At next week's San Diego Comic-Con, Lego is traveling to space with a Marvel band of misfits—otherwise known as the "Guardians of the Galaxy."

As a promotion tied to the Aug. 1 release of the Marvel Studios film, Lego created a life-size model from "Guardians"—a walking tree-shaped humanoid called Groot who carries a weapon-wielding raccoon named Rocket. It is taller than most Lego models, standing over 7 feet high and 4 feet wide. It took Lego builders 350 hours to design and build with 28,251 bricks.

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