A tower of fun: World's tallest Lego structure unveiled in South Korea to mark toy's 80th birthday公仔箱論壇9 F2 e3 B4 Y5 W
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The World's tallest Lego tower has been erected in Seoul, South Korea, built by 4,000 children, using 500,000 bricks and measuring a dizzying 31.9 metres (105ft) high.2 |9 g: p+ H) [
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The toy tower was unveiled on Sunday by Danish Crown Prince Frederik, who laid the final record-breaking brick, as part of a celebration to mark Lego's 80th birthday.
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" z9 ^2 n2 f$ T! O- J- GThe structure, which stands in front of Seoul's Olympic Stadium beats the previous record, set in France last October, by just 30 centimetres.
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 Record-breaking: The world's tallest Lego tower stands in front of Jamsil Stadium in Seoul# G, ~- C) Z1 I! ?' v: g& _3 \
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Standing at 31.9 metres, it beat the previous French record-holder by just 30 centimetresTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。5 ^% b4 P' E* H
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The tower was built over five days by young contest winners." D. E+ G. b3 \6 @
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The build itself became a tourist attraction, drawing in more than 30,000 curious visitors.
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) G* J$ {$ R+ j& I# K# x, b# Kwww2.tvboxnow.comAfter it was finished and assembled, Prince Frederik - on a six-day state visit to South Korea - was hoisted up on a crane to lay the final brick.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ r# A( c% l3 Z( M+ H1 |
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The very first Lego tower was built in London in 1988, standing at just under 50 feet.
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Since then the record has been toppled more than 30 times.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 g( Y+ X4 V: y) w9 f
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% `8 F) F$ y% b4 vwww2.tvboxnow.comWinner brick: Prince Frederik lays the final record-breaking piece at the top of the Lego tower公仔箱論壇3 `. G H& _1 g# Z/ c
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/ c2 X4 L. p9 F- v, ^www2.tvboxnow.comDanish Crown Prince Frederik meets the contest winners who helped to build the tower' Y7 }) s0 _9 {5 e
7 r( S; S6 A, N1 @( D2 FThe popular toy was invented by Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen, who started making wooden toys in his workshop in 1920.
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He named his company Lego, from the Danish phrase 'leg godt', which means 'play well'.www2.tvboxnow.com, Z# d' L. Y) b/ G. M& T
" y' }; a' `1 \" N. E7 q5 rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThose wooden toys evolved into the plastic bricks that are now bestsellers the world over.
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; N9 i9 M( d, F& I+ c- h4 c# H( W7 ZThere's a special reason for Lego to celebrate its birthday in South Korea. The bricks are hugely popular in the country, having become the first branded toy sold there.+ E' R. N- O% q. U9 w
/ \* m* |. k. ?8 Z6 f5 l6 B# \" b! hAnd it's not the first time a Korean tower has held the world record - back in 1996 a structure in Seoul claimed the title, measuring a much more modest 21 metres (68ft) tall.
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