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Sacrilege – what happens when LEGO burns?

Okay, let’s make it clear before I get stoned, or before someone get’s a heart-attack; no real LEGO bricks have been harmed in this experiment! ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Passionate fans of the LEGO brick often refer to other brick-brands as “clones”, deserved to be wiped off the face of the earth. When picking up a LEGO lot from a garage-sale or eBay,ย LEGO fansย carefully go though the stack and pick out any “clones” that could desecrate their LEGO collection. These poor clone-bricks often end up in the trash-bin, or sometimes get donated to charity. But… how about giving them what they really deserve for their miserable existence… ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

Although LEGO fans do talk about how clone-brands should be burned at the stake, nobody I know has actually done it literally… except forย Seanย & Steph Mayo (yes, the builders of the sweet LEGO Fairy Forest I featured a few days ago), who were up to the brave and honorable task. ๐Ÿ™„

Sean & Stephย builtย the lovely scene, pictured above, from LEGO clone-bricksย (mainly from Megabloks), then lit it up! Watch the video below to see what happens! WARNING! Not for the faint of heart! โ—

Andย below is the final result of LEGO clones charred to the bone. In my opinion the diorama is quite beautiful and artistic, even in its death – or perhaps more that it was in life. The waterfall section has a mystical beauty, and did you notice the lone survivor Megabloks figureย at the tower? Maybe clones are not that bad after all… ๐Ÿ˜

What do you think? Is burning LEGO sacrilege? How about burning LEGO clones? What was your reaction to the video and the experiment? And what do you think of the final result? Share your thoughts and comments below! Oh, and please don’t try this at home!ย  ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • The Yellow Ninja August 30, 2012, 10:14 AM

    YES!! DIE MEGABLOKS!!!!!! DIE!!!!! ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

    • The Yellow Ninja August 30, 2012, 10:19 AM

      to be honest with you, I have always wanted to do something like this. ๐Ÿ˜ˆ plus, this is the perfect post to use the ๐Ÿ˜ˆ face.

      • admin August 30, 2012, 5:02 PM

        LOL! Yeah, I love that smiley! ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

        • Jasper August 30, 2012, 9:12 PM

          How do I do that smiley? ๐Ÿ˜›

  • Joe AFOL August 30, 2012, 10:59 AM

    Why spend all that money for those clones, all the time to make the scene, and all the preparation to burn it…and then NOT USE A TRIPOD when shooting the video?!!?

    Otherwise, pretty cool stuff ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Kai ZX August 30, 2012, 11:27 AM

      Good question. But turned out a prety boring video. though the result picture was cool. ๐Ÿ˜€

      P.S.
      Maybe it was boring cuase I watched it w/out sound? ๐Ÿ˜†

      • admin August 30, 2012, 5:09 PM

        Kai, you MUST have the sound on! It is a Hans Zimmer score, giving the video a really dramatic effect. ๐Ÿ˜‰

        • Kai ZX August 30, 2012, 8:09 PM

          Yes later I watched it with sound on. ๐Ÿ˜‰ It turned out better that way.

    • admin August 30, 2012, 5:05 PM

      Good point! We want to see the burning it all of its intricate details! ๐Ÿ˜›

  • Chris of Yoda Archives August 30, 2012, 11:21 AM

    If you’re going to do something that destroys the blocks use a clone. The aftermath looks pretty neat. I’d like to see close ups.
    That burning plastic would have smelled awful.

    • Kai ZX August 30, 2012, 11:29 AM

      Probaly, is’nt burning plastic’s smell toxsic? How do you spell Toxsic. ๐Ÿ˜•

      • LegoLotr August 30, 2012, 6:12 PM

        toxic

        • Kai ZX August 30, 2012, 8:11 PM

          Thanks! by the way would you trade 15 tires on mln for a pink jewl if you have one?

          • LegoLotr August 30, 2012, 10:07 PM

            Sorry, no.

          • studless August 31, 2012, 1:27 AM

            I would, except I need the pink jewels to. I might have an extra, if you have diamonds. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • Maxx August 30, 2012, 11:23 AM

    I actually think the after shot looks better than the original, I really do!!!

