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It’s hard to believe that something invented decades ago is still going strong, ranking as one of the 6 most popular toys during the past century! If you’ve never had the joy of buying a LEGO kit for someone (usually a kid) or putting one together, you are REALLY missing out! My first experience came when a child with a sad little face handed me his Lego bricks and box with a cool picture of a castle on it. He said he needed help. Welcome to Legomania! Hot gifts for kids this year include Star Wars series, Monster Fighters, and Super Heroes Lego kits. For under $5 or more than $100 you can buy all sorts of LEGO fantasy gifts sold at toy stores, Walmart and Target. With an imagination, 2nd hand LEGO blocks sold in thrift stores can also become anything you want. Have you seen the Legoland California Christmas Tree?

FACT: In 1932 LEGO founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen, took the first two letters of the Danish words LEG GODT, meaning ‘play well’, and put them together to create a world craze still going strong today.
FACT: Accurate to within two-thousandth of a millimeter, Lego bricks are made by injecting heated plastic into molds at a pressure of 25-150 tons. 7 seconds later the element has cooled and is ejected.
FACT: There are 915 million ways to combine six LEGO bricks.
FACT: LEGO is the 6th most popular toy of the century (under Mattel, Hasbro, etc.)
FACT: Adult and youth LEGO clubs make up a small portion of the 400 million LEGO users each year.
FACT: LEGO company is not part of Legoland California. LEGO sold its worldwide theme parks to Merlin Entertainments in 2005.
FACT: On average there are 62 LEGO bricks for every person on earth.