Napoleon's Waterloo moment relived in Lego

Updated May 31 2015 - 1:08am, first published 1:05am
A Lego picture of Napoleon is part of an exhibition in Waterloo, Belgium,  to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.  Photo: Yves Herman
A Lego picture of Napoleon is part of an exhibition in Waterloo, Belgium, to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. Photo: Yves Herman
A Lego picture of Napoleon is part of an exhibition in Waterloo, Belgium,  to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.  Photo: Yves Herman
A Lego picture of Napoleon is part of an exhibition in Waterloo, Belgium, to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. Photo: Yves Herman
A Lego picture of Napoleon is part of an exhibition in Waterloo, Belgium,  to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.  Photo: Yves Herman
A Lego picture of Napoleon is part of an exhibition in Waterloo, Belgium, to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. Photo: Yves Herman
A Lego picture of Napoleon is part of an exhibition in Waterloo, Belgium,  to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.  Photo: Yves Herman
A Lego picture of Napoleon is part of an exhibition in Waterloo, Belgium, to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. Photo: Yves Herman

It's an achievement that Napoleon himself might have been proud of: a huge tableau of the French emperor's life made entirely out of 1.2 million Lego blocks.