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
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.”
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
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
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
YOU CAN COMBINE SIX OF THE EIGHT-STUDDED
LEGO BRICKS IN 915,103,765 WAYS.
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
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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