YOU could have been mistaken the world's biggest celebrity was in town over the weekend.
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While it wasn't a celebrity that had everyone talking, there was something at this year's Ballarat Begonia Festival that has many stopping to take a look.
A seamlessly never ending queue had formed for a glimpse at the giant Lego begonia.
Families travelled far and wide to see what the fuss was all about, with the smiles on everyone's faces saying it all.
One of Ballarat's biggest Lego fans, 7-year-old Lucas Russell was amazed at the two metre plastic flower.-
"It's really cool," he said.
"I like the ladybird."
Even the smell of food couldn't persuade Lucas to wait any longer for the chance to see the flower up close on Saturday.
"We were going to go and get food and then he seen it and we had to go see first," his mother, Jodi Flower-Russell said.
Mrs Flower-Russell expects the Lego creation to be the talk of the family over the weekend with Lucas's father and brother, both also big fans of Lego, missing out on the chance to see the display.
"His father is a massive Lego fan, we would all sit and make it together," she said.-
"They're away camping on the coast, they will be extremely jealous."
The Lego replica of a begonia bloom was created by Lego-certified professional Ryan McNaught who spent about 400 hours designing and building the flower.
Inspired to now build his own version of the begonia, Lucas only needs 99,000 more bricks to accomplish his own.
"If I had enough pieces I would try ... maybe," he said.
alicia.thomas@fairfaxmedia.com.au