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'Zootopia' Lego Statue an Amazing Tribute — Too Bad It Wasn't Childproof

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Zhao’s Lego re-creation of ‘Zootopia’ fox Nick Wilde, pre-destruction (All images: Weibo)

The age-old maxim that it’s hard to build but easy to destroy was proven yet again this past weekend — all thanks to a young boy’s reckless love of Zootopia.

As reported by The Shanghaiist, an intrepid artist named Zhao recently spent three days constructing a large statue of Zootopia’s con-artist fox Nick Wilde out of Lego blocks for display at a shopping mall in Ningbo, China. Zhao took photos to document the construction of this replica (which reportedly required thousands of dollars’ worth of Lego materials).

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However, mere hours after its public debut, disaster struck when a young boy bypassed a velvet-rope barrier and knocked the entire thing down, in the process just about completely ruining Zhao’s creation (only one-third of which was held together with glue).

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Apparently, the child’s parents apologized for their son’s careless behavior. For his part, Zhao has refused to accept any reimbursement for the damage caused to his Disney-inspired handiwork, which lives on in the above photos.

Kids — you can’t take them anywhere.

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