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Legoland CA - "Block Of Fame" and new world record attempt
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Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:33:38 GMT
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LEGOLAND® CALIFORNIA OPENS FIRST OF FIVE
Presidents Built out of LEGO Bricks in Time for Presidents Day
CARLSBAD, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2004) - Abraham Lincoln, George Washington,
Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein and Arnold Schwarzenegger will be there. So
will other famous icons as they become immortalized at LEGOLAND*
California's all new Block of Fame debuting Presidents Day weekend, Feb.
13-16. The life-size busts on pedastals are replicated in amazing detail in
LEGO* bricks for the theme park's newest attraction.
The Block of Fame transforms a winding, tree-lined walkway into a fun and
educational three-dimensional gallery. The new attraction will put guests
literally face-to-face with historical and popular personalities who figure
prominently in world culture. It has taken LEGOLAND Master Model Builders
more than 40 hours to design, plot and create each bust. More than
five-thousand standard LEGO bricks and plates were used to create Lincoln
alone. The collection of busts also will include William Shakespeare, Elvis
Presley and Ludwig Van Beethoven. "The great thing about this attraction is
that it shows the endless possibilities of building with LEGO bricks," said
President and General Manager John Jakobsen. "We will continually be adding
to the collection to include other key historical and pop culture figures."
The LEGO luminaries will flank the path leading up to a scenic lookout point
where The Art of LEGO gallery will present a whimsical and fascinating
LEGOLAND version of world-renown art. Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa",
Rodan's "The Thinker", Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and Salvador Dali's
"Persistence of Memory" are among the classic selections recreated in
regulation LEGO bricks.
To mark the opening of both the Block of Fame and The Art of LEGO gallery,
LEGOLAND guests will attempt to build the LEGO World Record Tower for entry
in the Guinness Book of World Records. Records have been set around the
world including Russia, Australia, China, Turkey and Denmark where the
existing record was set this past June at LEGOLAND* Billund. That tower was
89.3 feet high and made out of 500,000 LEGO bricks. The attempt at a new
record will begin at LEGOLAND California Thursday, Feb. 12 and the last LEGO
brick will be placed by 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16.
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