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Re: Imagine a house built out of LEGO
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:59:47 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bryan Wong wrote:
> A thought for you to ponder:
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> Although it would take an astronomical amount of pieces, would it be
> possible to build a house out of LEGO and live in it? Compared to
> traditional building materials, which would be more expensive?
Oh, LEGO bricks by far would be more expensive. Consider the fact that you can
buy a 10' 2x4 for about $8. In terms of 2x4 bricks, that would be roughly 2160
pieces, and the dirt-cheapiest you've ever been able to buy bricks is at $0.01
per brick (upcoming 4496 tub, according to the Toy Fair product book). which
means that your "rough equivalent" to a 10' 2x4 would run you a bare minimum of
$21.60 (probably closer to $100, especially if you want it to be properly
tan-colored), and it probably wouldn't hold up to the weight without being
properly glued together (and it would be months after construction was finished
before you could stand to live in a house that had been assembled with MEKs).
Now, the advantage you'd get is that you'd be able to build LEGO creations onto
every interior surface, so you wouldn't have as much need for shelves, but the
price you'd pay is looking like you had chicken-pox everytime you sat on the
floor or walked around barefoot.
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| A thought for you to ponder: Although it would take an astronomical amount of pieces, would it be possible to build a house out of LEGO and live in it? Compared to traditional building materials, which would be more expensive? -Bryan (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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