Serious business.
And then there's this. From gCaptain:
Finally… the highly anticipated LEGO version of the world’s largest ship, Maersk Line’s Triple-E, is on sale andready to orderon backorderis sold out!
Sorry folks, but Maersk Line made the announcement Thursday that due to popular demand, the Triple-E LEGO kit is sold out.
With more than 1,500 pieces, features of the Triple-E set include rotating gold-colored propeller blades, brick-built twin 8-cylinder engines, viewing window into the engine compartment, adjustable rudders, detachable lifeboats, removable containers, rotating crane arms and a special good luck coin placed.
For you enthusiasts out there, the model boasts a rare color scheme with medium azur, dark red, sand blue and sand green. The set also includes a display stand and fact plaque with detailed information about the ship.Until his death Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller was back and forth with Lego CEO Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen for the title of richest Dane.
The Triple-E set was first unveiled by LEGO in September, just a few months after the first real life vessel in the Triple-E class, MV Mc-Kinney Møller, sailed from the DSME shipyard in South Korea, where Maersk has ordered a total 20 of the ships. At 400 meters long and with a capacity to carry 18,000 TEU, the containerships are currently the largest in the world.
You can pick up the Triple-E set for $149.99 from the Lego website, although it seems the model is currentlyon backordersold out....MORE