Aardman Animations & The LEGO Pirates
UK animation studio, Aardman Animations is best known for its wonderful short film and big-screen adventures. But they have also been putting those skills to use in order to create TV ads for a number of iconic brands. This year, Aardman Animation is celebrating an impressive 40 years of creating TV adverts and you may be surprised to know that includes one for the LEGO Group. Back in 1989, the much-loved LEGO® Pirates theme first set...
Fancy Owning The Brick-Built LEGO Gromit Statue
Back in July the LEGO Group were one of the many creators tasked with creating a Gromit statue for Aardman Animations charity The Grand Appeal. A series of Wallace & Gromit statues were created and placed around Bristol, with all proceeds from the event going to the Bristol Children’s Hospital. LEGO® created a cracking brick-built version of Gromit from LEGO bricks. The ‘Gromit Unleashed 2’ charity trail has now ended...
Giant LEGO Gromit Unleashed In Bristol
The LEGO Group has joined force with Aardman Animations for their charity trail ‘Gromit Unleashed 2’. A number of well known brands and artists have all created a very special large-scale Gromit statue. These are then placed around Bristol and have been created to raise money for Aardman’s charity drive, to raise money for Bristol Children’s Hospital. LEGO® Gromit has been created from an incredible 30,456 LEGO...