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axxxr
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From: Londinium
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Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA) and LEGOLAND® California are joining forces to promote driving safety and family values. As part of the recently announced partnership agreement between the subsidiaries of the two Scandinavian icons, a replica of Volvo's award-winning SUV, the Volvo XC90, was constructed of LEGO's famous modeling bricks. The Volvo XC90 made of LEGO bricks was unveiled today at the New York Auto Show.
How many LEGO bricks does it take to build a full-size SUV? The astute calculator with the correct answer will be announced at the vehicle dedication ceremony at LEGOLAND® California. The event is scheduled for May 1, 2004, at the family entertainment theme park, located in Carlsbad, California, just north of San Diego.
The Volvo XC90 made of LEGO bricks was built by LEGO Master Model Builders, members of an elite team of talented artists who design, create and maintain the thousands of LEGO brick models at LEGOLAND® California. Constructed at the U.S. headquarters for LEGO Systems, Inc. in Enfield, Conn., the Master Builders began production of the Volvo XC90 in January 2004. Noted as one of the top-three most gratifying projects of its kind for the Master Builders, the intricate stages of assembly were captured with time-lapse photography.
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mmsman
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erm  some people just have waaaay too much time
btw the second pic looks like it's a 3d rendered pc image....
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tranquil
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I wonder how that one would cope in a crash?
There would be bits flying all over the place! Lituraly!
No serious: Cool! 
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BobaFett
Joined: Jan 06, 2004
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From: Kamino (wish it would be Lund)
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niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! and its a SWEDISH car! reminds me on /// 
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Sammy_boy
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@Tranquil:
At least repairing/putting back together the car would be cheap, if rather time consuming..... If you could find where all the damn bricks had gone! 
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Universal Exports
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Cool! I used to be a big fan of lego when I was younger... Like, oh they have released a new set of models. And lookj at all the new pices  cool! Now it's look,  have relesed a new phone! And look at all the new functions
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Chazzer3
Joined: Mar 23, 2004
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No offence if it's real but it looks like an edited image, but on second look it looks quite real.
Good find! :la:
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Universal Exports
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I think it's real. They use to make huge models of things, like this...
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Chazzer3
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Actually now I searched it in google, it is definitly real, cooool!
The wheels are obviously real volvo wheels!
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soichiro
Joined: Jan 12, 2004
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impressive!!! that'll take like millions of pieces just to construct that!! kewl! 
again, nice goin axxxr!
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tranquil
Joined: Dec 15, 2001
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From: Oslo, Norway
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I better not show these pics to my kids. They'll force me to build one of those.
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MTNT68i
Joined: Jul 18, 2003
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From: Denmark
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hehe doh!... Build youre own car...wonder if it can drive! and you could drive in a new car every week.. just replace the blocks and maybe build bigger rims...cool. |
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Posted: 2004-04-14 21:19
