- [Narrator] LEGO bricks
are being put to use
in some seriously cool ways.
In fact some people
have been so successful
at creating LEGO sculptures,
it has become their profession.
While some of the individual
sculptures are amazing
for their pure scale, some
of these brick builders
have created entire
collections which are admired
for their true artistic merit.
So join me as like countdown the 20
most amazing LEGO
sculptures and collections.
- Amazing!
- Number 20.
Eric Harshbarger's LEGO paintings.
Professional LEGO mosaic
builder, Eric Harshbarger
creates replicas of
famous artworks in LEGO.
Harshbarger's largest Mona Lisa mosaic
required more than 30,000 bricks to create
and stands at six feet
wide by eight feet tall,
commissioned to be a wall hanging,
this work of art, amazingly used only
six classic LEGO colors.
Harshbarger has created three different
versions of the Mona
Lisa, as well as a more
recent mosaic of Vermeer's
Girl With A Pearl Earring.
Due to the ever expanding
selection of LEGO's color palette,
Harshbarger was able to use a whopping 21
different colors to achieve
the delicate shading.
Number 19, human sculptures
by Nathan Sawaya.
Nathan Sawaya's human sculptures
of truly works of art,
each piece take several days to create
and begins as a drawing.
His most well known piece, Yellow,
is an artistic expression
of his adventurous career
move from the corporate
world to a brick artist.
Yellow, was made with 11,014 bricks.
Another sculpture, Grasp,
stands at a life like 67 inches tall.
It also represents his changing careers,
specifically about overcoming
the negativity of people
who believed he was making a mistake.
Another cool one named underneath
is a startling sculpture,
which shows a man
peeling off his own face,
Nathan's works enthrall
adults and children alike.
Adults connect with the
emotions of the figures
and children tend to
connect with the medium,
and sometimes visceral
aspects of the sculptures.
Finally this one called
rebirth of New Orleans
was specifically Commission
for the celebration
of the rebirth of the city
after Hurricane Katrina.
Using over 120,000 blocks,
this sculpture took him
six weeks to create,
they're truly amazing works of art.
I'm sure you'll agree.
Number 18.
LEGOLAND swaps swaps Volvo car.
Who doesn't love a good prank?
In 2011, the general manager
of LEGOLAND California,
Peter Ronchetti was astounded
to find his parked Volvo
had been replaced by a
life size LEGO replica
made of more than 200,000 LEGO bricks,
weighing 2934 pounds, the pranksters
from the model shop team,
how to use a forklift
to put the LEGO car in place,
they came up with the idea of
the realizing the model car
they were restoring
bore strong resemblance
to Peter's Volvo, surprisingly,
the hardest part wasn't avoiding stepping
on one of those LEGO bricks,
but distracting him
while they make the swap.
Number 17, Tower Bridge LEGO sculpture.
The Tower Bridge replica
made for Land Rover
holds the world record for
the largest LEGO sculpture,
with the most bricks,
created for the launch
of their new discovery
vehicle, the replica
contains an incredible 5,805,846 blocks.
contains an incredible 5,805,846 blocks.
In fact, if each block
is laid out in a line,
it would stretch from the
actual Tower Bridge in London,
all the way to Paris.
This imaginative use of LEGO
stands at 13 meters tall.
Number 16 futuristic map of Japan.
This map of Japan was the result
of 5000 Japanese students,
collaborating in six different workshops.
Project Build Up Japan
was sponsored by LEGO
to celebrate LEGO's 50
year presence in Japan.
Amazingly, the work
isn't an exact replica,
but instead a look into a possible future
for the topography of
the Japanese islands.
The map is an overwhelming 82 feet long.
Number 15, Mike Doyle's
amazing LEGO houses.
Man is no match for nature.
Mike Doyle's abandoned
houses are a portrayal
of nature's destructive power.
These abandoned Victorian
houses are astounding
in their level of intricacy.
My personal favorite in
his seriously spooky series
is the three story Victorian with tree.
This creation took 450 hours to build.
The tree and its roots are
constructed with pure LEGO,
and it's mind blowing that no other
foreign materials are used.
