brickzone Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 This looks pretty cool! I wish I had plenty of money spare, I would have travelled across for the volunteer weekends even from here in Ireland! Looking forward to seeing the finished project/TV programme. Quote
graham g Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 The video response to the original YouTube video is pretty interesting... Some interesting colour schemes! Quote
SlyOwl Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 I popped in on my way down to the South Coast on Saturday... I realised no-one has posted any "proper" photos of it, so here's some I took - Lots of boxes of bricks outside the hall where people were building them... ...and the people building the bricks... they were doing the top roofing slopes. The house is on top of a smallish hill, surrounded by vines The wooden framework was disappointing. It supports all the walls and all 3 floors/ceilings, which are just wooden boards over the framework, no tiles or anything. Loads of crates of bricks for building with. The builders cracked each one open to slot it over the upright wooden beams, before putting it back together again with rubber mallets or hands. The windows facing the main path - lots of 1x6x5 trans panels (Saturday). This side has lots of little windows to retain structural integrity The "First Brick". Although there's a layer of white ones underneath... Shoddy brickwork... Camera crew at work Sliding the windows into place (Saturday) We dropped in on the way back, on Tuesday, as they said they'd have completed it by Monday evening. No such luck - they said it would take another week, at least. They got rid of the original windows. The man said the architect wanted to put in a "stained glass" window instead of the trans panelled one. These bricks with trans bricks mixed in, perhaps? They were having some trouble with the weight of the door. The hinges are just 1x16 technic beams embedded into the door and frame, so that the studs on the end stack, so they can rotate around this hinge. However, the weight of the door was causing it to crack, so they put in an old technic wheel in the bottom right corner to support it and stop it blowing shut. Who needs a full size house anyway? As people were donating boxes of unsorted Lego, there was a lot of stuff they couldn't use. I tried to purloin a box of the stuff, but they said no, they were running out of Lego. It contained 6 Classic Space crater baseplates Quote
5150 Lego Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 So basically there building lego walls and windows around a wooden frame? Is the frame permanent, or will they remove it once the whole Lego portion is complete? Quote
SlyOwl Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 It looks sadly permanent. The whole house is built onto a scaffold structure with wooden boards across it to form a level platform, and the bricks are built over and around the beams. The bottom floor, middle floor/bottom ceiling and top ceiling/base of roof are all wooden boards as well. Rather disappointing, to be honest. However, the man also said that there would be a working Lego TV and computer, as well as a Lego cat... Quote
muffinman42 Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 you should of asked for just the crator plates, there not gonna use baseplates in the build. i wonder whats gonna happen to all those bricks one there done... lego pilgrim anyone? Quote
allanp Posted August 26, 2009 Author Posted August 26, 2009 It looks sadly permanent. The whole house is built onto a scaffold structure with wooden boards across it to form a level platform, and the bricks are built over and around the beams. The bottom floor, middle floor/bottom ceiling and top ceiling/base of roof are all wooden boards as well.Rather disappointing, to be honest. However, the man also said that there would be a working Lego TV and computer, as well as a Lego cat... They do say that the wooden structure is there only for health and saftey reasons and that the lego bricks are not actually touching them. They are not holding the house up but will help to prevent injury should the house fail. They are also using wooden floor boards (which is understandable as I guess they could'nt get enough 8x16 baseplates for the floors) but they will hopefully be supported by beams made of 100% lego that are not attatched to the wooden structure. Quote
Joey Lock Posted August 28, 2009 Posted August 28, 2009 It looks sadly permanent. Rather disappointing, to be honest. You actually thought in this day and age that they would make a 100% Lego house? Theres Insurance for James May they have to worry about, make sure the house doesn't look bad during filming, just plain insurance incase it falls because all the builders would have wasted there time. So its not really that disappointing. Quote
The Who Posted August 29, 2009 Posted August 29, 2009 As people were donating boxes of unsorted Lego, there was a lot of stuff they couldn't use. I tried to purloin a box of the stuff, but they said no, they were running out of Lego. It contained 6 Classic Space crater baseplates I noticed that in the youtube video somebody provided.I wonder exactly what they will do with all of the leftovers...charity? Quote
-JD- Posted August 30, 2009 Posted August 30, 2009 That is looking very good indeed. I think he will be very happy with it when it is done. I wish I had the time to go down there and help out. Quote
SlyOwl Posted August 31, 2009 Posted August 31, 2009 you should of asked for just the crator plates, there not gonna use baseplates in the build.i wonder whats gonna happen to all those bricks one there done... lego pilgrim anyone? My reasoning exactly. However, on his blog, it says that they are only using "new and undamaged bricks for maximum strength", which gets me wondering why they wanted donations anyway... They do say that the wooden structure is there only for health and saftey reasons and that the lego bricks are not actually touching them. They are not holding the house up but will help to prevent injury should the house fail.They are also using wooden floor boards (which is understandable as I guess they could'nt get enough 8x16 baseplates for the floors) but they will hopefully be supported by beams made of 100% lego that are not attatched to the wooden structure. Ah, right, thanks for the heads-up Quote
