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Standing an impressive 5 and 6 ½ feet tall, the Buzz and Woody brick sculptures stood on either side of the event’s red carpet entrance, where the world-famous duo watched over all of the celebrity guests and movie professionals as they arrived at the oldest film festival in the world. The Toy Story heroes were accompanied by nearby LEGO play areas, where kids and grown-up film fans alike could exercise their own creative talents at the LEGO brick building tables.
Although the Buzz Lightyear model had previously been shown at Comic Con, it was LEGO Woody’s very first public appearance. It took three model builders about 250 hours to assemble the Buzz sculpture out of some 40,000 LEGO bricks, while Woody took “only” about 150 hours and 13,600 bricks to put together.
The models were built to celebrate three things: the 3D re-release of the original Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in theaters this October, next summer’s long-awaited Toy Story 3…and the upcoming January launch of the first-ever LEGO brand Toy Story building sets!
Thanks to René Madsen and Camillo Mazzola for help with this story!
Model and play area photos by Bisanti Giovanni.
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