70 Years Of The LEGO System In Play
It’s been 70 years since the LEGO Group introduced the System in Play. This simple idea had a vision to unite every LEGO® element, so that a brick made in 1955 would still be fully compatible with one made today. Regardless of when a set was released or what the set was based on, the System in Play remains the heart of the LEGO Group’s portfolio of brick-based products. The System In Play was created by Godtfred Kirk...
LEGO Group Shifts Focus From Plastic Bottle Bricks
Back in 2021, the LEGO Group revealed plans to develop a prototype LEGO® brick made from recycled plastic. This was the latest step in its journey to make LEGO products from sustainable materials. However, the plan to develop LEGO bricks from plastic bottles has now been abandoned according to the Financial Times (alternative access to a similar report can be found here). This is due to the process of turning used plastic bottles into...
LEGO Group Offers Sustainability Update
As well as releasing their annual results, the LEGO Group has also released a Sustainability Report, which offers some interesting snippets of information and changes to LEGO® products and packaging. It’s already been reported that the plastic bags used in LEGO sets will be replaced with paper ones. I took a look at some of them found in the 2021 LEGO Employee set. After a successful trial, the paper bags will be introduced into...
LEGO Goes Big On YouTube
After the launch of the LEGO Gaming YouTube Channel, a number of other official LEGO YouTube channels have begun or rebranded. Joining LEGO Gaming is the LEGO Family, LEGO Lab, LEGO Group and LEGO FanTube channels, each of which cater for different aspects of the LEGO brand with all-new videos every week. These includes original content and fan-made videos, all of which celebrate the love of the brick. LEGO Family is focused towards...
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