Boy with autism builds 26-foot-long Titanic replica with Legos...

[aaronleland]

Boy with autism builds world's largest Titanic replica with Legos: 'The whole process helped me out of the fog'

A now 15-year-old boy from Iceland used 56,000 Legos to build a replica of one of the world’s most famous ships: the Titanic.

Brynjar Karl Bigisson, from Reykjavik, the country’s capital, built the model when he was just 10 years old. It has since been on display in countries all over the world, including Germany, Sweden, Norway and beyond -- but can now be found at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

At 26-feet-long, 5-feet-tall and 4-feet wide, the replica is the world's largest Titanic model built with Legos. It took Brynjar 11 months -- roughly 700 hours -- to complete the project, he told the museum.

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 while crossing the Atlantic from Western Europe to the U.S. Roughly 1,500 people out of the 2,240 on board died after the ship struck an iceberg.

The boy first started playing with Legos when he was 5, but it wasn’t until his mother took him to Legoland in Denmark that he started to think about making his very own Lego model.

"By the time I was 10, I started to think about building the Lego Titanic model in a Lego man size," Brynjar said.

I've always been amazed by people who can dedicate so much time to these Lego models. This kid did it in 11 months when he was only 10 years old. That's a badass Lego model.

 

[2aguy]

Sadly, he also built a replica of the iceberg in Legos......

 

[BULLDOG]

Boy with autism builds world's largest Titanic replica with Legos: 'The whole process helped me out of the fog'

A now 15-year-old boy from Iceland used 56,000 Legos to build a replica of one of the world’s most famous ships: the Titanic.

Brynjar Karl Bigisson, from Reykjavik, the country’s capital, built the model when he was just 10 years old. It has since been on display in countries all over the world, including Germany, Sweden, Norway and beyond -- but can now be found at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

At 26-feet-long, 5-feet-tall and 4-feet wide, the replica is the world's largest Titanic model built with Legos. It took Brynjar 11 months -- roughly 700 hours -- to complete the project, he told the museum.

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 while crossing the Atlantic from Western Europe to the U.S. Roughly 1,500 people out of the 2,240 on board died after the ship struck an iceberg.

The boy first started playing with Legos when he was 5, but it wasn’t until his mother took him to Legoland in Denmark that he started to think about making his very own Lego model.

"By the time I was 10, I started to think about building the Lego Titanic model in a Lego man size," Brynjar said.

I've always been amazed by people who can dedicate so much time to these Lego models. This kid did it in 11 months when he was only 10 years old. That's a badass Lego model.

And thousands of dollars worth of Legos. I'm not believing he did this on his own.

 

[Ringel05]

Boy with autism builds world's largest Titanic replica with Legos: 'The whole process helped me out of the fog'

A now 15-year-old boy from Iceland used 56,000 Legos to build a replica of one of the world’s most famous ships: the Titanic.

Brynjar Karl Bigisson, from Reykjavik, the country’s capital, built the model when he was just 10 years old. It has since been on display in countries all over the world, including Germany, Sweden, Norway and beyond -- but can now be found at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

At 26-feet-long, 5-feet-tall and 4-feet wide, the replica is the world's largest Titanic model built with Legos. It took Brynjar 11 months -- roughly 700 hours -- to complete the project, he told the museum.

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 while crossing the Atlantic from Western Europe to the U.S. Roughly 1,500 people out of the 2,240 on board died after the ship struck an iceberg.

The boy first started playing with Legos when he was 5, but it wasn’t until his mother took him to Legoland in Denmark that he started to think about making his very own Lego model.

"By the time I was 10, I started to think about building the Lego Titanic model in a Lego man size," Brynjar said.

I've always been amazed by people who can dedicate so much time to these Lego models. This kid did it in 11 months when he was only 10 years old. That's a badass Lego model.

Finally you have a roll model!!!


(I mean other than Hannibal Lecter)

 

[aaronleland]

Boy with autism builds world's largest Titanic replica with Legos: 'The whole process helped me out of the fog'

A now 15-year-old boy from Iceland used 56,000 Legos to build a replica of one of the world’s most famous ships: the Titanic.

Brynjar Karl Bigisson, from Reykjavik, the country’s capital, built the model when he was just 10 years old. It has since been on display in countries all over the world, including Germany, Sweden, Norway and beyond -- but can now be found at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

At 26-feet-long, 5-feet-tall and 4-feet wide, the replica is the world's largest Titanic model built with Legos. It took Brynjar 11 months -- roughly 700 hours -- to complete the project, he told the museum.

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 while crossing the Atlantic from Western Europe to the U.S. Roughly 1,500 people out of the 2,240 on board died after the ship struck an iceberg.

The boy first started playing with Legos when he was 5, but it wasn’t until his mother took him to Legoland in Denmark that he started to think about making his very own Lego model.

"By the time I was 10, I started to think about building the Lego Titanic model in a Lego man size," Brynjar said.

