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Nobody could protest the Lego Olympics

Be sure to check out the National Aquatics Center and more of China’s Olympic architecture rendered in Lego at the Hong Kong Lego blog. (Hat tip: Gizmodo)

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Be sure to check out the National Aquatics Center and more of China’s Olympic architecture rendered in Lego at the Hong Kong Lego blog.

(Hat tip: Gizmodo)

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