A One Piece fan’s enormous LEGO model of the Marineford Battle has recently gone viral on Reddit after it was spotted in a collector’s shop in Mongolia. The creator and designer, Bayasgalan Bayaara, stated that the model took six months, one million LEGO bricks, 5,000 LEGO Minifigures and 25 LEGO ships.

The creator, Bayasgalan Bayaraa, is the owner of Kids Toys Mongolia and appeared on Mongolian news last year when he first debuted the Marineford Battle Castle. A screengrab photo from the news segment was posted on Reddit, where Bayaara commented, "We are so happy that we finished our One Piece Marineford Castle after 6 months. That is around 2,000 kg with 1,000,000 lego bricks, 5.000 Lego Minifigures and 25 Big Lego Ships."

Building One Piece's Marineford Summit Arc Took 1 Million LEGO Bricks and 5,000 Minifigures

Comments on the post praised Bayaara for the massive creation and called for an official LEGO x One Piece collaboration. Others took guesses as to how much a LEGO set of this size would cost, ranging from US$10,000-$150,000 USD after the likely upcharge for official One Piece licensing. For context, "The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell™" LEGO set, which includes 15 Minifigures and around 6,000 pieces, is currently available at Lego.com for US$499. Assuming a similar ratio, a licensed One Piece LEGO set with 1,000,000 pieces and 5,000 Minifigures would cost roughly US$116,650.

Bayaara also previously created a smaller model, with 60,000 pieces and 800 Minifigures, which he presented on Facebook in 2018. This post shows that even in the smaller model, each figurine was painstakingly accurate and curated to truly set the scene of One Piece’s Marineford Summit War.

One Piece is currently available to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll and Prime Video. The manga is published in English by VIZ Media.

Source: Reddit, Facebook