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The Lego Gender Gap Through The Decades (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Toys, Girls, Gender Stereotypes, History of Legos, Lego Gender, Lego Gender Gap, Boys, Raising Boys and Girls, Legos, Sociological Images, Parents News

Lamenting the prevalence of toystore gender stereotypes, a wise little girl named Riley once said: "Some girls like superheroes, some girls like princ...

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PHOTOS: Check Out The World's Tallest Lego Tower

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Skyscraper, Toys, Tallest Lego Tower, Video, South Korea, Record Lego Tower, Lego Profits, Lego Tallest Tower, Legos, Slideexpand, Business News

For iconic Denmark toymaker Lego, the sky may no longer be the limit. The world’s tallest Lego tower ever was constructed in South Korea this wee...

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I Want Breakfast in Bed! When is Stepmother's Day?

Raina Wallens | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Star Wars, Pokemon, Divorce, Mother's Day, Hoarders, Widow, Stepmom, Stepparents, Parenting, Stepmother, Legos, Family, Stepparenting, Parents News

It's stepparents -- the very people who don't actually have an official day -- who could, well, kind of use one.

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PHOTOS: Donuts, Tacos, Chick-Fil-A And In-N-Out In Legos

Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Legos in Food, Bruce Lowell, Legos Sculptures Food, Bruce Lowell Legos, Legos, Bruce Lowell Lego Sculptures, Legos Food, Food News

Get a load of Bruce Lowell's lego food sculptures. They look painstakingly constructed -- and oddly mouth-watering. There's a definite fast-food i...

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Organ Made Of Legos Plays Star Wars Theme?!

Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Star Wars, John Williams, Crazy Legos, Video, Germany, Light Saber, 3-D Star Wars, Legoland Germany, Darth Vader, Legos, Star Wars Theme Song, Arts News

We're just going to come out and say it: We found an organ made out of 20,000 Legos that plays the Star Wars theme song, which we first saw over at Wi...

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Titanic A Magnet Topic For Students, Tricky For Educators

AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: JASON Project, Tennessee Schools, Education, Titanic, The Browning School, John Payne, Barry Denenberg, Curriculum, Maryland Schools, Teachers, Titanic Sinks, Sunken Treasure, Legos, T Is for Titanic, Teaching About the Titanic, Education News

NEW YORK -- Eleven-year-old John Payne has been a student of the Titanic since kindergarten. He has scrupulously researched the ship, built a model o...

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The Goriest Lego Animation You'll Ever See!

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Lego Duel, Video, Stop-Motion Animation, Drum N' Bass, Lego Animation, Electronic Music, Hospital Records, The-Duel, Legos, Animation, Arts News

You've seen stop motion animation before, but we're guessing you've never seen anything that equals the epic qualities of this little video. Normally ...

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ZOMG! Transforming Lego Game Boy

Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Lego Friends, Nintendo Game Boy, Toys, Girly-Legos, Lego Game Boy, Legos for Girls, Legos, Game Boy, Video, Teen News

The prayers of Lego and game boy fanatics the world over have been answered: There is finally a transforming Lego Game Boy for every geek's portable g...

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WATCH: Teen Uses Legos To Make Robotics Laboratory!

Marissa Piazzola | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Teens and Legos, Lego Buildings, Video, Lego Inventions, Fun Stuff, Anika Brandsma, Legos, High School News, Teen News, Teen News

Just when we thought we'd seen all that can be done with LEGOs, an awesome teen surprises us! 17-year-old Anika Brandsma of the Netherlands successful...

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Why Astronaut Built LEGO ISS Inside Real ISS

Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Legos in Space, International Space Station, Iss, Space Station, Space, Esa, European Space Agency, Legos, Astronaut, Lego Space Station, Science News

By: Robert Z. Pearlman Published: 02/25/2012 07:24 AM EST on SPACE.com It took more than 200 astronauts from 12 countries more than a dozen year...

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Why Can't Girls Just Be Girls?

Sabrina Schaeffer | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Feminism, Disney Princesses, Girls, Women in the Workforce, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Boys, Legos, Culture News

Perhaps the most pernicious part of the modern feminist movement is the idea that girls shouldn't be girls. But conflating equality with uniformity isn't the answer. Because, in the end, to be different is what sets us apart.

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WATCH: Lego Figures Break It Down In Student-Made Video

| Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Student-Videos, Video, Lego-Star-Wars, Lego-Video, Schooltube, Breakdancing, High School Students, Legos, High School News

Here at HuffPost High School, we see a lot of cool things made out of legos (examples here and here), and this hilarious video instantly has become on...

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#Liberate LEGO!

Lyn Mikel Brown | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Toys, Barbie, Advertising, Marketing to Kids, Sexism, Marketing, Legos, Lego, Women and Advertising, Women News

When LEGO announced that after four years of marketing research, the best they could come up with was a thinner, pinker version of their product, I laughed. My first reaction wasn't outrage, but incredulity. A billion dollars of marketing research bought you... LEGO Barbie?

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The Greatest LEGO Creation Ever?