I've always been amazed by people who can dedicate so much time to these Lego models. This kid did it in 11 months when he was only 10 years old. That's a badass Lego model.

And thousands of dollars worth of Legos. I'm not believing he did this on his own.

Later in the article it says that his family and friends donated money for him to buy the Legos needed.

 

[BULLDOG]

Boy with autism builds world's largest Titanic replica with Legos: 'The whole process helped me out of the fog'

A now 15-year-old boy from Iceland used 56,000 Legos to build a replica of one of the world’s most famous ships: the Titanic.

Brynjar Karl Bigisson, from Reykjavik, the country’s capital, built the model when he was just 10 years old. It has since been on display in countries all over the world, including Germany, Sweden, Norway and beyond -- but can now be found at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

At 26-feet-long, 5-feet-tall and 4-feet wide, the replica is the world's largest Titanic model built with Legos. It took Brynjar 11 months -- roughly 700 hours -- to complete the project, he told the museum.

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 while crossing the Atlantic from Western Europe to the U.S. Roughly 1,500 people out of the 2,240 on board died after the ship struck an iceberg.

The boy first started playing with Legos when he was 5, but it wasn’t until his mother took him to Legoland in Denmark that he started to think about making his very own Lego model.

"By the time I was 10, I started to think about building the Lego Titanic model in a Lego man size," Brynjar said.

I've always been amazed by people who can dedicate so much time to these Lego models. This kid did it in 11 months when he was only 10 years old. That's a badass Lego model.

And thousands of dollars worth of Legos. I'm not believing he did this on his own.

Later in the article it says that his family and friends donated money for him to buy the Legos needed.

Did they mention the design and construction order, plan revisions, and all the other engineering steps needed to complete the project??

 

[ABikerSailor]

Boy with autism builds world's largest Titanic replica with Legos: 'The whole process helped me out of the fog'

A now 15-year-old boy from Iceland used 56,000 Legos to build a replica of one of the world’s most famous ships: the Titanic.

Brynjar Karl Bigisson, from Reykjavik, the country’s capital, built the model when he was just 10 years old. It has since been on display in countries all over the world, including Germany, Sweden, Norway and beyond -- but can now be found at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

At 26-feet-long, 5-feet-tall and 4-feet wide, the replica is the world's largest Titanic model built with Legos. It took Brynjar 11 months -- roughly 700 hours -- to complete the project, he told the museum.

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 while crossing the Atlantic from Western Europe to the U.S. Roughly 1,500 people out of the 2,240 on board died after the ship struck an iceberg.

The boy first started playing with Legos when he was 5, but it wasn’t until his mother took him to Legoland in Denmark that he started to think about making his very own Lego model.

"By the time I was 10, I started to think about building the Lego Titanic model in a Lego man size," Brynjar said.

I've always been amazed by people who can dedicate so much time to these Lego models. This kid did it in 11 months when he was only 10 years old. That's a badass Lego model.

And thousands of dollars worth of Legos. I'm not believing he did this on his own.

I believe the kid could have done it by himself. There are lots of kids with autism who are gifted in some way.

 

[aaronleland]

Boy with autism builds world's largest Titanic replica with Legos: 'The whole process helped me out of the fog'

A now 15-year-old boy from Iceland used 56,000 Legos to build a replica of one of the world’s most famous ships: the Titanic.

Brynjar Karl Bigisson, from Reykjavik, the country’s capital, built the model when he was just 10 years old. It has since been on display in countries all over the world, including Germany, Sweden, Norway and beyond -- but can now be found at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

At 26-feet-long, 5-feet-tall and 4-feet wide, the replica is the world's largest Titanic model built with Legos. It took Brynjar 11 months -- roughly 700 hours -- to complete the project, he told the museum.

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 while crossing the Atlantic from Western Europe to the U.S. Roughly 1,500 people out of the 2,240 on board died after the ship struck an iceberg.

The boy first started playing with Legos when he was 5, but it wasn’t until his mother took him to Legoland in Denmark that he started to think about making his very own Lego model.

"By the time I was 10, I started to think about building the Lego Titanic model in a Lego man size," Brynjar said.

I've always been amazed by people who can dedicate so much time to these Lego models. This kid did it in 11 months when he was only 10 years old. That's a badass Lego model.

And thousands of dollars worth of Legos. I'm not believing he did this on his own.

Later in the article it says that his family and friends donated money for him to buy the Legos needed.

Did they mention the design and construction order, plan revisions, and all the other engineering steps needed to complete the project??

His grandfather, Ludvik Baldur Ögmundsson, scaled down the ship’s original blueprint to find out exactly how many Lego bricks he would need. However, he said it was mother, Bjarney Sigrun Ludviksdottir, who he called his “coach and mentor."

I don't know what his grandfather does for a living, but it doesn't sound as if he's just some ditch digger.

