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May had around 1,000 volunteers to help him build the house
A two-storey Lego house created by Top Gear and Toy Stories presenter James May faces demolition after plans for Legoland to buy it fell through.
The house will be demolished on Tuesday if a new owner cannot be found in time.
It will cost about £50,000 to dismantle and reassemble. Top Gear's website has set up a Facebook page in an attempt to find a buyer.
Legoland now say it is too expensive for them to move it. The house was made for BBC Two series Toy Stories.
The house was built by about 1,000 volunteers and currently stands in Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, Surrey - but now the vineyard needs the land back to harvest its grapes.
The Legoland theme park is in Windsor, Berkshire.
"Knocking it down is just wrong on every level. It's a really lovely thing - it would break the hearts of the 1,000 people who worked like dogs to build it," May told the Mail on Sunday.
Martin Williams, sales and marketing director of Legoland Windsor, explained to the BBC why they could not proceed with the deal.
"We are so disappointed that we are unable to take this amazing Lego construction.
We have looked at various options but unfortunately due to the costs and logistics of moving and re-building the house at Legoland, we are unable to proceed with this project."
James May's Toy Stories takes a look back at the some of the UK's best loved toys and each week the presenter faces a new challenge.
Tasks so far have included constructing the Lego house and attempting to build a full-size model Spitfire.[/quote]
God damn it even has its own cat!
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Bad times, just think of all that Lego going to waste...
What a waste of time for the makers :D
Didn't they like just finish it?
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Omfg, it has fucking cat made from lego blocks! Cool shit. :fuckyou:
WOW that sucks! I seriously would buy this if I had the money. I love legos!
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Man I want to live in that house.
I would so buy it :sad:
Maybe we should buy it as a FP hangout? :D
If i had £50k, not only would i buy it, id make a damn good attempt at living in it.
How does it stay put with wind and rain?
That is so fucking awesome, they can't destroy it.
It would be [i]so[/i] much fun to knock down, though....
How are they going to demolish it? Why spend money, when you can just let a few 3 year olds run around in there. guaranteed to be a pile of blocks in about 10 minutes.
I want that house.
It's just lego.
LOL didnt Bengley go and help to build this? He will be sad.
[QUOTE=Demolitions2;17433686]How are they going to demolish it? Why spend money, when you can just let a few 3 year olds run around in there. guaranteed to be a pile of blocks in about 10 minutes.[/QUOTE]
Maybe they can start renting it out or something for a cheaper price and make money out of it.
I'll gladly disassemble it for free if I can keep the bricks.
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Man, I'd want to just run into the house and see what happens.
Either I slam into the wall painfully, or I go through like a hot knife in butter and the whole thing would collapse on me.
You clearly haven't played enough with lego's. That stuff is fucking strong...
[quote]Dorking, Surrey[/quote]
:v:
[QUOTE=Hammertime;17434140]You clearly haven't played enough with lego's. That stuff is fucking strong...[/QUOTE]
My friend once made a hammer and knocked his brother out with it, he was out cold for nearly an hour.
need to get down to denbies soon before it goes
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FYI, at lot of, wait...actually basically every structure made out of legos at Legoland is glued together...as in as it was being built, every piece was glued together. The same technique was probably used to make this house.
I'm surprised no one has suggested knocking it down and building a giant cock with the left-overs.
Just move it.
[QUOTE=toxicpiano;17434266]need to get down to denbies soon before it goes
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tomorrow
[QUOTE=Goatham;17433878]LOL didnt Bengley go and help to build this? He will be sad.[/QUOTE]
I was going to, but I'm glad I didn't since far too many people turned up and were turned away, so if I had have gone, it'd have been a wasted train fare and a wasted few hours of train travel.
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