Thursday, December 1, 2011

LEGO Christmas Tree


The ultimate Christmas trees: a 33-foot-tall tree constructed entirely of LEGO now on display at the St. Pancras International train station in London, is the tallest LEGO Christmas tree ever constructed.

Each of the tree’s 600,000 LEGO bricks, 172 Lego branches and 1,200 LEGO baubles were assembled by hand by just two men, Duncan Titmarsh, England’s only certified LEGO professional, and his business partner, Ed Diment.

The two men spent two months assembling the tree off-site, followed by two more weeks working at St. Pancras station to add the finishing touches to the tree. The tree’s 172 LEGO branches are decorated with 1,000 ornaments and a garland of LED lights.

The LEGO Christmas tree will remain on display at St. Pancras International through January 3, when it will be taken down, piece by piece