Lego events in pop culture
1958:
The toy brick we know today is patented
1978:
The Lego playthings sets come out, forever separating builders of castle, space and pirate displays.
1998:
Lego begins licensing with “Star Wars,” geeks on both sides rejoice
2001:
Michel Gondry brings Lego into the music world with his award-winning music video for the White Stripes song “Fell in Love with a Girl.”
2009:
The inauguration of President Obama is re-created using Lego bricks and mini-figures at Legoland in California.
2010:
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Adult fans of Legos use stop-motion filmmaking to reenact highlights from the World Cup match between the USA and England; more match recreations are in the works.
Fun facts from Bender’s “Lego: A Love Story”
Lego manufactures 306 million mini-tires a year, making it the largest tire manufacturer in the world.
Approximately seven Lego sets are sold every second.
Mini-figures first received facial expressions beyond a smile with the introduction of the Pirates playthings line.
A former master model builder claims to have hidden a Lego mouse inside the stomach of the MGM Grand’s Lion statue in the Las Vegas section of Legoland California.
“1×5” is code for an attractive woman at a Lego convention. A 1×5 brick doesn’t exist, so it is a sign for adult male fans to look in a particular direction.
Some of the first molds used to make the Lego bricks are buried under the Lego headquarters in Billund, Denmark.