James May's LEGO house demolished by authorities, may the sad face commence

8:00 PM on 09.23.2009   |   Rio McCarthy

Just earlier this month I brought word to you of an amazing house being built of LEGO by Top Gear presenter James May, unfortunately the newest bit of news is not so happy. The authorities of Dorking, Surrey in the UK have become the big brother that kicked down your LEGO castles, and are now tearing down the fabulous LEGO house.

Sadly it was built without the proper permits, and a buyer that was set to own the house bowed out. Now, it is being dismantled and the pieces will be broken down into much smaller ones and eventually donated to children's charities where they are hoping the house will be rebuilt into 100,000 space villages.

It's unfortunate to see such an amazing creation knocked down, but hopefully it will be able to be rebuilt and remnants of the fantastic house will remain all over the country, or perhaps even the world. I would have loved to have gotten to check it out first hand, but now those who have will be few and far between. Let's just hope next time someone gets an awesome idea like this they make sure to take out the right permits.

[Via Kidrobot Kronikle]