16 Foot LEGO PHARAOH floats down THAMES.
River Thames, United Kingdom , February 19, 2009-- A Lego pharaoh winds its way along the River Thames on the final leg of its 1,395-mile (2,245-kilometer) journey to Windsor's Legoland, where it will be the centerpiece of the new attraction Kingdom of the Pharaohs . The 16-foot (4.9-meter) replica of an Egyptian king is the biggest Lego structure ever created, with 200,000 individual pieces and a weight of more than one ton. Legoland, which opened in 1996, contains more than 53 million bricks.