Brickworld: LEGO Convention in Chicago

Brickworld, a LEGO convention , took place in Chicago this weekend. Hundreds of attendees (and life-sized minifigs) showed up at the Westin Hotel to take part in seminars and building sessions, getting into...

Lego Introduces Frank Lloyd Wright Series

When I was very young I knew I wanted to be an architect, based mainly on the fact that I could build nearly anything out of Lego. It seems, though, I was working at a severe technological deficit. In the later...

Lego: From Pirate Ships to Point and Shoots

    The Danish toy maker Lego has stepped back from their well known coloured building block toys and into the digital world. They have joined up with a US company to produce child friendly...

The World's First Female LEGO Artist

Okay, I know it's a little bit of self promotion, but if no one else knows, you have to tell them yourself.  My name is Mariann Asanuma and I am a Freelance LEGO Artist.  I have been a LEGO fan as long...

Lego Loses Its Trademark

Lego is no longer trademarked. The blockmaker was unsuccessful in its court case to prove that its distinctive knobs (which, as we all know, connect the blocks to each other, as well as facilitate the attachment...

Children find Giant LEGO man washed up on the beach

The giant 8ft Lego man who fall from a boat ? The kids love the green red Lego man. Lego says, no idea where he comes from. So the Kids may have a modern beach sculputure to play with. What an adventure, go beach...

It's all child's play ... kids help build 30m Lego tower that's a record breaker

"Hundreds of children will help build the tallest record tower in history this week which will eventually stand 30m tall and weigh 1.5 tonnes.The tower, behind the city hall in Vienna, will beat the previous...

Bronx druglords busted for stashing cocaine in Lego toys in Puerto Rico and m...

Turns out Lego is for more than building castles these days."Ringleader Jose David Diaz-Ortega, 28, and his eight cohorts used associates in Puerto Rico to ship the coke-laden toy kits to addresses in Manhattan...

Celebrity LEGO Figurines - Brad Pitt, Amy Winehouse and the Beckhams (GALLERY)

This is so uncool!!"LEGO has made a ton of yellow-skinned pop culture icons in recent years, including Indiana Jones, Batman, Speed Racer, and SpongeBob SquarePants. To celebrate LEGO’s 30th anniversary, the Denmark toy company has produced a series of celebrity-inspired...

World's tallest LEGO tower built

The world’s tallest LEGO structure has been built at the Legoland Windsor theme park in England.  The tower was built from 500,000 LEGO pieces, and is close to 100 feet tall!  Watch the time-lapse...

Jpod fans organise on Facebook to revive the show

"Fans of the cancelled CBC show, Jpod, are planning to emulate the antics of fans across the border to save their beloved programme.A Facebook group has been set up to coordinate a mail-in blitz to CBC in...

Lego turns 50

The Lego company is certainly doing something right.  The little interlocking brick we all know and love is now fifty years old, despite video games, movies, and the countless new toys available to kids. I'm...

Imagine 'A World Made of Legos'...See it in Tokyo!

Imagine some of the most famous sites in the world brought together in one space. This is what 'Piece of Peace' does. Buildings classified as World Heritage sites are recreated. The twist is that they are all made of Lego®.  A photo report by Kevin McGue (on Tokyo Art...

Lego Still Going Strong After 50 Years

I remember when every birthday, holiday and vacation was greeted by boxes of these shiny, deceptively simple-looking plastic bricks.I only had a few of the pirates, they weren't really my preference. Instead I had...

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