Built with 65,000 bricks, the Lego space shuttle that replicates a real launch



With painstaking detail, two Lego fans have reconstructed a space shuttle launch that looks remarkably like the real thing.

Complete with flashing booster lights and a vocal countdown, the Lego creation does everything but lift off.

Lego launch: The replica space shuttle that took more than a thousand hours to make

It took its two Japanese makers 1,590 hours to build using 65,000 bricks and is currently on display at the Nasu Highland amusement park in Japan.

And the duo responsible still haven't had enough of Lego building - they are now attempting to create the tallest ever Lego tower.