What is a Lego?
Lego bricks are small injection-molded plastic pieces designed to lock together by use of a tube system. This system allows for an almost unlimited range of building possibilities. They are a wonderful open-ended creative toy enjoyed by children of all ages since their creation in Denmark in 1958.
Lego bricks are available in kits designed to create a particular object, as boxes or tubs of loose bricks, or they can also be purchased by the brick (or cup of bricks) from the Lego company itself (or one of the many official Lego stores around the world). This encourages the creation of unique Lego projects by collectors, and boy, do some collectors create!
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Legos @ Wikipedia
Lego is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and connected in many ways, to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings, and even working robots. Anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and the pieces used to make other objects. The toys were originally designed in the 1930s in Europe and have achieved an international appeal, with an extensive subculture that supports Lego movies, games, competitions, and four Lego-themed amusement parks.
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- Lego.com: the official website
- Lego's official website.
- BrickLink
- Unofficial LEGO Marketplace.
- Brickset
- Lego set reference and reviews.
- LUGNET
- The international fan-created LEGO users Group Network.
- The Mini-Mizer!
- Create a mini-you in Lego minifig.
- PromoBricks.com
- Listing of Lego commemorative bricks.
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- marsha32 marsha32 Mar 26, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
- I am adding this to the featured lenses on my own legos lens.
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- KidsPlayKitchens KidsPlayKitchens Feb 14, 2009 @ 4:20 pm
- My brother in law got into MIT because his entrance essay was about Legos! So, they're pretty much one of the best toys you could possibly find for the brain.
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- mbrownauthor mbrownauthor Jan 21, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
- I love legos! Cool lens.
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