LEGOLAND® Florida Resort Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing with Life-Size LEGO® Astronaut Model

7/19/2019

LEGOLAND® Florida Resort built something out of this world to celebrate and honor the 50th anniversary of the historic landing of Apollo 11. The theme park built for kids constructed a life-size LEGO® Astronaut model comprised of almost 66,000 LEGO bricks! In addition to the eye-catching astronaut model, LEGOLAND Florida also assembled a moon landing-inspired mosaic background built from more than 44,000 LEGO bricks!

The model will be displayed at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for a year before moving to its permanent home at LEGOLAND Florida Resort where guests will be encouraged to take pictures with the replica moon lander.
Facts about the model include:

One model designer spent 143 hours designing the astronaut model
Five model builders spent a combined 450 hours building the astronaut model
Approximately 65,600 LEGO bricks were used to construct the astronaut model

Facts about the LEGO mosaic background:

One model designer spent 58 hours designing the mosaic
Six model builders spent a combined 480 hours building the mosaic
Approximately 44,500 LEGO bricks and 23 different colors were used to complete the mosaic

Link to Time Lapse Video: http://bit.ly/2SkTHYQ

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