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Haven't we all thought about building a LEGO house?

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...Well this is the closest I have seen anyone get. And it's pretty good. In fact, I'd move in tomorrow if I could.

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Too bad they had to destroy it with sledge hammers.
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That was a cool house. Not too comfortable for living in. :D
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I watched the series.. 6 episodes long. Pretty entertaining :)
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it was good, but it did use a wooden exoframe, if i had enough bricks, i would do it with nothing but lego items, and all the furniture would not crumble so easily as they did in the video.

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I totally agree with Who . Who knows how to make some amazing lego pure weight bearing structures! . I don't know if I would trust Lego only Plumbing though .....
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who wrote:it was good, but it did use a wooden exoframe, if i had enough bricks, i would do it with nothing but lego items, and all the furniture would not crumble so easily as they did in the video.

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I believe that they addressed this issue in the episode. It did support itself without the wooden framing, but for safety compliance the framing was put in, just in case a collapse occurred.
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Thanks for doing the Follow up research Chump.

I think you might have to cheat for the plumbing, or maybe run like 30 LEGO pneumatic pipes in parallel to carry the water load, and glue your sink.
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Platypus wrote:
I think you might have to cheat for the plumbing, or maybe run like 30 LEGO pneumatic pipes in parallel to carry the water load, and glue your sink.

Is this adressed to Who?
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AC wrote:
Platypus wrote:
I think you might have to cheat for the plumbing, or maybe run like 30 LEGO pneumatic pipes in parallel to carry the water load, and glue your sink.

Is this adressed to Who?
It was in response to DD saying "I don't know how you would do the plumbing." but yes, I guess Who is the only person who might come close to having enough LEGO to pull off the plumbing.
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