Taken our guided tour of James’ house of Lego yet? It’s a two-story toy home-from-home he built for his new TV series James May’s Toy Stories.
That’s the good news. The bad part is that the house is currently condemned to demolition on Tuesday. Brick-by-brick, it’ll be dismantled and lost forever.
It wasn’t always going to be that way – the original plan was for Legoland to transport the construction, made entirely from real toy bricks, to make a permanent display at its Windsor amusement park. But they can’t afford it.
So we’re starting a campaign to save the world’s first – and only – Lego house by finding somebody with pockets deep enough to save it for the nation.
The estimated cost? The, er, toy scientist types that built it reckon it’ll take around £50,000 to dismantle and reassemble – and we reckon it’s worth more than that in bricks alone.
So, know anyone who’ll be up for it? A big corporation with an even bigger heart to help preserve a piece of history? Then get in touch.
We have until Monday lunchtime, so leave a message of support below or join our Facebook group…
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What do you think?
Ruben commented on this article
Sunday December 20, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Guess what?? I’m building a lego coffee table and I’m only eight!
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Camstib commented on this article
Monday December 21, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Absolutely amazing !!!
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Camstib commented on this article
Monday December 21, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I really hope it survives I will support it.
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Ryan steege commented on this article
Monday December 21, 2009 at 8:09 pm
I watched it last night and i thout it was amazing.
Age 9yr
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Ryan steege commented on this article
Monday December 21, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I hope i can bye one day
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nick morrey commented on this article
Tuesday December 22, 2009 at 6:30 pm
i am 22 and still love building with lego. it was fantastic fun to watch and i sish i had been a part of this project. seems a real shame that it is/has been nocked down. if ever a project like this happens again i would love to be apart of it.
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Camstib commented on this article
Thursday December 24, 2009 at 4:57 pm
I have thought about it and I think you should get
children to donate a pound each.
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Gijive commented on this article
Friday January 1, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Agree, top gear and Toy story fans should all contribute, At a £1 each, we’ll all contribute £10
three generations have all watched the programme, and are desperate to visit it. Could charge for access once its at Lego land
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Scott commented on this article
Friday February 12, 2010 at 4:33 am
They should save it .. Things like that aren’t ever built twice …
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thishouseisawesome commented on this article
Wednesday February 24, 2010 at 2:06 am
SAVE THE HOUSE YA’LL
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Hammonds car "Oli" commented on this article
Saturday April 3, 2010 at 6:50 am
I think you should ship the house somewhere else.
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poke392 commented on this article
Wednesday June 2, 2010 at 7:21 pm
My favorite part about the lego house is everything! So, we have got to stop them from destroying it. I would like to live in the lego house because it is cool.
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derrick commented on this article
Friday October 15, 2010 at 5:11 pm
I hope as a painting contractor I hope these homes dont’ become the new home of the future. What would I paint then?
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legoFanAt30 commented on this article
Monday June 6, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Dont you dare demolish it.!!! Please, do not demolish it
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horseyluvver commented on this article
Sunday September 25, 2011 at 10:05 am
Don’t demolish the LEGO house! It is a work of art. If I had the money, I’d be living in that thing!!
(Although I’d have to have a proper roof and a cooker. A new bed would be nice).
But don’t demolish this work of art! 1000 people worked their best to get this done! This is our inspiration!
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connistock commented on this article
Thursday March 8, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Only Top Gear! I love it! Perfect for our youth to see that you can create something that others only dream of… SAVE THE LEGO HOUSE! As an aside, we must leave the broken chair as a “James Mayism” !
Put on Ebay!
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Anonymous commented on this article
Friday March 9, 2012 at 4:31 am
it took them forever to make just for them to demolish. well i say NO
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Sunday April 8, 2012 at 12:15 pm
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