Monthly Archives: April 2008

News: LEGO bricks found to contain addictive additives

German chemist Wolfgang Blauhardt recently claimed in a a paper that LEGO bricks contain a powerful “cocktail” of addictive substances. The possibility of illegal drugs in the product was first leaked last January by an anonymous copyeditor working for the medical journal in which Dr. Blauhardt’s paper is forthcoming.

The paper alleges that the corporate LEGO labs have compiled a veritable cocktail of controlled substances that is designed to create a lifelong addict out of anyone who touches the plastic toy. The LEGO Company was unavailable for comment at the time of this blog post’s publication.

Well, this explains a lot. No wonder I can’t put the danged things down.
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The Wall

As soon as I saw this, I fell in love with its straight lines, not to mention the myriad of colors.

What beauty! What surrealism!

That one brown brick just makes you think. Wow!

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Take a cruise...see the world.

We didn’t cover LEGO’s cruise ship contest all that well and we apologize for that. But better late than never, we always say! This is one entry that definitely got overlooked:

There is so much detail in this creation but that yellow mast really stands out for me.

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News: Old grey is back!

Eurobricks is reporting that due to overwhelming demand from the online LEGO fan community, LEGO has apparently decided to resume production of the old light grey and dark grey colors.

According to color psychologist, Carl Renbaugh:

It is very detrimental to one’s psyche when one suffers the loss of an important color in one’s life. Adult Fans of LEGO have been living with extreme psychological anguish for a number of years now. Reinstating these colors is a very compassionate move by The LEGO Company.

So, there you are, people. Old grey is alive and well!

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Perhaps the mostest, mightiest weapon in the Galaxy!

I wish I had a weapon with all these bells and whistles…

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You lead, I’ll follow.

Every train layout needs signs, and stylish signs are even better than boring signs.

There ain’t nothing better to follow than this stylish pointy thing!

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News: LEGO to stop producing studded bricks in 2010

The LEGO Group has announced that the stud is being discontinued. Making the biggest change ever to their iconic “System of Play,” the company said in a private phone call to a select group of fans that the time of the stud is over. They will be releasing a new brick that sticks together with internal magnets.

Bjorn Kjeldsen, head of LEGO’s Magnetic Research Department, listed several reasons for the shift:

First of all, magnets are much more fun. What child hasn’t spent hours attaching and reattaching piles of magnets? They are much easier for small children to use than the current studded brick. Secondly, people equate magnets with fun and style. Not so with studs. Studs are old-fashioned. They are so 20th century. Magnets will take us through the 21st century and beyond! Lastly, there is the engineering issue. What with the recent decision to transfer production from Mexico to Madagascar, we needed a new brick that required less manufacturing precision. These new magnetic bricks fit the bill perfectly.

I guess this gives a whole new meaning to studless creations…

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