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Build the Taj Mahal out of 5900 LEGO pieces, the biggest LEGO set ever made

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Quit wasting your time building LEGO models of Death Stars and LEGO space ships from moldy and childish movies that are decades old. Leap back a few centuries and build the Taj Mahal, the most beautiful structure ever created.

Construct the 5900 LEGO pieces — the biggest commercially available LEGO set yet — and you’ll have this detailed replica of the gorgeous mausoleum commissioned by India’s Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his main squeeze, Mumtaz Mahal.

You might need to spend some serious time to build this beast, but it certainly won’t take the 22 years and twenty thousand workers required to finish construction of the original back in 1648. And when you figure it would cost trillions of today’s dollars to build the real Taj, the $299 price of this LEGO set seems cheap.






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i need this project by tommowor its is an history i need to now how to build it or give me instrutions to it please...More »


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By disgusted at 12:58 PM ON 09/16/08

Shah Jahan would behead you. Did you even see a photo of the building?? I hope the women in the lives of the perpetrators of this monstrosity before they die - look as ugly compared to their actual features as this does compared to the real thing. Pure sacrilege. Publish that - I dare you.

By evilbob at 7:15 PM ON 09/23/08

I agree with you disgusted. this lego taj mahal is horrible. i thought lego would have at least put some effort into it. shame on lego for this insulting model.

By Bernd at 5:43 PM ON 10/15/08

The new Lego 10189 Taj Mahal dwarfs everything that has been available commercially before.
Building was a small challenge. My four boys, 13 to 8 1/2 years old, built it up within just seven hours.
Not one part missing, even a few left over
It's a real beauty. I can't stop admiring.
A light inside makes it a small jewel!
The Lego Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series is great and expensive. But this set is just "greater" and rather worth the money!

By liv at 6:56 PM ON 10/20/08

i need this project by tommowor its is an history i need to now how to build it or give me instrutions to it please its an A i need this grade badly


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