World's Tallest Lego Tower Built

World's Tallest Lego Tower Built, Lego Sets Record With World’s Tallest Tower to Celebrate Its 80th Anniversary, The Danish toy-maker recruited 4,000 children to help assemble 50,000 pieces in five days. The London Summer Olympics do not begin until July, but world records are already being broken. World's tallest Lego tower built in South Korea:

The world's tallest Lego structure was completed Sunday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Danish toy maker. Standing 105 feet high in front of Seoul's Olympic Stadium, the structure took more than 50,000 colorful bricks and five days to construct. More than 4,000 children participated in the construction.

The final piece of the tower was put in place by Danish Crown Prince Frederick. This new tower bested the height of the previous tallest structure, which was built in France in October and stood at 103 feet. So far the new structure has already received more than 30,000 visitors.

The first official Lego tower was built in London in 1988 and reached nearly 50 feet. The record for the tallest tower has been broken now more than 30 times.

source: yahoo