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\"LegoIf Lego\u2019s 11,695-piece world map<\/a> was not enough for you\u2014and believe me, I understand\u2014then they have something else for you: a 2,585-piece globe<\/a> that\u2019s 40 cm (16 inches) tall, comes with glow-in-the-dark labels, and costs US$200\/C$270\/\u00a3175\/\u20ac200. The Brothers Brick take a brick-by-brick look<\/a><\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> at the thing from unboxing to assembly. Kenneth Field has one and is not impressed<\/a>, finding fault with the land shapes<\/a> and much preferring<\/a> Lego globes designed by Dirk\u2019s Bricks (previously<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If Lego\u2019s 11,695-piece world map was not enough for you\u2014and believe me, I understand\u2014then they have something else for you: a 2,585-piece globe that\u2019s 40 cm (16 inches) tall, comes with glow-in-the-dark labels, and costs… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[26,27],"class_list":["post-1806071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-memorabilia","tag-globes","tag-lego","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1791202,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/06\/legos-11695-piece-world-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1806071,"position":0},"title":"Lego\u2019s 11,695-Piece World Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"3 June 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Lego\u2019s recently announced world map is 104 cm by 65 cm (41 \u00d7 26 inches) and has a staggering 11,695 pieces. 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