Modular Concrete Barrier - Merkel Lego

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Modular Concrete Barriers or also known as Merkel-Legos.These bricks became infamous in Germany after the 2016 terrorist attack on one of the most popular Berlin Christmas markets in which the terrorist used a truck to run through the stalls. To protect against such attacks in the future, since they have been committed similarly elsewhere as well, these modular concrete barriers were erected close to highly frequented public areas and gathering spots. Due to their appearance and function as well as in reference to the then in-office Chancellor Angela Merkel, they were quickly called Merkel-Legos.They were often painted with ironic remarks by people such as "Danke, Merkel!" ("Thank you, Merkel!") and "Multikulti läuft." ("Multiculturalism is going well."). The barriers stood in stark contrast to the open-borders policy that Merkel had been using previously. Others were just painted in bright colors to make them look more happy instead of bland, sad and grey.I have included all variants of which I have found photographic evidence. If you know of any others that you would like to be included let me know. I will try to work on some molds soon to be able to make them from actual concrete. Currently included:2x42x4 with forklift grooves2x4 half height2x61x41x4 half height2x4 Mold Upper2x4 Mold LowerScale of the files is 1:1000.