I will take a break from the wedding blog posts for a bit of fun. I was watching Canada AM yesterday and Jeff Hutcheson was doing my favourite part of the show where he talks about stuff he learned on the Internet. He mentioned that famous English footballer (and Mr. Posh Spice hehe), David Beckham, loves Legos. I thought it was extremely rare for a grown man to love Legos. My husband, a huge Lego lover, turned 30 in June. All he’s talked about since seeing it on our trip to a NYC Toys R Us in October is the Taj Mahal Lego Set. At 5,922 tiny pieces, Lego’s Taj Mahal model replica is considered the biggest and one of the most advanced models developed by Lego. When Becks recently admitted that during a stay in Italy, he occupied his time by building the Taj Mahal replica, sales of this particular model rose 663% in one day! It was a very sneaky operation, but his Mother, sister and I surprised my husband with the set on his birthday. So, here are a few photos of the progress of building our Taj Mahal.
Located in Agra, India, the real life Taj Mahal is a mausoleum built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is now very high on my list of places to see during my life, I look forward to having a blog post with photos of the real thing someday. So, I hope Lego finds my Blog… David Beckham and his family have been invited to tour the Lego headquarters in Billund, Denmark, and contribute new ideas to the Lego Group. We are totally available to make the trip, afterall we put it together before Becks LOL! Seriously though, I am happy that he shared his passion for building with his fans, Legos are cool at any age!
1 of 3 instruction books
The beginning, phone in there for a size comparison.
Top Piece
The final product. Hard to tell the size here but there is an orange guitar pic to the right of it for comparison. Took a total of 2 weeks to complete, spending a bit of time each day on it.
Lots of love,
Donna
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