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february 22, 2019 - VW Commercial Vehicle
Premiere at the f.re.e in Munich - T2 Bulli made of 400,000 LEGO bricks
Using 400,000 LEGO® bricks, two experienced LEGO® model makers have built what is probably the world's biggest camper made out of LEGO® bricks. The full-size T2 was unveiled today ahead of the f.re.e leisure and travel fair in Munich. Visitors young and old to f.re.e (20 - 24 February) will be able to admire the 700 kilo Bulli at close quarters. The vehicle that served as the blueprint for the model was the T2a camper #van, built from 1967 to 1971 – to this day the truly iconic camper for globetrotters of all stripes.
When, having begun without a hitch, they suddenly found they were missing 20,000 transparent bricks for the T2's windows and their supplies dried up without warning, the deadline did then cause the model-making experts some stress despite their painstaking planning. “Essentially, we would have needed a 9-day week”, recalls Hoffmeister. “However, as they don't exist, the only option was night shifts.” Hoffmeister and Lenhard therefore carried on 'playing' with their LEGO® bricks from morning to night and over the weekends in order to still finish it in time for the f.re.e trade fair. And they did so inclusive of the Westfalia pop-up roof, so popular on campers, the sliding door, which was technically very challenging to create, and the interior fittings. Also impressive are the dimensions: the LEGO® camper #van measures over 5 metres in length, 1.9 metres in width and close to 2 metres in height; in fact the popped up roof projects no less than 3.0 metres up towards the sky.
Both camper vans can be admired at f.re.e in hall C5 on stand 103. A trip to Bavaria's main travel and leisure fair is even more worthwhile this year, as the Caravanning & Camping section has been made 25% bigger through the addition of a new hall. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles' 'real' camper vans are being shown in hall B4 by trading partners Christl & Schowalter (stand 100/101) and MAHAG (stand 401/501). The halls open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from 20 to 24 February. More information on f.re.e can be found at www.free-muenchen.de.
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