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In lugnet.loc.au, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Ross Crawford writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Young writes:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > For those who didn't get along to it, the previous records set by Denmark
> > > last week for the longest Lego Millipede, was broken this afternoon on the
> > > roof of SouthLand Shopping Centre here in Melbourne. The previous record
> > > was around 680m (someone else might know the correct measurement). The
> > > record was SMASHED and set at 1014.8 metres.
> >
> > Some pictures here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=25643
>
> Thanks for sharing these. Can anyone give some more details? Where did all
> the bricks come from? Are the segments a standard design? Who developed it?
> Were the millipede segments prebuilt or built on site? Was this an official
> sanctioned LEGO event? Was it an official world record event?
Hi Lar
Yep, it was sanctioned - many of the helpers were LEGO world club members. I
can't say for certain whether it was an official world record - the
announcers were saying stuff like "officials will be here to measure it",
but we didn't stay long enough to see that. The guy we talked to (briefly)
said it will be going to other countries to attempt to beat the record in
future, but no details.
Except for the "head" the segments were all one of two different "standard"
designs - a large one used near the head
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=247601 which lie on the side
and each "slides into" the one in front; and the smaller ones, sorta like
chain links http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=247604 which
have a "split" along one side, enabling them to be linked easily. Someone
said the large modules made up about 200 metres of the total. Modules were
built up on 48x48 baseplates, which were removed before assembly, and people
could attach their names to modules they built.
Many segments were built beforehand in schools around Melbourne (and maybe
the rest of Australia - didn't clarify). I didn't find out who developed it.
Moore Educational (www.mooreed.com.au) were also handing out material - I
assume they were involved as well. M.E. is one of the two major LEGO
Educational Division (ex DACTA) suppliers in Australia.
We estimated (very roughly!) that there were 1.5 million bricks in the
finished millipede.
ROSCO
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