I caught a couple episodes of this last night and it’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in years. He built a house out of Legos; full size. Then he had a Scalextric slot-car race on the site of the old Brooklands race track. The whole site. 2.75 miles.
There’s something about that sort of extravagant absurdity that just makes me laugh. Anyone else watching?
These were on in the UK a couple of years ago, but I though they were hugely entertaining. James May does have a slightly odd presenting style, but it seems to work. I love the reactions he gets from members of the public, who all seem very keen to help out.
I thought the airfix one was the best.
It was on BBCA maybe a year ago – loved it!
Saw it when it was on PBS. Very entertaining for we “grownup kids”. I’d like to see more.
Sadly, the Lego house had to be destroyed in 2009, not long after it was built. The land owner wanted it gone, and Lego wanted nothing to do with it.
“Oh, cock.”
May is my favorite of the three because our interests are so similar: old Rolls-Royces, slot cars, and swearing.
It says they’re going to (and presumably did) cut it up with chainsaws. Does someone there not understand Legos?
I love the details, though; there’s a Lego newspaper (with a page 3 girl) and a Lego cat. I assume there were some non-Lego plumbing parts to make the toilet and taps work, but I’ll cut them a little slack on that.
During the show it looked like they built the whole thing out of 4x2 bricks. I think they might have gotten a bit more structural integrity if they’d used longer pieces. Loved the part where he was pointing out a single white brick amongst the red; discovered after it was far too late to take it out. “If you did this, I hate you.”
Saner heads probably prevailed once they realized how much plastic dust was going to be released by that, and once they realized the whole thing just snaps together.
And flying, of course, in May’s case. I don’t know if you’ve seen his plane’s registration?
