Little Coloured Bricks

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Fond of fairy tales and of Lego bricks? Them you are in for a treat. The Lego creation in the picture above was done by Makoto Uda, a Japanese Lego enthusiast. It is complete with Prince Charming running after the girl of his dreams and the girl of his dreams (Cindersoot) is running away from him with only one shoe. Classic!

If you think you have seen it all, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Makoto Uda’s creation is just the beginning. If you do not know this already, Lego released a Lego Cinderella play set a few years ago and th said play set is still available in Lego stores today.

For those who would love to have their very own Lego Cinderella play set you can search for Lego Cinderella online or visit the Lego website.

You can make a customized Cinderella minifig though if you really want to have a unique toy and then build a cool castle along with all the Cinderella character.

Getting To Know Cinderella

Who is Cinderella?  Like Snow White, Cinderella has a stepmom but Snow White had it good because she did not have utterly wicked and utterly ugly stepsisters. She is of noble blood but was reduced to a maid when her stepmother married her father. She later on married a Prince and lived happily every after.

The story however has a lot of versions including Lego-inspired versions done by Lego enthusiasts. Some of them are shown on YouTube while others can be found in the blogosphere. According to history however, Cinderella must have been based on the story of an Egyptian girl named Rhodopis. In the story, the young woman was bathing when an eagle stole one of her sandals. The eagle then flew to where the king was and dropped the sandal on his head. The king was startled but he was also fascinated by the shape of the sandal that he ordered his henchmen to look for the owner of the said footwear. When they have found Rhodopis, the king married her and she became Queen of Egypt.