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LEGO

Lego is the most popular toy in the world. There are many different types of Lego, the current themes are Star Wars, Ninjago, Super Heroes, Vehicles that actually work, City, Nexo Knights, Computer Games, Minifigures, Dimensions, Friends, Mixels, Disney, Classic, Juniors, Jurassic World, Elves, Ideas, Creator, Scooby Doo, Bionicle, Speed Champions, Architecture, Chima and Ultra Agents. As you can see there is a type of Lego for everyone big and small, in fact the lego company actually makes a second type of toy called Duplo which is like Lego except it is simpler and the pieces are bigger to suit younger children.

The name Lego comes from the Danish words “leg godt” meaning play well. Lego is a fun series of interlocking blocks. You can make anything from a simple tree to a working sluice pipe. The Lego Company have a wide range of sets from movies and books such as Star Wars, Angry Birds, Marvel, The Hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, Jurassic World, Batman, The Lego Movie and much more. As I have already said there are a variety of types ranging from the simple juniors to the sophisticated Lego Technic. There are also motors that you can use to power your inventions, or for less complicated things like automatic doors or exploding buildings you can actually just use the regular pieces.

Lego is very easy as each set comes with instructions to show you how to build the set, or you can build your own creations. Lego Creator actually comes with two or more sets of instructions, where you can build different creations. Lego Technic also sometimes comes with two sets of instructions and Lego Minecraft comes with building inspiration. You can also buy boxes of bricks which you can then use to build your own creations. A minifigure is a Lego person, and you can figure out what most minifigures are supposed to be doing just by looking at them. Minifigures are an important part of your creations, most sets come with 1-12 minifigures or if you are short on people you can buy Minifigures which are a bag with 1 minifigure inside plus accessories. Minifigures are random so there is no way to pick which ones you want. Each type of Lego has it’s own separate minifigures such as police for Lego City, Stormtroopers for Lego Star Wars and Super Heroes for Marvel. The very first Lego minifigure had non-poseable arms and legs, a blank face and no hands.

If you build and create enough you might be able to become a professional and design Lego for a job. The Lego headquarters are in Billund, Denmark and Lego was invented by Ole Kirk Christiansen. Lego designers are people who have proved how good they are at Lego and now design it for a job. Only the best builders get to become Lego designers, and they design sets and supersets (a superset is three sets in one box) for you to play with. Another job involving Lego is reviewing sets for money, some popular reviewers are Jangbricks, Artifex Creations, Brickbuilder and THE BRICK SHOW. What some professional builders do is make their own cities out of their pieces.

Thank you for taking the time to read my explanation on Lego. I have told you about what Lego is, types of Lego, the history of Lego, minifigures, what you can make and what professionals do. Now get out there and start playing!

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Jack D.L.O.

Jack D.L.O.

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