This year we will be celebrating Singapore’s 47th birthday. I’m sure many of you have balloted for the NDP or preview tickets. Congratulations to lucky ones who go the tickets.
This year’s celebration also has an interesting component call Building a LovingSG. Its a project to recreate the Marina Bay Floating Platform using Lego bricks under the leadership of Architect Eugene Tan. Measuring 12m by 9m, this massive Lego structure will use about 200,000 Lego bricks to build. It will have the exact same number of seats as the real Marina Bay Floating Platform, all 27,000 of it in the exact same colour setup.
I came to know of this project from two forums (Hardwarezone EDMW and Lego Users Group Singapore). I was keen to join and be part of it. But like the Chinese saying, 心有余而力不足 (got heart but no energy). The project was completed yesterday and after reading horizonsky’s forum post on her experience on this 13 days project, I really kudos to all the people who made it possible with their perseverance and sacrifices.
There were people who took their annual leave to help in this project, people who came after work and build till midnight, and even people who brought their kids along and everyone take turns to babysit them. And although the AFOL (short for Adult Fan of Lego) volunteers from forum were only needed for the first two days to kickstart the project, they stayed throughout the whole 13 days when the going gets rough and things do not go as intended.
Now you too can be a part of this project. With a donation of $5, you will get two Lego minifigures of which one will be put onto the Lego Floating Platform to represent you, and the other to be kept by you as souvenir. There is a limit of 10 pairs of minifigures donations per NRIC but you are welcome to donate more. All money will be going to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund.
Below are some photos from Hardwarezone EDMW forum, Lego Users Group Singapore forum and PlaytimeSG flickr. They are not my photos and all credits goes out to them.
This photo should give you a sense of how big the whole project is.
Fixing each of the 27,000 seats, one seat at a time.
Will one of your minifigures you donated be seating here?
Lights
VIP Box
Group photos of some of the AFOL volunteers.
Fun shot of minifigures on the platform.
I have reserved a seat at the Lego Floating Platform. Have you?
Updated on 16th June 2012:
HWZ EDMW has its own section on the platform, special thanks to horizonsky for organising this. Below are some photos of the “unique area”.
“EDMW assemble!”
My Lizardman sitting beside Spiderman.
Parade Commander “Sedi Ya!!”