How Giant LEGO Models Are Built | WIRED

Robbie McCarthy and Bill Gowdy, two of LEGO's Master Builders, show us LEGOLAND's model shop packed with more than 3 million bricks in 70 different colors. Robbie also gives us an exclusive look at LEGO's proprietary 3D modeling software.


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How Giant LEGO Models Are Built | WIRED

[jmgreetis]

Yeah, I could totally build that at home...if I had several million dollars to spend on lego bricks.

[TrainTsarFun]

So clean their work environment. Mine is a mess

[fellowbrethren]

It takes one ruthless 3 year old to disorganize that whole room in the matter of seconds 0:20

[klexo]

Imagine what that guy was like when he applyed for a job as a “snot”

[riv]

damn imagine an earthquake and they all fell down and you were barefoot

[Stormerzombi]

“Se kid’s eyes light up whenever they see it” dude i’m twenty and my eyes light up whenever I see one of these mega builds

[dzorua]

Only clicked because he was doing it to em in the thumbnail.

[iplayoldschoolrunescape]

"I can totally build that at home!"-Billy
"No you cant billy stfu you're drunk"-Mom

[reapzdeatth]

i can totally build that at home -billy
just pull out a mortgage for the millions of lego brick he'll need

[JamaalNoland]

Anybody having this as a suggestion in 2019 ?

[ashtreylil]

this guy should have his own yt channel

[noobplays]

i can tootally build that at home.
yeah with a small loan of a million dollars to buy a small loan of a million LEGOs

[mitchellbrown]

LEGO should release the designing software as an app so you can build anything in the app, send it to LEGO and have them send you all the needed pieces. It’d be really cool if you could like build your whole house with LEGOs

[goofycker]

Answer: They are built brick by brick, just like small models... easy.

[brookkestila]

This literly just made me go into the adik and get all my LEGO bins down to build !!

[himynameis]

YouTube 2016:nah
YouTube 2017:nah
YouTube 2018:nah
YouTube 2019:Lets recommend this to everyone

[silentrebel]

No one:


YouTube: Aight imma put this in his recommendations

[brossovitch]

OMG LEGO heaven! I wish I had that job!

[hindaltamimi]

All I thought was that they had was glue and LEGOs

[DungarooTV]

Wow, so it is hand-made! I always thought these models were laid with machines?