The store commissioned 12-year-old Casper Larmon-Speers to make the LEGO replica of the 1909 heritage building.
The project took more than a year and a half to complete, and includes more than 5,000 bricks, with some sourced from as far away as Europe. “It was mainly the designing process that took a while because it’s quite a complex bookstore with all the books and walls,” Larmon-Speers told CHEK News on Saturday.Twelve-year-old Casper Larmon-Speers is pictured next to the 5,000-piece LEGO model.
Video of the construction process shows Larmon-Speers taking reference photos of the building and creating digital plans before any bricks are connected.According to Munro’s, some familiar faces are also recreated in the LEGO replica, including store founder Jim Munro.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.