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International Star Wars Day (May the 4th) is right around the corner and fans all over the world are gearing up. Indeed, LEGO Australia celebrated in epic fashion with the building of the southern hemisphere's largest LEGO Star Wars Death Star. LEGO master builder Chris Steininger invited thousands of kids to join him in the build and naturally, the turnout was huge and the results were spectacular. Man of Many sat down with him to hear what it's like to have the best job in the world and build
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00:05My name is Chris. I'm a LEGO Master Builder and I'm from the United States in Enfield, Connecticut.
00:11So I'm here in Sydney at the Warringham Mall to build a massive two and a half meter tall LEGO
00:16Death Star.
00:18There is a grand total of eight LEGO Master Builders in the entire world and we all work out of
00:24Enfield, Connecticut.
00:25We actually get paid to play with LEGO for a living. So we are the ones that design, build and
00:29create all the large scale sculptures like you see at a LEGO Land Park or right behind me here with
00:36the LEGO Death Stars.
00:39Essentially a LEGO Master Builder is an artist. We just happen to sculpt with LEGO bricks rather than clay or
00:45wood.
00:46In high school always have been very much into how things work, how things come apart, how things are built.
00:52Really into building with wood, working with wood. And I would build furniture for myself.
00:57People would ask for furniture. I'd build furniture for them as well.
01:00My father and I, he helped out. We built a 17-foot rowboat. So that was one of the things
01:06that we did together, which was a lot of fun.
01:10Do I have the best job in the world? I like to think I do. I absolutely love what I
01:15do.
01:16I get to travel the world, meet cool people and building really awesome LEGO creations. So I can't complain.
01:22Yeah, you...
01:25Absolutely.
01:27I love the way…
01:27I take care of yourself or welcome home now to build a home business as well…
01:27But how much less it is, I don't know exactly what I mean.
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