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		Svip on July 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How tall can a Lego tower get? True. But maybe it is the definition of a LEGO tower? It seems like this is a form of competition. The same is true for this tower in Budapest: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/video/2014/may/26/le...

Retric on July 17, 2014 [–]

If hust the outer dimentions need to be constant you could presumably make it more hollow as you go up.

Or just use lighter 2x16 blocks at the top moving down to a mix of 2x4 and 2x2 at the bottom. Still wind is probably the largest issue.

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