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Warren Seely Lego Kid, Video, Lego Genius, Lego Kid, Lego Farming Equipment, Lego Harvesting Equipment, Warren Seely Lego Farming Equipment, Legos, Lego Farm Equipment, Lego, Parents News

No matter how hard you worked on it, Warren Seely probably puts even your most beloved LEGO creation to shame. Dubbed "the LEGO kid," Seely first ...

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PHOTOS: Teen LEGO Enthusiast

| Megan Horst Hatch | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Cn Tower, Buffalo Grove Patch, Skyscrapers, World Trade Center Complex, Eiffel Tower, Burj Khalifa, Fun Stuff, Amazing Teens, Legos, Rocco Buttliere, Patch, Buffalo Grove, High School News

In the Buttliere family’s Buffalo Grove home, the Eiffel Tower shares a table with the World Trade Center complex, Toronto’s CN Tower, and Dubai...

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What People Buy On Black Friday -- And How That's Changing

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Mattel, Holiday Shopping, Barbie, National Retail Federation, Black Friday, Bigresearch, Monster High, Holiday Spending, Hot Wheels, Panjiva, Legos, Gifts, Video Games, Business News

With the economy on such shaky footing, Americans will likely shy away from the latest trends in presents this holiday season. Instead, expect consume...

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WATCH: World's Largest Lego Santa Yoda Constructed In Union Square

Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Star Wars, u.s. Marine Corps, Union Square Yoda Sf, Sf Lego Yoda, Lego Santa Yoda San Francisco, Star Wars Christmas Special, Lego Santa Yoda Union Square, Union Square, Lego Yoda San Francisco, Toys for Tots, Yoda San Francisco, Sf Yoda, Video, San Francisco Yoda, Lego Santa Yoda, Union Square Yoda, Legos, San Francisco, San Francisco News

On a recent episode of NBC's hopefully-not-cancelled almost hit show "Community", a professor who spent the last few decades in maximum security pris...

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An Entire Movie Made Of Legos!

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Lego Toys, Phil Lord Christopher Miller Chris Mckay Legos, Chris McKay, Legos, Legos the Movie, Movies, Video, Entertainment News

Once confined to bedroom floors, Legos blocks are set to reach a new height in pop culture. According to Variety, the tiny building blocks will now...

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WATCH: 'CSI: Legoland': The Crime Procedural We've Been Waiting For

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Legoland, Video, Lego Csi, Csi Parody, David Caruso, Csi Legoland, Indie Mario Brothers, Legos, Csi, Crime Scene Investigation, Comedy News

Let's face it: Even though "CSI" has so many spinoffs that The Who is running out of songs in their catalogue, we'll never stop loving the crime proce...

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PHOTOS: Life-Size Ford Explorer Made Out Of LEGOs

The Huffington Post | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Lego Ford, Legoland Florida, Legoland, Video, Lego Car, Slideshow, Legos, Chicago Around Town, Ford, Lego, Ford Explorer, Lego Ford Explorer, Chicago News

It's not unusual to find Ford Explorers rolling out of the Chicago Assembly Plant, but a recent creation on display there had a slightly different man...

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HuffPost Review: 30 Minutes or Less

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson, Movie Reviews, 30 Minutes or Less Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, 30 Minutes or Less, Marshall Fine, The Hangover Part 2, Aziz Ansari, Zombieland, Fred Ward, Domino?S, Silly Putty, The Change-Up, Legos, Entertainment News

It's been a summer full of comedies that succumb to the law of diminishing returns, from The Hangover Part 2 through The Change-Up. Now comes 30 Minu...

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Is My Son's Love for Lego a Sign of an Addictive Future?

Lisa Catherine Harper | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Raising Children, Boys, Parenting, Playing, Children, Lego, Kids Toys, Kids Addicted to Toys, Children's Toys, Legos, Parents News

So magnetic was the attraction that we instituted a new rule: On school days, no Lego before breakfast; no Lego before getting dressed and brushing your teeth. But what if Lego is merely priming the paths of his brain, readying his synapses for something more sinister? Addiction runs along every branch of our family.

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PHOTOS: Lego Animals Take Over The Bronx Zoo

Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Bronx Zoo, Lego Animals, Bronx Zoo Lego, Legos Zoo, Inhabitat, Lego Bronx Zoo, Legos, Lego, Legos Bronx Zoo, Green News

From Inhabitat: A different breed of animals has invaded the Bronx Zoo -- ones made entirely of LEGOs! That's right, these colorful lions, tigers, ...

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5 Greatest NBA Finals Moments Legoized

TAUNTR.COM | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Lego Nba Finals Moments, Nba Finals 2011, Legos, Lego, Nba Finals, Nba, 2011 NBA Finals, Nba Finals Moments Legoized, Sports News

So before you sit down tonight to enjoy the NBA Finals, take a brief moment to relive some of the Finals greatest moments--Gar Heard in the Garden, Dr...

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Artist Builds NY Library Lions In Legos

nytimes.com | JAMES BARRON | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Brooklyn Bridge, Nathan Sawaya, Art, New York Public Library, Ny Library Lions, Washington Monument, Sculpture, Statue of Liberty, Legos, New York, Books News

Nathan Sawaya did Patience first, just as the other guy did. You know, Edward Clark Potter, the sculptor who did the lions in front of the New York Pu...

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