Auckland teen's world record for most Lego train carriages confirmed
An Auckland teenager has just received a shiny new frame from Guinness World Records confirming that he has broken the record for most carriages in a toy train.
The train was built by 14-year-old Alex Blong, with support from the All Blocks Lego User Group, Auckland Transport and Auckland One Rail, back in May.
While it was likely at the time that he had got the record, it needed to be verified by Guinness World Records, which has now happened.
To break the record, Blong’s train and carriages had to be built with a specific Lego set (multiple), and was required to travel 10m on a track.
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It also needed to be publicly displayed and captured entirely in a single video for the record to be confirmed by Guinness World Records, with witness statements from an independent judge.
The previous Guinness World Record for the toy train with the most carriages was 69, set by K.K. Cariapa, John Seemon and Nexus Malls of India and The Lego Group of Singapore in Maharashtra in 2019.
On the official records page, Blong said holding a Guinness World Records title was absolutely amazing and a life achievement.
“I would always watch YouTube videos of other GWR titles being broken, mostly Lego ones, and I always wanted to one day break one for myself”, he said.
The Saint Kentigern College student said he had spent about $8000 on the project – which included buying the Lego sets – which he funded almost entirely by himself via his streaming business, where people pay him to open Pokemon card packs.
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