Number 14, kinetic
sculptures by JK Brickworks.
Want to be even more
amazed by LEGO sculptures,
check out these kinetic
sculptures by JK Brickworks.
This one is designed to
simulate the fluid movements,
made by a real horse, the
detail was pretty amazing,
like that slight forward
thrust of the horse's head,
a series of levers and links control
the movement of the horse.
Another awesome one is this
kinetic sculpture of Sisyphus,
and is astounding and
it's representation of him
endlessly pushing his boulder,
it has both motorized
and manual operations.
The three points that
which movement is directed
are the legs, the body, and the boulder.
Between the rocking of
the body and the boulder,
this causes the arms to
bend and make it look
like he's really pushing the boulder.
Number 13, LEGOLAND Windsor Pharaoh.
Can you believe the LEGO Egyptian pharaoh
of LEGOLAND Windsor
weighs more than one ton?
It also consists of over
200,000 LEGO bricks,
that's a lot of LEGO
bricks to try not step on.
You can experience the
wonder of this pharaoh
now that it's arrived at
its Windsor destination
after traveling all the
way from where it was made
in the Czech Republic.
As well as being transported by truck,
it was even floated down the Thames.
Now that's a grand entrance.
Number 12 LEGO statue of Jesus Christ.
Based on the 19th century work Christus,
is LEGO sculpture was used
to mark Easter in 2009
at a Swedish church.
30,000 of the blocks came from
the church's own congressional
to create the sculpture,
which stands at 5.8 foot tall.
Although it has a
completely white exterior,
the inside blocks on multicolored.
The depiction of the
resurrection of Christ
is now a permanent installation
at the Oensta Greater Church.
Number 11, LEGO boardroom table,
something we haven't
seen yet in this video
of amazing LEGO sculptures
is LEGO furniture.
Well look no further.
For this is a piece of
LEGO furniture to behold.
As part of the transformation
of a Georgian house
into a company's
headquarters, ABGC architect,
also created this boardroom table
for the Boys and Girls advertising agency.
Under the surface of toughened glasses
is where the beauty
lies, 22,742 LEGO bricks
made into a table top,
which even includes the
embedded company logo.
Over 8000 photos were taken
during the making and installation
of this LEGO boardroom table.
Number 10, Abston Church
of Christ by Amy Hughes.
If you're impressed by detail,
you'll be impressed by this one.
It features intricacies
like an organ player,
and nearly 4000 windows
at seven foot tall,
even Amy's cat took a shine to this
architectural LEGO Marvel.
The church took a year and
a half to plan and build
and looking at how amazing it is,
I would say it's well
worth the time spent.
Number nine, Kennedy Space
Center at LEGOLAND Florida.
For LEGO sculpture that
is truly masterful,
you can't look past the
LEGO Kennedy Space Center,
complete with crew for the
six foot tall space shuttle,
the entire Center features
750,000 LEGO bricks,
it's difficult to comprehend the scale,
the lucky visitors to
LEGOLAND Florida resort
can see it for themselves
and appreciate the 2500 hours
of labor that went into
building this gigantic marvel.
Number eight, LEGO football ground.
Another LEGO sculpture that can compete
with the LEGO Kennedy Space Center is this
Allianz Arena LEGO stadium.
It can even be lit from within,
like the real Allianz Arena.
This creation was built
from the architectural
drawings of the real stadium.
4209 man hours, and over 1 million bricks
went into the construction
of this amazing sculpture.
Number seven, Arthur
Gugick's lenticular images.
Arthur Gugick specializes
in amazing lenticular
LEGO creations, featuring
themes from pop culture.
Often the characters are enemies
like this mosaic of the villain
The Joker and hero Batman.
Or how about this, I bet you'd
never thought you see the day
that Wile E. Coyote
turns into Road Runner.
Arthur has created of
a childhood favorites
like this mosaic of Eeyore and
piglet turning into Tigger.
Or, how about this, an
amazing transformation
of Darth Vader into Anakin Skywalker,
it's pretty impressive.
