Happy 61 Years Of The LEGO Brick
Although it may not be as significant a birthday as last year, on this day 61 years ago, the LEGO® brick was ”born’. At 13:58 (Danish time) on January 28th 1958 the iconic design of the LEGO brick was patented in Denmark. If lasting over 60 years wasn’t impressive enough, those very first bricks are still compatible with those you can buy today, how many other toys can boast of that sort of achievement. There have been...
Celebrating 20 Years Of LEGO MINDSTORMS
This years marks the 20th anniversary of LEGO® MINDSTORMS, a product with changed the LEGO Group forever. When it was originally released 20 years ago, fans instantly took to this unique new LEGO set, which blended bricks with technology. So much so that Mindstormers ‘hacked’ into the system to create even more functions. However this didn’t really please LEGO. At first they took a dim view of people dabbling with...
Huge LEGO Brick Stands Tall In Time Square
What stands at 10ft tall and contains over 133,000 LEGO® bricks? Well if you happen to find yourself in New York’s Time Square this weekend you’ll find out as LEGO Master Builders from the LEGO US HQ in Enfield, Connecticut have constructed a huge 1,200-pound version of the classic “2×4” brick. This enormous LEGO brick model, which took Master Builders 350 hours to build, has been installed in New York City’s Flatiron...
Independent Toy Store Gets A LEGO Makeover
As you’ll probably already know by now, this weekend marks the 60th Anniversary of the LEGO® brick. There’ll be a number of celebrations across the world, however one of the most unique is located right here in the UK. An independent store in Rushden, Nortants has transformed their store front into one big LEGO celebration. For this weekend only, Osborne’s Toys Shop has been given a LEGO makeover, with the entire...
New LEGO 60th Anniversary Sets Revealed
A trio of new 60th Anniversary sets have been revealed by Forbes, which according to their article, will be available from Walmart stores in the US. One set is a rebranded LEGO Classic box of bricks, which contains 422 elements and is includes special packaging with the 60th Anniversary logo and some old advertising images. The other two sets are almost like reproductions of some of the first LEGO set releases and include a windmill...
Celebrating 60 Years of LEGO Bricks & Endless Creativity
This Sunday marks the 60th anniversary of LEGO bricks and even 60 years on LEGO is as popular as ever. Who knew that when Ole Kirk Kristiansen decided to purchase a moulding machine all those years ago we’ll still to playing with is creation today and how many toys made over half a century ago can boost still being compatible with ones released today. When LEGO bricks were first available they came in 5 colour varieties and no...
LEGO Store London First Anniversary
Today marks the first anniversary of the flagship LEGO® Store in London’s Leicester Square. When the store opened to the public on November 17th 2016 it became the world’s largest LEGO Brand Store and over the last year it’s played hosted to a number of key LEGO events, including the launch of some pretty high profile LEGO set launches. Before the opening in late November, excitement surrounding the new Leicester...
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