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Following a successful second season of LEGO® MASTERS on Channel Nine, Honda Australia has once again partnered with Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught to create a new Honda-inspired model made of LEGO bricks for 2020.

This year Honda Australia has brought together its acclaimed Civic Type R hot hatch with another iconic figure from the Australian automotive landscape, the legendary Mount Panorama race circuit, to recreate the Bathurst track made out of LEGO bricks, but with a unique Honda twist.

Regarded as one of the greatest racetracks in the world, the challenging Mount Panorama circuit became a special part of Honda Australia’s history with the Civic Type R a little over 12 months ago, when F1 World Champion Jenson Button set a benchmark lap time for a front-wheel drive production car around the famous Bathurst layout.

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Designed to showcase the unique ‘world of Honda’ against the backdrop of Australia’s greatest racetrack, Mount Hondarama will be an engaging and interactive extension of the ‘Type R Challenge’ concept that made history when it was brought Down Under last year.

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“Honda is a company all about creativity and innovation, which is precisely what LEGO MASTERS brings to Australian television,” said Mr. Robert Thorp, General Manager – Product, Customer and Communications.

“The show inspired so many people last year, as did our life-size Civic Type R made of LEGO bricks, so we were excited to work with the Brickman and his team again in 2020.

“The Bathurst track made of LEGO bricks will be a Honda dreamscape, a graphic representation to reflect Honda’s values and the joy of creating, so we look forward to sharing it with our customers and LEGO fans throughout the year.”

To bring the Honda dreamscape to life as ‘Mount Hondarama’, the Brickman and his team have also used the extremely rare LEGO remote control cars, to create a dynamic LEGO racing car set based on Australia’s most famous race circuit.

Mount Hondarama is 3.3 metres long and 1.8 metres wide, weighs approximately 210 kilograms and took a team of eight builders over 650 hours to construct, using more than 150,000 LEGO bricks.

“The biggest challenge for us this year is the fact that we’ve got lots of moving pieces. Moving parts are very challenging to do with LEGO, let alone having cars actually racing around a LEGO model,” said Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught, LEGO Certified Professional.

“Our mantra is to grab people’s attention with something obvious and then hold their attention with lots of special details and fun things. One of the great things about LEGO bricks is that you can bring dreams to life and that’s exactly what we’ve been able to do with all of Honda’s products.”

Honda is a truly unique company with one of the most diverse mobility portfolios in the world, from cars and motorcycles, to generators, lawnmowers and marine engines, as well as robots and jet aircraft, its total production exceeds 30 million units annually and its products are a part of daily life for people all around the world.

Mount Hondarama includes many of Honda’s most recognised products transformed into LEGO, including its latest cars, motorcycles and power equipment, along with some iconic cars from years gone by. There is also a Honda dealership and service centre, a Formula One car to represent Honda’s global motorsport activities, as well as the truly unique HondaJet, which is the fastest, highest-flying, quietest and most fuel-efficient jet in its class.

Last year Honda’s award-winning Civic Type R was transformed into a life-size LEGO model using more than 320,000 bricks – it took over 1,300 hours to bring the Civic Type R in LEGO to life and it was recently rated by carsales.com.au to be the best full-size LEGO car ever built.

To see the full reveal of Mount Hondarama, visit Honda Australia’s YouTube channel here: Mount Hondarama – The Reveal

For more information and additional content, visit the LEGO MASTERS page on Honda Australia’s website here: Honda – LEGO MASTERS 2020