I'm amazed at the skill that
must be required to make these,
and I'm sure it helps the
author is a math teacher.
Number six, USS Intrepid.
One of the largest LEGO ships ever built
is the USS Intrepid replica,
it's been reproduced
as a scale of one to 40
of the original World War
Two, US Navy aircraft carrier.
LEGO artists and enthusiast Ed Diment
was so impressed with his
visit to the real intrepid,
that's you have to build one,
and he used 250,000 pieces
to create this 22 foot long LEGO ship.
This aircraft carrier replica
features insane details,
down to the life raft's
crew, moving gun turrets,
and a working list to the main deck.
With the immense detail it has used,
I'm not surprised it
took 600 hours to create.
Number five, animals by Sean Kenney.
Sean Kenney's exhibit of
beautiful LEGO sculptors,
nature connects, features
animals of all shapes and sizes.
One of the most intricate
sculptures by Sean Kenney,
the peacock, is truly a
three dimensional wonder,
with perfectly designed feathers
visible from both the front and back.
He even built two
identical versions at once.
He clearly likes to challenge.
The jewel chameleon was created atop
its own LEGO tree branch.
The texture and vibrancy of
the tiny flecks of color,
give this 5.5 foot tall
sculpture it's wow factor.
His other work, the bison,
even comes with added
cuteness of a baby bison,
and a bird hitching a ride on his back,
he's even recreated the
visible bond of love
between a mother and baby polar bear.
This one named polar
bear mother and her cubs,
is the largest sculpture by him,
weighing 625 pounds,
and took approximately
125,000 LEGO bricks to create.
It does a great job of
displaying the vulnerability
and playfulness of the cubs.
Another one of his creations,
the majestic lion sculpture
is larger than life size.
Even the eyes and whiskers of the lion
are pieces from LEGO set,
using radar dishes for eyes,
and fiber optic links of
space sets for the whiskers,
a very imaginative use
of LEGO, that's for sure.
Number four, tallest LEGO tower.
Can you believe the tallest LEGO tower
was built by thousands
of Italian children.
It reaches an incredible 114 feet.
This structure achieved a new
Guinness World Record title
after the fight fun filled
days it took to build it.
It's so tall that the last brick
had to be added to the tower
with the use of a crane.
Number three, LEGO house.
The story of James May's LEGO house
is both amazing, and a little sad.
The fully functioning two story house
used more than 3.3 million LEGO pieces.
Although, when I say fully functional,
I wouldn't actually
recommend sleeping on the bed
or walking barefoot.
Before you get excited
about visiting the house,
which was built in Sury, know
that it no longer exists.
The house was intended to be sold.
Unfortunately, with no
buyers for the house,
James May arranged for
its demolition in 2009.
I can't believe all that hard work
ended up being destroyed.
Number two, X Wing fighter jet.
The X Wing fighter jet built by LEGO
is a one to one scale model
of the Star Wars aircraft.
35 builders constructed
it with 5,335,200 bricks.
35 builders constructed
it with 5,335,200 bricks.
The scale is truly astonishing,
complete with R2D2, it
weighs nearly 46,000 pounds
with a wingspan of 44 feet.
But aside from the scale of the X Wing,
you'll be astonished to
know that the engines
can light up and actually roar.
The cockpit is big enough for you to
step inside and sit down
as if you will, Luke Skywalker himself.
Imagine that.
Number one, magic angle
sculptures, by John Muntean.
Thought you'd seen everything
that could be done with LEGO?
Think again.
John Muntean makes LEGO sculptures
that are actually shadow art.
The magic angle sculptures,
use the addition of light
and movements to cast changing shadows
from the LEGO sculptures.
For instance, this sculpture,
which transforms a shadow
from a fire breathing dragon
to a butterfly and then to a jet.
His sculptures are of
scientific experimentation
and are somewhat philosophical
exploration of perspective.
And that is why magic angle sculptures
is my choice for the most
amazing LEGO sculpture.
They just go deeper than
the typical aesthetic
novelty of a normal LEGO sculpture.
What type of sculpture would you make
if you had enough LEGO at home.
Also, which one was your favorite?
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