レゴでできた高さ10メートルのクリスマスツリーが、11月27日、オーストラリア・シドニーの中心部にお目見えした。製作時間は1200時間。サーフボードを抱えたリアルサイズのサンタクロースが側に立ち、枝にコアラがしがみつくという、夏にクリスマスを迎えるオーストラリアならではのデザインだ。シドニー・モーニング・ヘラルドなどが報じた。
担当者によると、製作には約6カ月を費やしており、3.5トンのレゴが使われているという。「ツリーには秘密が隠されているから、よく見てほしい」と担当者は述べた。
この日の夜、ツリーにはライトが点灯。12月26日まで、毎夜ライトアップショーが行われる予定だ。
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: LEGO Christmas tree officially switch on its lights on November 26, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jennifer Polixenni Brankin/WireImage) (credit:Jennifer Polixenni Brankin via Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: LEGO Christmas tree officially switch on its lights on November 26, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jennifer Polixenni Brankin/WireImage) (credit:Jennifer Polixenni Brankin via Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: LEGO Christmas tree officially switch on its lights on November 26, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jennifer Polixenni Brankin/WireImage) (credit:Jennifer Polixenni Brankin via Getty Images)
なお、このクリスマスツリーの製作の様子は、YouTubeでタイムラプス動画が公開されている。
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