Lego Jeep of 120,000 pieces crumbles after builder sits in it

Jeeps are known to be tough vehicles, but only when they're made of metal. Ones made of Lego? Not so much. The builder of an impressive Lego Jeep, comprising 120,000 tiny plastic bricks, found out the hard way when he tried to sit inside his life-size creation.

Before the Jeep's collapse, it was quite the structure. The backbone was an actual ladder frame chassis made of Lego bricks, complete with shocks and leaf springs. From there, builders attached separately constructed body panels, such as fenders, grille, firewall and floorboards, to the chassis while it sat on jack stands.

By contrast, most of the life-size Lego vehicles we've seen only resemble the car on the outer-most layers. Underneath, they're typically supported by either Lego reinforcing structures that have little in common with actual automotive architecture, or boxed support frames made of non-Lego materials such as wood.