    • gid617 August 30, 2012, 11:44 AM

      Me too! ๐Ÿ˜€

      • nace10 August 30, 2012, 2:28 PM

        me three! BTW when it was burned it showed how cheesey clones are.

    • admin August 30, 2012, 5:07 PM

      Maxx, I really like the after-effect too. In fact when I first saw the picture I thought it was a diorama made for die-cast figures. ๐Ÿ™„

  • gid617 August 30, 2012, 11:46 AM

    I don’t consider burning LEGO sacrilige (just insanity ๐Ÿ˜‰ ). But yeah, clone brands deserve it! ๐Ÿ˜€

  • DX ZX KENDO NRG PWR JAY-MOUTH OF LIGHTNING (Seriously i have a mouth of lightning) :) August 30, 2012, 11:53 AM

    yes die! LOL! ๐Ÿ˜† i have wanted to light legos on fire! ๐Ÿ˜ˆ โ—

  • Eric at A Lego a Day August 30, 2012, 12:21 PM

    Seems very dangerous the way they lit it with a fireball that basically exploded. And I’m sure the fumes were VERY toxic.

    But very interesting experiment! I love the way the burned out castle looks. Very sad and lonely.

  • legosw August 30, 2012, 12:31 PM

    only mega blocks should be burned but toys shouldn’t be burned at all ๐Ÿ™

  • J.C. August 30, 2012, 12:37 PM

    Sweet! That is for SURE what MBs deserve!!!!

    • legosw August 30, 2012, 1:05 PM

      yep for stealing lego’s ideas

      • Maxx August 30, 2012, 2:05 PM

        Psssstttttt, LEGO stole the idea from Kiddicraft…..

        So really, LEGO is a clone brick(c:

        • SKOUTLAW FOR LIFE ( THAT MEANS I AM A FAN OF SKYLAR LAINE ) August 30, 2012, 3:29 PM

          LEGO SHOULD NEVER BE BURNED BUT MEGA BLOCKS SHOULD NOT BE BURNED MEGA BLOCKS SHOULD BE EXPLODED ON AN DESSERTED ISLAND BY 20 TIME BOMBS

          • Kai ZX August 30, 2012, 4:15 PM

            One nucliur bomb would do just fine

        • admin August 30, 2012, 5:08 PM

          This topic requires a whole post in itself. I’m hoping that you or Gary will write it as you guys know so much more about the topic than I could ever hope to know. Yeah… the dark past of LEGO that will haunt them forever. ๐Ÿ™„

        • LegoLotr August 30, 2012, 6:29 PM

          Maxx, didn’t Kiddiecraft give them permission to use it?

  • Quad August 30, 2012, 1:53 PM

    Haha! It’s weird seeing a pretty cool creation (for megabloks) but in different colors than I’m used to.

  • Dr. Inferno August 30, 2012, 3:20 PM

    DESTROY THE MEGA BLOKS! THEY DESERVE TO DIE! }:)

    • 4 Headed Dragon September 2, 2012, 3:18 AM

      Them wannabe bricks shall perish in the fiery portal to HELL!
      ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

  • Aubseywaubsey-ninja of Elfs August 30, 2012, 5:28 PM

    I like the result better than the
    original too!

    I think I accidentally just saved the result picture to my 3DS.

    • Aubseywaubsey-ninja of Elfs August 30, 2012, 5:38 PM

      I agree with Nace10, megabloks ARE really pretty cheesey.

  • LegoLotr August 30, 2012, 6:17 PM
    • LegoLotr August 30, 2012, 6:31 PM

      In case anyone is wondering, that was a joke.

  • legostuff71 August 30, 2012, 7:10 PM

    R.I.P MEGA BLOKS. Long live LEGO forever.

  • legostuff71 August 30, 2012, 7:21 PM

    LEGO doesn’t give you garabage to work with . It doesn’t fall apart after you pain stakenly try and put it together. The LEGO company respects there customers.

  • Jasper August 30, 2012, 9:13 PM

    Ok, they clearly put fuel or something on and around the model. Otherwise fire wouldn’t have been burning straight on the ground.

