8 literary works recreated with LEGO

What do you think of bibliophiles - those people who love to "devour" books - incorrigible? And what about the gang that loves LEGO, what do you think about them? Would you say they are nerds ? So imagine what happens when these two pleasures come together! The result, as you may have already deduced, are creations beyond inspiration and genius, such as the ones we selected from an article posted by the folks at mental_floss. Check it out below:

1 - Red Wedding

If you're a fan of the Game of Thrones series, you probably agree that one of the most infamous passages is the famous Red Wedding from The Storm of Swords . And to mark the release of the movie "A LEGO Adventure", the British bookstore Waterstones decided to recreate this scene with plastic blocks. Check out:

Of course, the bookstore was not limited to recreating just a passage with LEGO pieces. Here are three other scenes that also came out of famous book pages:

2 - Dracula

Did you notice that the people at Waterstones even included a little Batman in the passage taken from Bram Stoker's famous book?

3 - The Death of Arthur

The above creation was inspired by a passage from the work of Sir Thomas Malory that tells the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

4 - Romeo and Juliet

And to finish with our selection of Waterstones creations, a scene from William Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet”.

5 - Hogwarts

Created by Alice Finch, the above piece - inspired by the Harry Potter books, of course - was built with approximately 400, 000 plastic blocks and took 12 months of work to complete. And in addition to putting together a giant piece of work, Alice included several details, such as the student-filled Great Hall, the Quidditch pitch, the classroom where Professor Lupine teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts, and more.

6 - Moby Dick

The scene you just saw - taken from Herman Melville's book "Moby Dick" - was created by the staff of the Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Wildlife World and features 365, 420 double blocks of LEGO. In fact, the whale was part of an exhibition with a total of 25 incredible sculptures that we did not include here because they did not recreate book passages. However, be sure to check out the other creations through this link.

7 - Aeneid

As you may have deduced from just looking at the image above, the play - built by Jared Chan - recreates the passage from the "Aeneid" (Virgil's first-century epic poem) in which Aeneas, the protagonist of history, describes the memorable episode related to the Trojan horse. If you would like to see more details about the sculpture, please visit this link.

8 - Rivendell

Do you remember Alice Finch, the girl who recreated Hogwarts in item 5? For she also built a Rivendell of LEGO, the paradise inhabited by the elves of Middle-earth, of "The Lord of the Rings." For this she had the help of David Frank - another "master" in plastic blocks - and needed 200, 000 pieces to complete her incredible and super-detailed replica. Be sure to visit this link to see more photos of the sculpture.

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And you, dear reader, if you had to recreate a passage from your favorite LEGO book, what would it be? Be sure to share with us in the comments!