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David Ortiz meets life-size Lego statue of himself

David Ortiz can officially say he has made it in life.

The Red Sox slugger, who is playing his final season in the major leagues, found out Wednesday that a life-size statue of him made out of Legos exists in the world.

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The impressive creation was designed by master Lego builder Erik Varszegi. He and his team used 34,510 Lego blocks to build the 6-7 statue of Ortiz's home run celebration at the company’s North American headquarters in Enfield, Conn. The entire sculpture weighs 170 pounds.