I make this comment based on what I have gleaned from this thread, rather then read and digested every word and so I hope no offence is caused.
In the absence of evidence to the contrary, of which there is I imagine very little, I would venture that James May would be as disappointed as I, to see the efforts of Heidl and Ozgirl, and of course the many hundreds of others, treated in such a valueless manner. Lest we forget, the production company has pre-sold the project to the BBC with a view to making a profit, and the Lego House, as with the other projects, would not have happened were it not for the many volunteers involved. The majority of those were involved not, ?to be on telly? but because of a respect and affection for James May, and a desire to invest in to some great ideas, ideas that might just help families find the energy for genuine creative play away from the TV and the Xbox.
Plum Pictures, as part of the plan for the project, will have, or at least should have, considered the size of the task and the aftermath, and made known the plans to demolish within 72 hours of completion, the rented materials, as well as made ironclad any deal with Legoland if ever there was one.
An impartial observer would be forgiven the impression that the positive publicity before completion was obviously to the producers advantage, and to keep the post-completion plans for the house quiet was equally to the producers advantage. After completion, the negative publicity pointed at others gave them an ?out?, and both were cynically manipulated with no sincere thought to those who had invested a good deal of their own time, creativity and I?m sure costs on travel etc.
Would I be wrong to suggest the producers company should be renamed Plum Cocks?