Discover the LEGO project of the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro

LEGO IDEAS is an official website of the world famous toy company where people can submit their own designs to a public vote. The most voted can guarantee that your project goes up for sale!

And this time, a curious project appeared: a replica of the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, which was hit by a fire in September last year. Get to know the project and learn how to help make it happen.

The loss of one of our greatest cultures to a fire

Many buildings are eternalized in people's minds, especially when they experience some catastrophe or had to be closed due to problems that prevented their functioning.

In the case of National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, he was hit by a fire of great proportions that condemned the building and all its items in the September 02, 2018.

For six hours, the fire consumed practically everything that existed in the collection, destroying more than 20 million the pieces, including the fossil of Luzia, the oldest inhabitant of all the Americas. THE Unesco estimated a period of 10 years for everything to be restored.

Touched by the catastrophe, a profile on the company's website submitted an interesting project, which could help to perpetuate the building: the LEGO do National Museum of Rio de Janeiro.

The idea of ​​transforming the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro into LEGO

Despite being available for voting since December last year, it was only in the last few days that this the project began to gain prominence on the site.

The profile with the name of Maxakalisaurus Topai standing the person responsible for the project who wants to transmit to the children the idea that they can rebuild the building which was eventually destroyed by fire.

In addition to assembling in their homes the replica of the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, children who choose to take this toy home will still really help rebuild the Museum that was destroyed.

If approved, all profits that are intended for the project creator will be donated to the endowment fund reconstruction of the museum.

And to make it work, the creator needs 10 supporters. Find out how to help:

How LEGO IDEAS works

As we've already talked about, the LEGO IDEAS is an website from the buildable toy company where fans and artists can submit their projects that can be assembled with the brand's parts.

To send a project, you just need to register and send photos of how you imagine the product already assembled. In this video, you can see how the site works:

To start manufacturing, your the project does not need third-party investment, as in crowfunding, he just needs to be supported by people registered on the site. There are several stages of approval, the first of which is to get support from 10 thousand users, which works as a kind of “like”. Check out another explanatory video:

After that, the the project supported by the site's community is submitted for team of development da LEGO, where it will be analyzed whether or not it is a good product to be placed on the market. If it is, it is then manufactured and shipped to stores all over the world.

The then creator from the project earns 1% of all sales of your project de LEGO. The entire process can be done for free, and you don't pay anything to submit your idea. Supporters also don't have to pay anything to be able to support your idea.

See below how you can help make the Museum project a reality.

How can I help the Museum become a LEGO?

If you liked the idea of ​​turning the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro on a LEGO, you can help by being one of the project's supporters. You can be one of the 10 thousand supporters who will to help a in the reconstruction of the building, even if indirectly. No need to rush, as the project is available for support until august 2020.

First you need access the page from the project, and then to click on the button "Support", and if you are not registered on the site, just register by creating a username and password. If you prefer, you can also connect through your Google account or with your Facebook.

After supporting the project, you can also share the link on your social networks and WhatsApp through the “Share ”. And the whole process can be done in less than 10 minutes.

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