JFK’s Assassination in Lego
Lego JFF Assassination is a set of Lego blocks that you can use to depict that assassination of the 35th and one of the most popular presidents of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK. The Lego set was first manufactured as one of the first Lego kits ever sold and it had a number of versions since then, including the 10th Release Anniversary version released in 1988.
The Lego JFK Assassination set was also initially produced as part of the Lego: Designing History series along with other historical sets like Lego September 11 which depicts the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Lego Holocaust which represents Hitler’s reign of horror, and the Lego Challenger Space Shuttle which shows the explosion of NASA’s notorious aircraft. But what sets the Lego JFK Assassination apart from the rest of the historical-themed Lego sets is that it actually allows the builder to reenact the event in whatever way they want to. This is also what makes the Lego JFK Assassination more controversial than the others.
The idea for this Lego set first came about during the president’s special commission in January 1964 that investigated the assassination. When it was reported that the investigators were finding it hard to reenact the president’s motorcade, one of the representatives suggested that they use Lego blocks. His idea was not approved but when he got home, his son had questions about the event and so he used his son’s own Lego blocks to explain. This son grew up and became part of the Lego Company, where he proposed the Lego JFK Assassination set, inspired by his father.
The different Lego JFK Assassination kit versions have some variation in accessories. For instance, the 1988 version had buttons on the motorcade vehicles that produce sounds. But all kits have the important players: a Lee Harvey Oswald, and of course, a John F. Kennedy.
