Giant Titanic model of 56,000 Legos on display in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

Brynjar Karl Birgisson from Iceland created a 26-foot long Titanic model out of 56,000 Lego bricks. The model is the world's largest Titanic Lego replica and can be seen at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge. (Photo: Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel)
Brynjar Karl Birgisson from Iceland created a 26-foot long Titanic model out of 56,000 Lego bricks. The model is the world's largest Titanic Lego replica and can be seen at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge. (Photo: Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel)

If you go

The Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge opens daily at 9 a.m. Reservations are recommended and can be made online at titanicpigeonforge.com or by phone at 1-800-381-7670.

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. - A 26-foot-long, 5-foot-high, 4-foot-wide Titanic model - built out of 56,000 Legos by an autistic boy from Iceland - is on exhibit at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge.

Obsessed with the ill-fated ocean liner, Brynjar Karl Birgisson built his replica when he was 10. Using a blueprint he created with his grandfather, he worked 11 months in a borrowed storage room.

His massive model, and his determination and construction skill, grabbed international attention. Brynjar, now 15, became known as "the Lego boy" as his model toured Norway, Sweden, Germany and Iceland. Now the Lego liner's anchored in the Pigeon Forge attraction through 2020.

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