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Exclusive Video: How Lego Builds the Minifigs
Exclusive Video: How Lego Builds the Minifigs
One of the best parts of my trip to Lego and exploring their factory was the minifig production lines, where the head and body of the most famous toy citizen in world gets painted and assembled at uncanny speeds. To celebrate its 30th Anniversary, here's a video showing how they are built, from raw plastic to final assembly. [Update: we are also celebrating a video contest with original—and expensive—vintage sets as prizes] More »
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By Jesus Diaz
Comment by clevermonkey: What about the proto-minifigs? the ones without facial features or the ability to move? I've had Lego sets since... more » | Other threads
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Exclusive: Inside the Lego Factory
Exclusive: Inside the Lego Factory
This video shows something that very few people have had the opportunity to witness: the inside of the Lego factory, with no barriers or secrets. I filmed every step in the creation of the brick. From the raw granulate stored in massive silos to the molding machines to the gigantic storage cathedrals to the decoration and packaging warehouses, you will be able to see absolutely everything, including the most guarded secret of the company: the brick molds themselves. More »
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By Jesus Diaz
Comment by Pellemand: Funky. I actually work at LEGO during vacations to make some dough for the rest of the year. Worked at Kornmarken... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Giant Lego Storage Buildings
65-foot-high Lego Cathedrals Store 19 Billion Pieces a Year
Without a doubt, the Lego brick storage buildings were the most impressive part of my visit to Lego. When I first saw their 65.6-foot high ceilings, with multiple giant robots going up and down retrieving boxes full of bricks, I felt like I entered the Matrix. Below the thunderous noise of the flying machines, I heard myself shouting: "It's a cathedral." And as you will see in the video, with a total 65.6 square-miles of shelf space—900 million pieces at any given time—they are indeed The Lego Cathedrals. I was in total awe, and the amazement didn't stop there. More »
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By Jesus Diaz
Comment by JedLabadoozie: The area of the storage must be wrong? If there are 500000 boxes, and they, lets say occupy 2 square meters... more » | Other threads
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The Lego Mega-Guide
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lego
You sent the questions and now here are the answers. Do you want to know how many bricks are produced per minute? How many bricks have been produced in history? What's the best-selling set ever? What has been the worst? Do they recycle? How did they survive the crisis that almost killed them? How successful is Mindstorms? What are the actual names of each of the pieces? Why there are no blondes in Lego sets? Why there are extra pieces sometimes? Here's the definitive mega-reference, straight from Lego.
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By Jesus DiazComment by kzooguy: oh man, it's been a while since I've used Legos. But I still keep all my legos from my... more » | Other threads
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The Lego Secret Vault
Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History
I have to confess that life hasn't been very good lately. Work around the clock, not enough free time, trying to have kids and crashing badly... all while moving to a country I don't particularly like, away from my best friends and family. Maybe that's why visiting Lego's Memory Lane-the secret vault guarding almost every Lego set ever manufactured-touched me in a way I didn't expect. This wasn't amazement or simple awe. I was already astonished to no end by the tour of the Lego factory. No, this was something else, something bigger than the impressive view of the 4,720 Lego sets inside this lair. These weren't just simple boxes full of bricks. These were tickets to ride a time portal to emotions and simpler days long forgotten. More »
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By Jesus Diaz
Comment by OprahBabb: Sometimes the coolest toys are the oldest toys. Those vintage Legos were too fucking cool. Gives me the same feeling... more » | Other threads
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Lego Kennedy Space Center
750,000-Brick Kennedy Space Center Is the Mother of All Lego Models
Forget about the Lego Airbus A380 and the Lego Death Star, because this video will show you the mother of all Lego models: the 750,000-brick Kennedy Space Center. Using 1,506 square feet, it took 2,500 hours to build. It includes a 6.13ft-tall Space Shuttle on the launch pad, the space center with a 9ft-long Saturn 1B rocket, and the Vehicle Assembly Building—8ft long x 6ft high x 5ft wide—made out of 50,000 Lego bricks. I know. Mindblowing. This thing is so massive that it can probably affect Earth's orbit. Update: if Lego's Kennedy Space Center is the mother of all Lego models, Giz reader Florian Frischmuth has sent us his pictures of the father: the 1,300,000-brick Lego Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, Germany. This titan contains a mindblowing 30,000 mini-figs inside. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by comfortablesofa: Do not (w)hump? ... use as hemp? ... (th)ump? 1 Responses | Other threads
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Biggest Lego Airplane in the world
Lego Airbus A380 Is Biggest Lego Airplane in the World
Behold the biggest Lego airplane in the world, made after the largest passenger airplane in the world, the Airbus A380. Made at a 1:25 scale-9.5-foot long, 10.5-foot wingspan, 3.2-foot tall—the Lego A380 uses 220 pounds (100kg) of bricks. That's a mindblowing 75,000 pieces in eight colours—15 Lego Millennium Falcons. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by DeadWriter: Look, there is a Mini Fig loosing my luggage. 1 Responses | Other threads
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Lego Employees Have Minifigs as Business Cards (and a Great Sense of Humor)
One little piece of trivia that I learned on my trip to the Lego homebase: the employee's business cards are Lego mini-figs, modeled after them. Another little fact: As you can see at the end of the video, all of them have a great sense of humor. More » -
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How the Lego Stormtroopers are made
Galactic Empire Cloning Stormtroopers in Lego Factory
If you ever wondered where the Galactic Empire gets all those stormtroopers, look no further than the Lego factory in Denmark: here's an exclusive video about how the iconic mini-figure gets its characteristic evil look after getting out of the mold machine. More »
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By Jesus Diaz
Comment by kostia: I love the sound of them falling into the bin. more » | Other threads
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Can Command + Legoland + 1 Brick Your Mac?
This is the second thing I found in my trip to the center of the Lego universe. Road sign or secret tip? I tried the keyboard combo in my PowerBook and it didn't work, but given the origin of the command symbol—as commanded by Steve Jobs and executed by Susan Kare—I thought it was well worth a try. More » -
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What Do You Want to Ask LEGO?
As you know, I'm in Billund, Denmark, right now. Tomorrow I'll be talking with the guys who make LEGO, the ultimate geek toy, and I would be able to ask them anything I want. So what would you like to know? What would you like to see? Tell me in the comments or write to my mail directly. [Giz's Lego Trip]
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By Jesus DiazComment by KirePDX: I'd like to know how they refer to pieces internally. Among my cousins we'd define the length by "humps", then... 1 Responses | Other threads
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In Denmark Even the Cops Are Made Out of LEGO
I just arrived in Billund, Denmark, where every single LEGO piece in the world is produced. I got to the Zzzzleep Hotel just now and, to my surprise, I found this sign on the wall outside even while the hotel is not associated with LEGO in any way: "LEGO Security." I guess that in LEGO city even the cops are little LEGO minifigs. Just a sign of what will happen tomorrow: More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Jesus Diaz: @Purple Dave: The bulk of the brick production is in Denmark. They only package stuff in Mexico. Your 1/3 number is not correct. The... more » | Other threads
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