for the lego fans amongst us

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during a trip to Auckland last weekend, we had stop in at a shop called Toyco. I met at the owner, martin, at a lego show last year, and had decided we needed to see his shop. I have ordered online from his team many times, so it was nice to see where things come from. as an extra incentive, he had not long revealed the new mega build for the shop floor... a life size, brick built britten motorcycle.

the britten was designed and built by a small team here in new Zealand and was named after the designer john britten. there are only a handful around, and due to the chch earthquakes destroying moulds all those years ago, they are no longer allowed to be raced, as an damaged parts can not be replaced, so they are demonstrator only.
[font]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Britten

a racer from Hamilton either owns or has access to one, so I suggested to martin to get both the lego and the real to the cemetery circuit bike races which take place in my home town on December 26 each year. would be a heck of a draw card.

the build team https://www.thebrickman.com/behind-build...tten-bike/[/font]

martin remembered me from the show, and happily removed the barriers so I could have close access for photos and get some clean shots. the number of pieces has not been revealed as yet to the best of my knowledge


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for the lego fans amongst us - by sunhuntin - 03-27-2020, 10:13 PM
RE: for the lego fans amongst us - by Super - 03-28-2020, 05:21 AM
RE: for the lego fans amongst us - by sunhuntin - 03-28-2020, 09:08 PM
RE: for the lego fans amongst us - by Super - 03-30-2020, 12:15 AM



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