Going into hospital is never a fun thing and for many it can be a rather scary experience, none more so than kids. During this year’s LEGO® Play Day, a number of mini LEGO MRI Scanners were built by LEGO employees. These mini brick-built scanners are a joint venture with amazing UK-based charity Fairy Bricks, who will be taking them into hospitals in order to help ease younger patients. Who may need to be placed into one of these intimating real life scanners. They are still in the test phase, with pre-built and kits being taken into hospitals. These will not become retail sets but it’s great to see LEGO bricks being used in such a magical way. This is just one a many great ways Fairy Bricks along with the LEGO Group have used LEGO to brighten the lives of kids in hospital. Such as taking sets into hospitals for patients to build during their stay to creating the Build to Give campaign.
As I’m getting a few emails asking where to get one, these are NOT going to be made into retail sets, they are being trialed by LEGO and Fairy Bricks as a tool to help patients in hospital. Fairy Bricks are handling their introduction to hospitals. Feel free to contact Fairy Bricks using the link above for more information, but please note it is unlikely they will be able to sell you one or provide instructions.
Images via Justin Ramsden, Sophie Gadd and Natalie Marleny (Twitter)
28th September 2019
How do I get one
28th September 2019
How do I order
28th September 2019
Please see updated information on the main article, I’ve also contacted Fairy Bricks for more information
28th September 2019
How do I order an MRI set? Are there any available for sale? I am an MRI Technologist.
28th September 2019
Please see updated information on the main article, I’ve also contacted Fairy Bricks for more information
28th September 2019
Please could we purchase one for our MRI scanner to show the kids.
28th September 2019
Please see updated information on the main article, I’ve also contacted Fairy Bricks for more information
28th September 2019
I want one…please
I m from Argentina
28th September 2019
Please see updated information on the main article, I’ve also contacted Fairy Bricks for more information
28th September 2019
I do I go about getting one?
Do you have other modalities?
28th September 2019
Please see update to original article
24th January 2022
Would love to get one of these for my daughter. She has had to go through these a number of times.
24th January 2022
They are not official sets and will not be sold, the LEGO Group are donating them to hospitals although there are no official details on how this is happening
24th January 2022
How do I order one please my son has to have an MRI regularly and will do for his whole life
24th January 2022
They are not official sets and will not be sold, the LEGO Group are donating them to hospitals although there are no official details on how this is happening