  • studless August 31, 2012, 1:30 AM

    One word….

    AWESOME!!! always wondered how well megabloks would stand up to a real challenge.

  • NRGkai August 31, 2012, 1:28 PM

    so cool

  • lego chronicler August 31, 2012, 7:15 PM

    I read all the comments: Festival of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes

    Anyways, it was very entertaining ๐Ÿ™‚

    • admin August 31, 2012, 8:47 PM

      LOL! Good thing this site is about LEGO and not grammar. Any self-respecting English teacher would scream in pain visiting TBB. What can I say? LEGO fans are smart people, except spelling doesn’t seem to be their strenght. ๐Ÿ™„

      • LegoLotr August 31, 2012, 9:03 PM

        I love that while saying that, you misspelled strength.

        • admin August 31, 2012, 9:05 PM

          I was wondering if you will catch that. ๐Ÿ˜†

          • 4 Headed Dragon September 2, 2012, 3:21 AM

            lisin here imm da bestest spelur evur sou watchh ouut lego fanatyics!

            • legolotr September 4, 2012, 9:28 PM

              ๐Ÿ˜†

  • Taryn (Ninja of Electronics) August 31, 2012, 9:05 PM

    lol. what was the guy that made the video thinking about when he made it? mage blovks or testing? i thought those were legos at first

  • The Yellow Ninja September 1, 2012, 7:56 AM

    BEST……..POST………EVER!!!!!!!

  • Stewbrick901 September 1, 2012, 11:59 AM

    REPLAY REPLAY REPLAY…. HAHAHHAHAHAH DIE MEGABLAWKS DIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I’m going to use this as a science experiment, telling everybody that LEGO clones should GO2THEDEVIL….. *sigh* Wow… I see why it’s tiring being a LEGO-Clone tyrant…

  • KING-BOO_XDDX September 3, 2012, 9:48 AM

    yes lego is a kiddi clone but mega bloks dosnt deserve it well to me atleast…. but you guys want it to go to H**L i think its OK BUT IF IT WAS MB HALO MY BRO WOULD KILL YOU ALL IF HE SAW IT LOL my bro LOOOOVES halo if it was then id go NOOO NOOO YOU DONT DESERVE THIS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • nicster2000 September 6, 2012, 2:13 PM

    Interesting?! Admin,should I email you the 4207 review custom car pics?

  • samuel September 28, 2012, 2:57 PM

    I like the look of the castle after it was burned it looked like real stone from the picture

  • hades ninja of darkness March 2, 2013, 5:35 PM

    Wicked!!!:twisted

  • hades ninja of darkness March 2, 2013, 5:36 PM

    :twisted

  • The Dark Jedi April 14, 2013, 6:15 PM

    I despise clone brands too. Nace is right, they are kinda cheesy. the only reason I get mega bloks is for Halo. If TLG had the rights to Halo i would ignore mega bloks completely.

    • Ethan August 15, 2014, 10:07 PM

      They would have tried at one point, but they thought parents would disapprove of war based themes. D;

  • L July 1, 2013, 5:30 AM

    Congratulations, you’ve just exposed yourself to unhealthy levels of Hydrogen cyanide! Legos and clones are made of ABS plastic, which emits HCN when you burn it.

    This kind of thing is why people shouldn’t burn their own garbage.

  • LEGO LOVER March 8, 2014, 10:05 AM

    ๐Ÿ˜ˆ ๐Ÿ˜ˆ ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

  • Mr. Smith November 11, 2014, 5:02 PM

    Looks like Harrenhal from Game of Thrones

  • aj November 12, 2014, 10:45 PM

    If I had a second set I would consider burning as a way to make the stone more realistic.

  • Nick J Lancaster August 13, 2020, 12:28 PM

    LEGOยฎ bricks should never be burned. Ever. The brick is a wonderful icon and a piece of history. While it’s primary function is that of a toy, it should be treated with respect it deserves.

    Can you think of another toy that has stayed true to it’s original form for as long as LEGOยฎ and is still enjoying massive sales today?

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