A Lego F1 track, complete with moving cars and miniature crashes, earned a Dunedin brother and sister building-duo top prize at a celebration of the timeless brick.
Cypress and Sequoia Hardisty won the children’s building category at the Dunedin Brick Show, held at the Edgar Centre at the weekend.
Their F1 Grand Final Lego model featured moving cars, a racetrack through a lush jungle and cheering crowd of figurines.
Magnets embedded in a bike chain built into the model’s base pulled the cars along the track, Sequoia said.
Their dad Stu helped "with the technical stuff," Cypress said.
"We basically did all the plans."
Cypress’ favourite part of the design was the crashes between the mini-cars as they circled the track.
Sequoia favoured a waterfall in the mountains above the racecourse.
The pair were no newcomers to the event — previous entries of theirs included a spinning pirate island and a model of Tunnel Beach.
Show organiser Jacqui Hay said there had been a steady stream of people through the doors across the weekend event.
About 105 people, from Nelson to Invercargill, were exhibiting at the show, she said.
"It's quite a scary process sometimes, getting [a model] from one part of the country down to Dunedin."
Lego had stood the test of time and was a generational toy for families, she said.
"The kids' parents or the kids' grandparents may have played with Lego.
"It's one of those timeless toys, and it's still popular after all these years."
Dunedin’s show was more interactive than others and included speed-building competitions, Ms Hay said.
Money raised from the event would be donated to Anglican Family Care.
When asked, Ms Hay said she could not guess at how many Lego bricks had been used across the whole show.
"It's like counting the sand on the shore."
