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Legomania in Lisbon: Europe’s largest exhibition of Lego brick models opens in Portugal

More than 15 million pieces make up the exhibition in the Portuguese capital, which is open both to the curious and to die-hard fans of the famous coloured bricks.

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00:01For children and adults, enthusiasts, or simply the curious, at Europe's largest exhibition
00:07of LEGO models, there's room for everyone.
00:10The only limits are those set by the imagination.
00:13About 15 million pieces contain this exhibition of LEGO models, the biggest of the genre in
00:18Europe.
00:19Here you can find replicas of monuments, characters in real size, films, and even a Boeing 747,
00:27the biggest plane built with LEGO pieces on the wall.
00:32The exact number of bricks used to build this Air Force One replica is not entirely known.
00:38It is estimated that around one million bricks support the structure which took half a year
00:42to build by a team of six people.
00:44According to the organizers, the model is nearly 11 meters long, 10 meters wide, and 3 meters
00:50high.
00:51As people can find 120, more or less, 120 models, different, all made of LEGO models, including
00:594 of what we call super models.
01:01Or, models that are so big that are made of more than half a million pieces of LEGO, like
01:06this plane that we have here.
01:08We also have various topics dedicated to the cinema, the sport, the Star Wars, and things
01:16as well.
01:20The exhibition, which has already visited 11 European countries, has now arrived in Lisbon
01:25for a season.
01:27Most of the models on display were designed and built by the organizers themselves.
01:31At the exhibition, visitors can do more than just look, with a building area open to visitors
01:36of all ages.
02:01The LEGO exhibition in Lisbon is open to visitors until the 10th of January.
02:06In the 60th of January.
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02:08END
02:09END

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