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Tourist Trap Staycation: Build Your Own Taj Mahal

August 29, 2008 at 9:00 AM | 0 Comments

Can't afford a trip to India to see the Taj Mahal? Don't worry: Now you can have a staycation and make the Taj Mahal in your own living room, thanks to the geniuses at LEGO.

Everybody's favorite building toy now comes in the biggest ever model kit with almost 6,000 pieces of LEGO and a plan to build a replica of the Taj Mahal. Clear a big space because the finished version comes out about three feet wide and two feet high, or .9 percent of the original height and width.

And make sure you take a long enough home vacation to finish your Indian odyssey--apparently it's so tricky that they're advising it only for over-14s, and it's only for "very experienced enthusiasts." Kind of like a trip to India, really.

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· Lego Launch Taj Mahal [Ananova]
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[Photo: Ananova]