New World Record for Lego Tower

Filed under: Fun Stuff, Design, etc, Architecture

The Dutch town of Limmen is now home to this 100 foot tall tower.

What is it about LEGOs that gets everyone so excited? We've seen grown men fall to their knees to get some quality time with the colorful blocks, and even in a culture of tempting high-tech toys and big-eyed cartoon characters, kids are as drawn to LEGOs now as they were when the toys appeared on the scene in the 1930's.

So the new world record for the tallest LEGO tower -- set at LEGOLAND Windsor in honor of the brand's 50th anniversary -- is certainly cause for celebration among enthusiasts around the world. Especially since the tower was built with the help of thousands of LEGOs biggest fans: children. Lucky park visitors built their own sections, seven-to-eight inch mini-towers that were lifted into their place by a crane.

While this is certainly on a much grander scale than our previous LEGO favorites -- the LEGO bench, the kitchen, the house -- we still kind of covet it. Isn't a 100-foot-tall tower the perfect backyard conversation piece (if it doesn't drive the neighbors crazy first, that is)?
Of course, we can see how all of this could give some of you dear readers a case of LEGO fatigue...

 

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