Wednesday, December 7, 2011

LEGO | LEGO Christmas Tree at St. Pancras Station, London

The world's largest LEGO Christmas Tree was recently unveiled at the St. Pancras Railway Station in London. Standing over 12 meters tall, the tree was designed and built by UK-based creative team Bright Bricks, using more than 600,000 LEGO pieces and 1000 ornaments (also made of LEGO bricks, of course).

LEGO Christmas Tree photo by Elentari86
Beautiful shot of the LEGO Christmas Tree from Elentari86's flickr account

Bright Bricks started constructing the LEGO Christmas Tree on November 8, 2011, carefully assembling the branches on a specially-designed steel frame every night until it was completed on November 24. The tree will be on display at the station's Lower Concourse until January 4, 2012.

LEGO Christmas Tree photo by William Hawkins
Fantastic vantage point shot of the LEGO Christmas Tree at the Lower Concourse
of the St. Pancras Station; photo taken by William Hawkins

When viewed from afar, the tree looks almost real, and when you see it up close the incredible details of its design become even more impressive, as well as the effort that went into its construction. Well done, Bright Bricks! I wish I could be there in the UK to see it for myself, but these amazing pics will have to do.

LEGO Christmas Tree detail photo by Nick Burcher
Detailed photo of the LEGO Christmas Tree branches and ornaments,
including a cube with a QR Code; photo by Nick Burcher

Nick Burcher also made a great short video of the LEGO Christmas Tree that shows how awesome this tree really is:

2 comments:

elentari86 said...

Hey! That first picture is mine, thanks for using it!

It's interesting to read a bit more about the tree, it's pretty cool to see it.

Heiss said...

And thanks for taking such an awesome photo--it's perfectly framed and all, and made the tree look so grand and imposing. I'm really envious that you guys got to see it. Cheers!