LEGO HOUSE: JAMES MAYS TOY STORIES PDF, EPUB, EBOOK James May | 96 pages | 07 Sep 2010 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9781844861187 | English | London, United Kingdom James May's toy LEGO house. As a child, May wondered if you could build a real house from Lego something that many will have asked themselves and now he attempts it for real, using millions of Lego bricks. Furthermore, he has to live in the house for 24 hours, so needs furniture, fixtures and fittings. The project has more than just amusement value as there are engineering benefits, with one of his advisors learning the proper way to create tensile strength in Lego - it does, after all, have to support his weight and doesn't naturally lend itself to making girders. The poor interior designer who agreed to help is almost driven to distraction by her constant attempts to make a suitable chair that won't break. The idea of James May's Toy Stories was to get kids out of their bedrooms and learn to enjoy toys from yesteryear that are still available and, it seems from these six shows, that he succeeded. One of the deleted scenes is a quite nice piece with Peter Snow, who has a large model railway in his attic. They talk about model trains and toys in general and how they can compete with computer games. The interview is brief but does contain some interesting information with May talking about the inspiration for the project and specific interviews. The Picture A sharp widescreen picture, as you would expect for something still being broadcast on TV. The episodes are very well filmed and edited, cutting between the different locations to show the progress. The Scalextric race is really well put together and using Tiff Needell to follow the action and relay it back to May really adds a sense of urgency and excitement. The Sound The Dolby Digital stereo soundtrack is very clear with a good variety of modern popular music playing in the background. There are English HoH subtitles which are well written and error free. Final Thoughts James May is a wonderful TV presenter who is extremely passionate about these toys and throws himself headfirst into these projects. His narration is funny and well delivered, and his interpersonal skills are very amusing. He also has a knack for public speaking which adds to the show's charm. As someone who grew up on the cusp of the computer revolution, I spent a lot of time building Airfix models and playing with Scalextric and Lego, so I know why May has such a love for these toys. This website needs Javascript to function properly. It might be sort of usable without it, but don't hold your breath! Seriously, you need a browser running Javascript! It looks totally pants right now, like, totally. About This Item. Other Reviews, etc. Places to Buy. Other Images. Related Items. DVD Waveriders. DVD Dead Set. Blu-ray Heroes: Season 3. DVD Heroes: Season 3. Related Articles. James May continues his quest to show just what is possible with old fashioned toys by using them on a scale never seen before. This week James tries to make a garden entirely out of Plasticine and then enter it at the Chelsea Flower Show. He persuades thousands of members of the British public to help make the thousands of Plasticine flowers. James May continues his quest to show just what is possible with old fashioned toys when he uses them on a scale never before seen. This week James joins forces with Edwina Currie to build a full size bridge from nothing but Meccano. Top engineers pitch incredible designs, but the project soon careers out of control when the Meccano does not arrive. This week, he attempts to build the biggest Scalextric track in the world, nearly three miles long. With hundreds of volunteers, he wants to build it on the site of Britain's oldest grand prix track - at Brooklands in Surrey. James attempts to build the longest ever model railway track - a whopping ten miles long. He builds it in Devon, linking two towns, Barnstaple and Bideford, who last had a train service over 40 years ago. Thousands of people turn out to help, but how will James' childhood model train cope in the pouring rain, with leaves on the line and every bit of mud in the way? James concludes his quest to show just what is possible with old fashioned toys by using them on a scale never seen before. He attempts his biggest, most ambitious challenge of them all: building a full-size house out of Lego. With thousands of people and over three million Lego bricks, James attempts to do what no-one has ever managed, to build a two story house out of this colourful toy. Learn more. - Review - James May's Toy Stories Prime Video uses cookies to provide services to you, including authentication, preserving settings, and delivering content. Other Amazon sites may use cookies for additional purposes. To learn more about how Amazon uses cookies, please see Amazon Cookies Notice. This title may not be available to watch from your location. Go to amazon. James May is on a mission: to get kids away from their video games, to drag parents off their backsides and get them all playing together again. Using some of the world's best loved toys, James puts generations of families at the heart of some ludicrously ambitious adventures and extraordinary feats of engineering that fire the imagination and remind us of the joys of doing things together. This video is currently unavailable to watch in your location. Add to Watchlist. By clicking play, you agree to our Terms of Use. Episodes 6 Sort by Episode number Newest episodes Available to watch. Audio languages. James May is out to prove why traditional, old fashioned toys are still relevant today when he pushes them to the limit in spectacular, supersize challenges. From full size Lego houses to bridges made completely of Meccano, he shows just what they are capable of. This week, James takes model aeroplanes to a whole new level when he tries to make a full size spitfire out of Airfix. Where to Watch. My News Sign up and add shows to get the latest updates about your favorite shows - Start Now. Popular Shows 1. The Bachelorette 2. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 3. The Voice 4. Donald Trump Rally 5. Aurora Teagarden 6. Popular Movies 1. Sexy Beast 2. Hocus Pocus 3. The Greatest Showman 4. Halloween 5. Halloweentown 6. Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Popular Celebrities 1. Tyler Perry 2. June Squibb 3. Prime Video: James May's Toy Stories The team of volunteers, joined by Oz Clarke and the German founders of Miniatur Wunderland , find themselves with the task of setting up ten miles of model track, and ensuring five different model trains - including May's very own s-vintage model of the Flying Scotsman , and the prototype of Hornby's Class "Javelin" model - can complete the journey between the towns. The project is soon deemed a failure, when each train slowly breaks down in succession across the day of the challenge, due to extensive overworking of their model motor component. The series was nominated in the Features category of the British Academy Television Awards , but lost out to the eventual winner, Masterchef: The Professionals. James May released a book in conjunction with the series, through Conway Publishing From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. British television series. 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