Inauguration model still attracting crowds at Legoland

February 2, 2009 | carlsbad, California | Vetting explained

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Ten days after the inauguration of President Barack Obama, crowds

still were lining up to see a facsimile fashioned from thousands of

miniature plastic bricks at Legoland California.

“I knew it was going to be a big deal, because of the importance of

the inauguration,” said Legoland master model designer Gary McIntire.

“I didn’t think it was going to explode quite the way it did.”

At the Carlsbad theme park Thursday, McIntire signed autographs for

camera-wielding visitors at the 7-foot-tall fake Capitol building and

described his first Facebook message of the day. “It said, ‘Are you

Gary the Lego guy from CNN?’” he said.

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