. Dugg you up :)
  • duckley, on 08/16/2008, -0/+3Online virtual tour of the Taj Mahal, with 360° panos, maps, slide shows, music and narration.

    There are two 360° pano views from the roof!

    http://www.taj-mahal.net
    • joearchy, on 08/16/2008, -0/+0The "safe surf" logos on the page you linked look totally sketchy, boy do I feel safe.
      • duckley, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Not our logos. Provided to us by the foundation.
    • duckley, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Those logos were provided by the foundation itself when it approved the website.
  • exronin, on 08/16/2008, -6/+2Did they chop off the hands of the builders after it was finished?
    • Tssst, on 08/16/2008, -0/+4No it's one of the many many tales the English spread to divide Muslims and Hindus.
  • Rixar13, on 08/16/2008, -1/+0Now that is impressive.
  • bestsoccerdog, on 08/16/2008, -0/+3I really enjoyed building legos, but after spending $100 to keep me busy for 4 hours, it started to cost as much as Pokémon cards.
  • abbrevertal7, on 08/16/2008, -0/+4Being an Indian, this makes me proud!
  • mycatsboots, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Is this just the largest LEGO set ever produced for sale?

    If my memory serves my correctly, there are a couple of huge LEGO displays at the Toys 'R Us in Times Square (not for sale obviously) that trump this one.
    • PdxPhoenix, on 08/18/2008, -0/+1Well then they wouldn't have been "sets," would they?
  • britoca, on 08/16/2008, -1/+1"Weighing in at 5,922 pieces" huh??

    With an amazing brick count of how many pounds?
  • scot333, on 08/16/2008, -2/+1Its the biggest until the Burj Tower in Lego.
    • Rammy912, on 08/16/2008, -0/+2'Burj' means 'tower' in arabic/farsi.
      It's the Burj Dubai, or the Dubai Tower.
  • StarWarsFever, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1I have the lego deathstar II.

    Even though it took me 2 days, it's the most badass thing i have ever built.

    nuff said
  • Whitey07, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Dugg for Lego.
  • Peter88, on 08/16/2008, -0/+0Lego.... this cool.
  • gta3uzi, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1Every few days, the "Biggest Lego Ever" is created on Digg.

    Where the ***** are they getting all of these legos?
  • sambapati87, on 08/17/2008, -0/+1( )
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