 

[BULLDOG]

Boy with autism builds world's largest Titanic replica with Legos: 'The whole process helped me out of the fog'

A now 15-year-old boy from Iceland used 56,000 Legos to build a replica of one of the world’s most famous ships: the Titanic.

Brynjar Karl Bigisson, from Reykjavik, the country’s capital, built the model when he was just 10 years old. It has since been on display in countries all over the world, including Germany, Sweden, Norway and beyond -- but can now be found at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

At 26-feet-long, 5-feet-tall and 4-feet wide, the replica is the world's largest Titanic model built with Legos. It took Brynjar 11 months -- roughly 700 hours -- to complete the project, he told the museum.

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 while crossing the Atlantic from Western Europe to the U.S. Roughly 1,500 people out of the 2,240 on board died after the ship struck an iceberg.

The boy first started playing with Legos when he was 5, but it wasn’t until his mother took him to Legoland in Denmark that he started to think about making his very own Lego model.

"By the time I was 10, I started to think about building the Lego Titanic model in a Lego man size," Brynjar said.

I've always been amazed by people who can dedicate so much time to these Lego models. This kid did it in 11 months when he was only 10 years old. That's a badass Lego model.

And thousands of dollars worth of Legos. I'm not believing he did this on his own.

I believe the kid could have done it by himself. There are lots of kids with autism who are gifted in some way.

Don't get me wrong. I believe the kid was as deeply involved as he was able to be, but to try to pass it off as his project is a little far fetched. His family loves him very much, and called it his project to help his ego and self esteem while doing the things he wasn't capable of. Not a bad thing to do, but not completely honest either.

 

[aaronleland]

His grandfather, Ludvik Baldur Ögmundsson, scaled down the ship’s original blueprint to find out exactly how many Lego bricks he would need. However, he said it was mother, Bjarney Sigrun Ludviksdottir, who he called his “coach and mentor."

"She helped me to find ways to make this dream become a reality. She helped me with communication and make sure I was on track with my journey,” Brynjar said.

Brynjar added that family and friends donated money so he could buy all the Lego bricks needed for the project. But building the replica was no easy feat: the 15-year-old said he considered to “stop this crazy project” a few different times, especially after the ship’s stern collapsed twice.

I believe his parents were involved as much as he says they were here.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

I believe the kid could have done it by himself. There are lots of kids with autism who are gifted in some way.

I second this. I believe that those with special needs can see plenty of things that the rest of us can't.

God bless you and the boy always!!!

Holly (grew up on Legos too)

P.S. He did a great job and how awesome it is that his boat is now just less than a hour away from where I am.

 

[ABikerSailor]

I believe the kid could have done it by himself. There are lots of kids with autism who are gifted in some way.

I second this. I believe that those with special needs can see plenty of things that the rest of us can't.

God bless you and the boy always!!!

Holly (grew up on Legos too)

P.S. He did a great job and how awesome it is that his boat is now just less than a hour away from where I am.

Why don't you drive over to see it, and then take a whole bunch of pics, bring them back, and then post them on here?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Boy with autism builds world's largest Titanic replica with Legos: 'The whole process helped me out of the fog'

A now 15-year-old boy from Iceland used 56,000 Legos to build a replica of one of the world’s most famous ships: the Titanic.

Brynjar Karl Bigisson, from Reykjavik, the country’s capital, built the model when he was just 10 years old. It has since been on display in countries all over the world, including Germany, Sweden, Norway and beyond -- but can now be found at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

At 26-feet-long, 5-feet-tall and 4-feet wide, the replica is the world's largest Titanic model built with Legos. It took Brynjar 11 months -- roughly 700 hours -- to complete the project, he told the museum.

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 while crossing the Atlantic from Western Europe to the U.S. Roughly 1,500 people out of the 2,240 on board died after the ship struck an iceberg.

The boy first started playing with Legos when he was 5, but it wasn’t until his mother took him to Legoland in Denmark that he started to think about making his very own Lego model.

"By the time I was 10, I started to think about building the Lego Titanic model in a Lego man size," Brynjar said.

I've always been amazed by people who can dedicate so much time to these Lego models. This kid did it in 11 months when he was only 10 years old. That's a badass Lego model.

And thousands of dollars worth of Legos. I'm not believing he did this on his own.

Later in the article it says that his family and friends donated money for him to buy the Legos needed.

Did they mention the design and construction order, plan revisions, and all the other engineering steps needed to complete the project??

It's a model, he wasn't trying to build something to cross the Atlantic in.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

I believe the kid could have done it by himself. There are lots of kids with autism who are gifted in some way.

I second this. I believe that those with special needs can see plenty of things that the rest of us can't.

God bless you and the boy always!!!

Holly (grew up on Legos too)

P.S. He did a great job and how awesome it is that his boat is now just less than a hour away from where I am.

Why don't you drive over to see it, and then take a whole bunch of pics, bring them back, and then post them on here?

I might do that the next time that I am in the area.

God bless you always!!!

Holly