International LEGO® Day: 7 record-breaking creations that will leave you in awe
28 January marks International LEGO® Day, and what better way to celebrate than by exploring some awe-inspiring LEGO® creations that have earned their place in the record books?
From feats of engineering to beautiful works of art, these jaw-dropping builds are sure to leave you inspired.
Largest LEGO®-brick recreation of a painting
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei created a giant LEGO® version of Claude Monet's famous Water Lilies painting, made with 650,000 bricks in 22 shades.
The piece is so big, it covers about as much space as five cars parked side by side.
Unveiled in April 2023 at London’s Design Museum, it is Weiwei's biggest LEGO® project yet, although he's been creating striking brick art since 2007.
Largest gaming-themed LEGO® set
Introducing The Mighty Bowser – a stunning LEGO® set consisting of 2,807 pieces dedicated to the villainous King of the Koopas from Super Mario Bros.
Standing over 32 cm (1 ft) tall, this impressive model features snapping jaws and fireball launchers, bringing the iconic character to life in great detail.
Largest LEGO® brick playing card
At just 21 years old, Canadian student Faith Howe created a record-breaking Queen of Hearts playing card using nearly 50,000 LEGO® bricks.
Measuring an incredible 3.69 m (12 ft 1 in) tall and 2.59 m (8 ft 5 in) wide – which is over 1,600 times the size of a standard playing card – this massive build is a true testament to creativity and persistence.
Faith worked on the project for nine days at her local library, starting each day at 10 a.m. when the library opened and stopping 10 hours later when it closed.
Fastest time to build the LEGO® Eiffel Tower
USA teen Cooper Wright set a record by completing the iconic LEGO® tower in an impressive nine hours 14 minutes 35 seconds.
This feat required intense focus and dedication, especially considering the build is currently the world’s largest 3D LEGO® set, made up of a staggering 10,001 pieces.
Fastest time to build the LEGO® Titanic
At just 15 years old, Sebastian Haworth constructed a LEGO® model of the Titanic in an astonishing eight hours 42 minutes 12 seconds in Springfield, Virginia.
This remarkable achievement shattered the previous record by a full two hours while the model, consisting of 9,090 pieces, spans an impressive 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in) in length.
Largest LEGO®-brick caravan
Australian artist Ben Craig, also known as ‘The Brick Builder’, takes his passion for LEGO® very seriously.
In 2018, he created something truly extraordinary – a life-size replica of a 1973 Viscount Royal caravan made from no less than 288,630 bricks.
Over the course of five weeks, Craig built a fully functional mobile home complete with a stove, refrigerator, sink (with running water!), and even drawers filled with cutlery.
And he didn’t stop there…
Largest LEGO® brick truck
In May 2023, Ben Craig pushed the boundaries of his creativity even further by building a full-size Mack truck entirely from LEGO®.
It measured 7.03 m (23 ft) in length and 3.54 m (11 ft 7 in) in height, took two months to complete and it was built using an astonishing one million bricks.