A tower of fun: World's tallest Lego structure unveiled in South Korea to mark toy's 80th birthday
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3 g! N7 e( G! [$ t2 _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.
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/ U# j% @/ r- A x; Z6 B' \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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The 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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6 }; W" @, d7 M6 W& w Record-breaking: The world's tallest Lego tower stands in front of Jamsil Stadium in Seoul
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% e" U, O9 o/ y- CStanding at 31.9 metres, it beat the previous French record-holder by just 30 centimetres+ M9 ~, V8 u' ?: \
8 n6 U4 ~) r7 y公仔箱論壇The tower was built over five days by young contest winners." R' t6 [+ M8 t* J( E. ?# G% Y! K
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The build itself became a tourist attraction, drawing in more than 30,000 curious visitors.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。1 k7 m& k! @( p, F* I# p# F2 k+ O% W
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After 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.
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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.
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$ L a, ?0 K0 y s' lWinner brick: Prince Frederik lays the final record-breaking piece at the top of the Lego tower5.39.217.76 r( P s4 e9 Q9 e
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4 o. F+ q, _1 k5 s/ ]- y2 LDanish Crown Prince Frederik meets the contest winners who helped to build the tower
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* u4 v0 l7 d x( Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe popular toy was invented by Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen, who started making wooden toys in his workshop in 1920. r$ z2 x: N! y, \6 f
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He named his company Lego, from the Danish phrase 'leg godt', which means 'play well'.
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Those wooden toys evolved into the plastic bricks that are now bestsellers the world over.
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There'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.
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^. ?: I1 d8 c2 p7 ITVBNOW 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。And 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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