Lego Architect Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 The timber isn't actually attached to the Lego house. the frame sit's within the hollow walls. The timber floor does take some of the weight - but it is only there just incase the Lego collapse's. The Lego is free standing and that's why some of the joints are coming apart - due to wind loading during construction. the ammont of Lego bricks should be fine, as 'Mr Lego' himself flew over a few days ago and aggreed to supply some additional bricks. SlyOwl - nice photos - i should have done my hair if i knew you were taking photos :-) Quote "This side has lots of little windows to retain structural integrity" - there to let additional light in Quote
Joey Lock Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 My reasoning exactly. However, on his blog, it says that they are only using "new and undamaged bricks for maximum strength", which gets me wondering why they wanted donations anyway... Because they are hoping that people will donate brand-new set-bricks and mabye companies or shops to donate some new bricks. I think thats why... Quote
brickzone Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 Presumably they are going to furnish the inside with a lot of the donated Lego? Even just Lego decoration apart from any items that they intend to build from Lego. Quote
Big Cam Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 most Impressive, I can't wait to see it completed. Quote
brickzone Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 And apparently it having served its purpose, it is to be demolished unless a buyer is found (or specifically someone willing to pay for dismantling, transport and rebuilding). BBC News story here. It would seem to be a shame although I don't know entirely what the standard is of the house having only seen the few construction photos - is it exhibit-worthy? I'm interested to see the TV show episode and what the interior is like. Quote
Joey Lock Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 And apparently it having served its purpose, it is to be demolished unless a buyer is found (or specifically someone willing to pay for dismantling, transport and rebuilding).BBC News story here. It would seem to be a shame although I don't know entirely what the standard is of the house having only seen the few construction photos - is it exhibit-worthy? I'm interested to see the TV show episode and what the interior is like. Here are some Interior photos: It would be extremely stupid if some rich guy or Lego itself doesn't take it and place it in Legoland Windsor! Quote
Peppermint_M Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 It would look very bad on the part of both the vineyard and Lego if it is torn down. People would cry foul about waste (heck, someone on the Daily Mail linked it to New Labour, but then again it is the Daily Mail) and other things and the vineyard would become spoil sports and TLG and Legoland as fussy or sulky for not taking the house. Quote
Big Cam Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 I can't believe the amount of work put into that. THe pictures are great, I would be astonished if this is torn down. Quote
Yoshi648 Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 http://www.brothers-brick.com/2009/09/21/j...ined-for-ruins/ If no one claims it, they say it will be hacked to bits with chainsaws (what a waste) Quote
Joey Lock Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 (edited) Its been disassembled already. It began an hour ago. I might go over and see if I can watch it be taken down. "Workmen started breaking down the structure which consisted of 3.3 million Lego bricks after no-one showed any interest in taking on the building. Plans for Legoland to move it to their theme park fell through because transport costs were too high and despite a final Facebook appeal for someone to take it, no-one came forward." What a shame. James May "Feld" to Romania and had no comment. Nah, he didnt really. His just filming there. EDIT: Some horrible images. Oh the agony: Edited September 22, 2009 by Joey Lock Quote
The Green Brick Giant Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 What a disgusting waste of time, bricks, money and recources. It's such a waste. The LEGO Company is really good at waste.... just looks at the 2010 sets! Had to say it. Got another one.... You know how you get people to take the LEGO House? Say it's a Star Wars LEGO house. Quote
Rick Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 Why didn't they think of this before starting the build? I'm sure if they would have chosen the appropriate spot (as transportation costs seem to be the issue), it wouldn't have been torn down... why not build it inside one of the Legoland parks in the first place? Quote
allanp Posted September 22, 2009 Author Posted September 22, 2009 I drove for 5 or 6 hours to get there and back. I waited for about 5 hours before I could build anything. I put over one and a half thousand bricks together in one hour. And that's just my small contribution to the project. I knew that it was probably gonna be torn down, but those pictures are painful to see. It's just wrong! I'm sure James feels the same way about it now where as, like me, he probably didn't give much thought to it before. Quote
Joey Lock Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 Why didn't they think of this before starting the build? I'm sure if they would have chosen the appropriate spot (as transportation costs seem to be the issue), it wouldn't have been torn down... why not build it inside one of the Legoland parks in the first place? Because Lego did not want it in their because they probably don't have that much space yet. However it would allow for a extra attraction at Legoland Windsor because if you think, you can get the visitors to do the work whilst visiting! Quote
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