Wish to stay in Legoland California eternally? Here is how
Visiting a well-liked theme park for the day could be a enjoyable indulgence, however what about dwelling in a single — eternally?
Legoland California, in a novel fundraising effort for deprived and in poor health youngsters, is providing anybody the possibility — by way of an public sale — to have their 4-inch-tall likeness replicated with Lego bricks after which immortalized in a house with a view inside Miniland USA.
And did we point out that this is able to not be any outdated tract dwelling however fairly a four-bedroom beachfront abode with a designer kitchen, Jacuzzi and firepit — and designed by an actual property movie star?
The winner of the public sale, launched final week, will get to have as much as 10 relations and a pet or two pose for Lego Grasp Mannequin Builders, who will rework them into Minilanders earlier than transferring them into their dream dwelling in Coronado — that’s, the re-creation of Coronado inside Miniland San Diego. The brand new attraction, that includes iconic San Diego landmarks, debuted just some months in the past.
“It’s the one approach most San Diegans can afford a seashore dwelling,” joked Julie Estrada, director of public relations, North America, for Merlin Entertainments, proprietor of Legoland.
“And it’s a option to by no means age, you’ll by no means want cosmetic surgery,” Estrada mentioned. “You’re taken care of on daily basis, our mannequin builders undergo Legoland on daily basis, so you could have home cleaners, there’s even a playroom inside, and picture with the ability to see cities like San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York all from the veranda of your Miniland dwelling.”
Designer kitchen within the Lego-brick Craftsman-style home.
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The concept for the charitable fundraiser originated from a considerably related initiative undertaken years in the past at Legoland’s Windsor resort in Britain.
In that occasion, the Legoland park had a contest the place folks might submit photographs of their houses in hopes of being chosen to have their home constructed out of Lego bricks and placed on show inside the park. That competitors, although, was not designed to boost cash for a charitable trigger.
“We thought that was a very cool concept, and with San Diego Miniland, we’ve had a lot good suggestions that we thought, wouldn’t it’s superb to have a home constructed particularly for you the place you’ll be able to see all of San Diego in not more than quarter-hour,” Estrada mentioned. “You possibly can see Petco Park, the conference middle, Outdated City, the seashores, all of the completely different landmarks, from this dwelling.”
To drag off this designer dwelling feat, Legoland collaborated with movie star actual property agent Allie Lutz of the Netflix program “Shopping for Beverly Hills,” who labored with the grasp mannequin builders to create the Craftsman-style dwelling. The mini-construction mission took 380 hours and 50,000 Lego bricks.
Along with its 4 bedrooms and 4½ loos, the Coronado seashore dwelling has an out of doors space that may be the dream of any coastal dweller — a “brick-scaped” entrance yard and porch with a fowl feeder and fountain, veranda-covered yard deck gussied up with a flower overhang and eating desk, and a bathe, scorching tub and grill for night leisure.
And it’s inside strolling distance of human-scale sights comparable to Dragon coaster.
The Coronado Craftsman-style seashore home is the newest building mission at Legoland California’s Miniland USA, which comprises tableaus with landmarks from throughout the nation.
(Legoland California)
The public sale, which closes Aug. 7, began off slowly however has picked up with the best bid reaching practically $9,000 as of Monday morning.
Merlin’s Magic Wand Basis, which will probably be getting the proceeds, is described as a nonprofit group that companions with Merlin Entertainments to “ship magical experiences to youngsters who want them most.”
The inspiration, Estrada mentioned, helps youngsters ages 2 to 18 who could also be critically in poor health, have disabilities, are in foster care or are beneath guardianship.
In some instances, the beneficiaries of the inspiration get to reap the benefits of “magical days off,” the place they get free tickets to sights comparable to Legoland, Madame Tussauds or the Sea Life Aquariums. In different instances, the nonprofit will go to the youngsters or remake areas with a Lego-themed expertise in hospitals or remedy facilities the place the youngsters want to spend so much of time.
As soon as the public sale ends, work will start to re-create the successful bidder and household. Estrada mentioned it’s the park’s hope to have the occupants of the brand new dwelling, which is already accomplished, prepared by Sept. 16, when Legoland’s standard Halloween celebration — Brick-or-Deal with — begins.
“The winner’s dwelling will probably be redecorated throughout the holidays, the place we are going to put up Christmas lights and embellish for Halloween,” Estrada mentioned. “It must be playful, as a result of that’s what we’re all about.”
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