Hair is a plastic LEGO piece that can be many shapes. It serves as a hair of minifigure or minidoll. It is attached to the head to make the "top part". Most hair pieces are typically modeled after real world hair styles today.
One of the most unexpected crossovers from the world of LEGO building to mainstream culture comes in the form of the vernacular expression 'LEGO hair'. A popular insult applied to a person whose hair is overly perfect, hair-sprayed to within an inch of petrification or which displays bizarre geometric angles.
A quick search on Brickowl revealed that they have catalogued over 350 different types of LEGO hair pieces. If you then factor that many of these hair pieces also have different colourways, the different options are incredible.
We added this hole on the top of the head just in case any kids got one of the heads stuck on their throat. That way they would be able to keep breathing. In other words, the minifig is essentially designed to be a tube should it finds its way into a windpipe. It's a neat piece of trivia, right?
It may sound funny, but SNOT is no joke. It stands for 'Studs Not On Top' and it's a great way of building with LEGO® bricks! Building the SNOT way means angling your bricks in a way that brings landscapes to life.
The team found that the most valuable LEGO set is the “Space Command Center.” Back in 1979, it sold for $24.99. But now it's worth around $10,400.
Solid Gold 14K C-3PO (2007)
The most expensive Lego® Minifigure is the Solid Gold 14K C-3PO coming in at around $300,000! Released in 2007 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars franchise, this rare minifigure is prized by collectors for its exceptional rarity - only five were ever made!
We do our best to make every set perfect and we take it very seriously when a faulty one sneaks through. Don't worry though, we can send you the parts you need! Please click “Missing Bricks” on the Bricks & Pieces section of our Customer Service site to order the part you need to finish your set.
(slang, chiefly imperative) Contraction of let's go.
The name 'LEGO' is an abbreviation of the two Danish words “leg godt”, meaning “play well”. It's our name and it's our ideal. The LEGO Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen.
"Adults with high-pressured jobs are telling us they're using Lego to disconnect from the mania of the day," said Genevieve Capa Cruz, Lego's audience marketing strategist. "They're looking for a relaxing, calming experience — and they like instructions because that's what helps them be in the zone."
The newly-revealed LEGO for Adults 10294 Titanic is constructed in sections – and can therefore technically break in two, in an unfortunate reflection of the fate of the real-life vessel.
One reason that Lego nearly went bankrupt was because they lost sight of who their target audience was. They made unfounded assumptions, hastily innovating and creating without really researching beforehand to find out if that was what their audience actually wanted.
While 'rare' LEGO sets are appealing, they are still manufactured in the tens or hundreds of thousands. Items like this, that were given only to select employees are genuinely rare in the truest sense of the word – less than 10 of these gold bricks are believed to exist.
Gold was a rare LEGO brand Minifigure that was hidden in various boxes of the Series 10 Minifigure Collection – only 5000 were produced and released around the globe, so it is extremely rare and a true collectors' item.
Most expensive colors: 151—Sand Green is the most expensive color, at more than double average prices. 323—Aqua (Light Aqua) is about 80% above average prices. 38—Dark Orange is about 55% above average prices.
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14-Carat Gold Boba Fett
The 14-Carat Boba Fett Figurine takes the crown as the rarest Lego piece. There are only two of these figurines in existence, and they are valued at about $15,000.
Each foot has more than 7,000 nerve endings to help us feel pain and alert us to possible damage. It is part of the reason why Lego-walking is so painful.
Gluing your bricks can make them change shape and we think it's way more fun to be able to take your sets apart and rebuild them into something new! You can use your LEGO pieces over and over again to build anything you want in limitless combinations.
LEGO Greebles is a product that allows for individual customization and expression from small LEGO elements, but it is designed to allow the creation of highly textured, modular "Greeble Tiles" that can be used to create either desktop or wall displays.
Oceanographers have pointed out that the hostile sea environment has wreaked havoc on the ship's remains after more than a century beneath the surface. Saltwater acidity has been dissolving the vessel, compromising its integrity to the point where much of it would crumble if tampered with.