The house was erected with basic colors and amenities: red, yellow, white, black and blue and running water, a functioning toilet and shower. It was the simplest of houses made out of the simplest of toys. Like the old commercials toted: “A child’s pride is the best thing a toy can build,” so was the house that James May built.
The LEGO® brick house was built for James May’s Toy Stories, a TV series about famous toys on the BBC.
James May has taken toys to an all new level. He considers them to be more than a mere toy, by becoming an integral part of the invention process. With his focus on technology, his passions have shined through with whatever he undertakes. One of his first adventures was in constructing a Plasticine Garden at the Chelsea Garden Show.
What followed was a house built from LEGO® bricks for his TV series. It took over 3 million LEGO® bricks to construct the life-sized house. Constructed on the Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, Surrey, England, the LEGO® brick house stands out against the greenery of vines and rolling hills as something out of the ordinary. It reminds me like something you would see on the BBC children show Teletubbies, but unlike that show, this house is real.
Unfortunately, the LEGO® brick house was destroyed after the vineyard decided they wanted the land back. With no offers to take the home, not even from the LEGO® Company, it was another Lego home that came crashing down.