"If you put the 340 million Minifigures produced in a year next to each other in a line, it would stretch out 7,900 km (4,909 miles.)
That’s close to t the same distance between London, UK to Beijing, China."
"The LEGO bricks were invented are over 65 years old. The bricks made back in 1958 will still fit perfectly with your modern LEGO."
"The moulds used to produce LEGO bricks are insanely accurate. We’re talking within two-thousandths of a millimetre (0.002 mm). "
"The moulds are so accurate that only around 18 bricks in every million created fail to meet the company’s strict quality standard."
"The world’s tallest LEGO tower was 35.05 m (114 ft 11 in). This beast used an estimated 550,000 bricks."
"LEGO Minifigures are the world’s largest population, with over 4 billion of them worldwide."
"During the Christmas season, almost 28 LEGO sets are sold each second."
"LEGOLAND, the first LEGO themed park opened in Billund, Denmark, in 1968."
"At LEGOLAND people can hold the badass job title of Master Model Builders. "
"Laid end to end, the number of LEGO bricks sold in a year could wrap around the world five times round the world."
"At LEGOLAND people hold the badass job title of Master Model Builders. "
"On average there are 80 LEGO bricks for every person on earth."
"The largest LEGO sets are currently…LEGO Art World Map – 11,695 pieces
LEGO Eiffel Tower – 10,001 pieces
LEGO Titanic – 9,090 pieces
LEGO Colosseum – 9,036 pieces
UCS LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon – 7,541 pieces"
"LEGO’s motto is “only the best is good enough”."
"LEGO is the largest toy company in the world. They passed Hasbro and Mattel in 2015."
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LEGO is a brand completely absorbed by capitalism. The quality is decrasing, the design is decreasing, functionality, innovation, playability is decreasing, the only thing increasing are the retail prices. Meanwhile they sue competitors left and right for copyright violations.
I have a sneaking suspicion you were only allowed to play with Dreidels as a child. Were you only allowed to play with Dreidels as a child? Cuz that's what I'm thinking, that you were only allowed to play with Dreidels.
Lego has records sales even though their patent expired. Also are starting to produce bricks from plant material, that is biodegradable.