Is this a male menopause thing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui5mQE-yIFo
I think you should be making it in matchsticks!
Edit; actually FT; why not come over for a weekend at my place? We can lift all the floor boards and recover all the bloody Lego thats fallen down there over the years. I reckon there's enough under here to build a full size replica.