JOHOR BARU: Iconic buildings such as the Petronas Twin Towers, Putrajaya Mosque and Johor Baru's Holy Light Church are among the 15,000 miniature replicas that will be on display at Legoland Malaysia in Nusajaya, near here. Inspired by Lego plastic bricks introduced by a Danish toy maker in the 1940s the first Legoland opened in Denmark in 1968. Similar parks have since opened in England, the United States and Germany. The world's largest Legoland is currently being built in Florida in the United States. IDR Resorts Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Zainal Ashikin is banking on the popularity of the little plastic building blocks to draw families to the Nusajaya park, which is slated to open at the end of next year. The 31ha park will have about 40 rides and attractions besides thousands of buildings, along with cars, people, trees and animals. He said that from over 1,000 applicants, 32 local workers had been hired as builders. The miniature buildings and the other models are being constructed at a factory in an industrial area in Nusajaya that has been turned into a model shop, which started off with just six workers. Shop manager Lau Chin Fatt said that some models were being done in Germany, England, Denmark and the United States. “In creating a miniature building, we have to be sure that it is 90% to 95% like the real thing. “As we do not have building plans, we rely on about 50 to 100 photographs of various angles of the actual building and use that to scale down and build the model. “Sometimes, the builders rely on Google Map to get a bird's eye view of the building from the top,” he quipped. Giving the example of the Putrajaya Mosque, Lau said it took about 4,600 hours or three months to finish the building, which weighs about 200kg. “We are also building some structures for Legoland Florida,” he said, adding that the features include famous hotel buildings and the sensational Daytona 500 circuit, where the most important and prestigious race on the Nascar calendar runs yearly. -thestar online.
Monday 28 March 2011
Legoland to showcase iconic buildings
JOHOR BARU: Iconic buildings such as the Petronas Twin Towers, Putrajaya Mosque and Johor Baru's Holy Light Church are among the 15,000 miniature replicas that will be on display at Legoland Malaysia in Nusajaya, near here. Inspired by Lego plastic bricks introduced by a Danish toy maker in the 1940s the first Legoland opened in Denmark in 1968. Similar parks have since opened in England, the United States and Germany. The world's largest Legoland is currently being built in Florida in the United States. IDR Resorts Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Zainal Ashikin is banking on the popularity of the little plastic building blocks to draw families to the Nusajaya park, which is slated to open at the end of next year. The 31ha park will have about 40 rides and attractions besides thousands of buildings, along with cars, people, trees and animals. He said that from over 1,000 applicants, 32 local workers had been hired as builders. The miniature buildings and the other models are being constructed at a factory in an industrial area in Nusajaya that has been turned into a model shop, which started off with just six workers. Shop manager Lau Chin Fatt said that some models were being done in Germany, England, Denmark and the United States. “In creating a miniature building, we have to be sure that it is 90% to 95% like the real thing. “As we do not have building plans, we rely on about 50 to 100 photographs of various angles of the actual building and use that to scale down and build the model. “Sometimes, the builders rely on Google Map to get a bird's eye view of the building from the top,” he quipped. Giving the example of the Putrajaya Mosque, Lau said it took about 4,600 hours or three months to finish the building, which weighs about 200kg. “We are also building some structures for Legoland Florida,” he said, adding that the features include famous hotel buildings and the sensational Daytona 500 circuit, where the most important and prestigious race on the Nascar calendar runs yearly. -thestar online.
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