When Boys Grow Up: Massive WWII Dioramas Built With Lego

Jan 7, 2016 Joris Nieuwint, Guest Author

What happens when boys who play with Lego grow up? They build even bigger things from Lego!

We’ve collected some of the best Lego dioramas we could find on the internet, prepare to be amazed!

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Lego WWII seen at Brickcon 2009 Flint Weiss / Flickr

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Lego WWII seen at Brickcon 2009 Flint Weiss / Flickr

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WWII Beach Invasion Flickr / Lonnon Foster

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WWII Beach Invasion Flickr / Lonnon Foster

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Battle of Ortona Flickr / Lonnon Foster

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Spotting the enemy! Flickr / Joe Black

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Heinkel He-219 Uhu Flickr / Ralph S

USS Intrepid (by Ann Diment, Ed Diment (right), Ralph Savelsberg (left)) USS Intrepid is a US Navy aircraft carrier that served from World War 2 until 1974 and is now a museum in New York. This Lego model of the ship is to the scale of Minifigs (Lego people). It is nearly 7m long, weighs 250kg, needed 250,000 bricks to build and took three people (with a number of other helpers) over 9 months to build

USS Intrepid by Ann Diment, Ed Diment (right), Ralph Savelsberg (left)) Flickr / David Farquhar

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Lego model of WWII era USS Intrepid Flickr / Rex Hammock

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Lego model of WWII era USS Intrepid Flickr / Rex Hammock

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Little diorama with jeep, sdkfz 250 and brickforge stuff Flickr / Joe Black

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WWII battleship Yamato and destroyer Yukikaze made by Marcello de Cicco Flickr / Bill Ward

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WWII battleship Yamato and destroyer Yukikaze made by Marcello de Cicco Flickr / Bill Ward

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Destroyer Yukikaze made by Marcello de Cicco Flickr / Bill Ward