{"product_id":"metal-earth-sydney-opera-house","title":"Metal Earth: Sydney Opera House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFourteen years late, fifteen times over budget, and worth every cent of it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJorn Utzon won the competition in 1957 with a drawing nobody knew how to build, and it took most of a decade to work out that the shells could all be cut from the surface of a single sphere. He left the country before it opened and never came back to see it. It is now the thing Australia puts on the front of everything, which is a reasonable outcome for a building that was once a national embarrassment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitecture kits are a different sort of build from the vehicles: fewer moving parts, more repeated curved sections that all have to line up. The shells are the whole job here, and getting them to sit right is genuinely satisfying. Laser-cut stainless steel, no glue or paint, tweezers recommended. Finishes in bare steel on a stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e A gift going overseas, where it will explain itself without a card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaser-cut steel | No glue required | Age 14+\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metal Earth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49772482199704,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/8381\/9672\/files\/metal-earth-opera-house.jpg?v=1788328094","url":"https:\/\/www.cartellgames.com.au\/products\/metal-earth-sydney-opera-house","provider":"Cartell Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}