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FACTS ABOUT LEGO YOU MIGHT ENJOY TOYING WITH

Added on: 30th Jun 2016

 

IF YOU’VE EVER WONDERED WHY THERE AREN’T

ANY BLOND MINI-FIGURES IN THE REGULAR

LEGO SETS, THE REASON ISN’T BECAUSE THE

MANUFACTURERS DON’T LIKE BLONDES, BUT

BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEY WOULD LOOK BAD

WITH THE YELLOW HEADS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE

STILL BLOND FIGURES IN THE LICENSED LINES,

SUCH AS STAR WARS OR HARRY POTTER

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THERE ARE ARTISTS WHO SCULPT EXCLUSIVELY

USING LEGOS. FOR EXAMPLE, NATHAN SAWAYA,

A NEW YORK–BASED ARTIST, WAS THE FIRST ARTIST

TO BRING LEGOS INTO THE ART WORLD AND

CURRENTLY HAS A TOURING EXHIBITION CALLED

“THE ART OF THE BRICK.”

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IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T NOTICED, THERE’S A HOLE

IN THE HEAD OF THE MINI-FIGURES NOW. ACCORDING

TO THE MANUFACTURERS, LEGO ADDED THIS HOLE

TO THE TOP OF EACH HEAD JUST IN CASE A CHILD

ACCIDENTALLY GOT ONE STUCK IN THEIR THROAT.

THAT WAY THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO BREATHE

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STUDENTS AT JOHN DICKINSON HIGH SCHOOL IN

DELAWARE BUILT THE WORLD’S LARGEST LEGO

TOWER IN AUGUST 2013. IT STANDS 112FT ELEVEN

STORIES HIGH AND CONTAINS OVER 500,000 BRICKS

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IN 2009, A MAN NAMED JAMES MAY IN SURREY,

CONSTRUCTED THE WORLD’S FIRST FULL-SIZE LEGO

HOUSE, USING 3.3 MILLION BRICKS. THE HOUSE

CONTAINED A WORKING TOILET, A SHOWER AND A

BED ALL MADE OF LEGO

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YOU CAN COMBINE SIX OF THE EIGHT-STUDDED

LEGO BRICKS IN 915,103,765 WAYS.

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LEGO BRICKS ARE PART OF A “UNIVERSAL SYSTEM,”

WHICH MEANS THAT REGARDLESS OF THE YEAR THEY

WERE MADE AND THE SET THEY BELONG TO, EACH

PIECE IS COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER EXISTING

PIECES. IN OTHER WORDS, THE BRICKS MADE WAY

BACK IN 1958 WILL FIT PERFECTLY WITH THOSE

YOU PLAY WITH TODAY

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THE FIRST VERSION OF LEGO MINDSTORMS WAS

LAUNCHED IN 1998, BASED ON COLLABORATION

BETWEEN THE LEGO GROUP AND THE MASSACHUSETTS

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT). TWO FURTHER

VERSIONS HAVE BEEN RELEASED, ONE IN 2006 AND

THE OTHER IN 2013

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