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Its Jesus, reborn in Lego form

Bateluer

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STOCKHOLM (AP) - Parishioners at a church in Sweden celebrated Easter on Sunday by unveiling a 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter-tall) statue of Jesus that they had built out of 30,000 Lego blocks.

It took the 40 volunteers about 18 months to put all the tiny plastic blocks together, and their creation shows a standing Jesus facing forward with his arms outstretched.

The Protestant church was filled to capacity with about 400 worshippers on Sunday when the statue went on display behind the altar, and some of the children in the congregation couldn't help but touch the white art work.

Church spokesman Per Wilder said the statue at the Onsta Gryta church in the central Swedish city of Vasteras is a copy of Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen's "Christus" statue on display in Copenhagen.

He also said that even though the statue is all white on the outside, many of the donated Legos that the church received were of other colors and were placed inside.
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Haha that is awesome.

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I would be hilarious if it fell over and they had to build it again. Then they'd have the second coming of lego jesus!
 
You know, if I were to buy a food item, or other mundane object, that appeared to have an image of a human face, I wouldn't hesitate to ebay the sucker for a massive profit. There's no law against selling junk to idiots, right?
 
Originally posted by: Bateluer
You know, if I were to buy a food item, or other mundane object, that appeared to have an image of a human face, I wouldn't hesitate to ebay the sucker for a massive profit. There's no law against selling junk to idiots, right?
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hell no there is not. And that is my retirement plan!

I for one will gladly take advantage of the religious nutcases in the world. That's what they're there for, no?
 
40 volunteers, 1 1/2 years, 30,000 legos. On a more serious note, that's pretty damn slow. That's less than 1.5 legos per volunteer per day.
 
as i was sitting in a church today, i couldnt help but think how awesome the raptor jesus ytmnd would be there...
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
40 volunteers, 1 1/2 years, 30,000 legos. On a more serious note, that's pretty damn slow. That's less than 1.5 legos per volunteer per day.
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Thank you for working that out... I thought it was slow.

Maybe they just did it on weekends after church?
 
Originally posted by: PlasmaBomb
Originally posted by: DrPizza
40 volunteers, 1 1/2 years, 30,000 legos. On a more serious note, that's pretty damn slow. That's less than 1.5 legos per volunteer per day.
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Thank you for working that out... I thought it was slow.

Maybe they just did it on weekends after church?
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Or they're all IT people. 90% of that time was spent in meetings about how the deadline is approaching and something has to be done.
 
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