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If you are over 25 and think you are alone when it comes to your Lego addiction even if you find people who are like you online, you need to reeducate yourself with some brick-love through this blocumentary about AFOL (Adult Fans of Lego).

Although the abbreviation sounds kinda awful and sounds actually like awful, adult Lego fans are not ashamed and they are always ready to show what they have built.

According to the rather humorous documentary, there are different kinds of adult Lego fans. There are those who have invested a lot of their time to Lego-building without putting up a group or a company while there are those who do. There are LCPs or Lego Certified Professionals who can take the LEGO name and do public events for the company. These fans usually mix business with pleasure but who said there is something wrong with that especially if you are talking about something as wholesome as the Danish bricks.

From all around the world, Lego fans range from 2 year olds to those in their late 50s and 60s. From grandchildren to grandparents, even to those who are not super fans of the bricks, there is always one great memory associated with Legos. According to enthusiasts, this is a great thing because after so many years of surviving the toy market in general, Lego is gaining strength when it comes to its fan base and it has established itself as a staple for every child’s playroom.

Although we all know that Legos are not just toys but are tools for education, team building and the like, Lego will forever be a toy loved by millions, maybe even billions of people around the world.

Watching this documentary will inspire you to build more if you are having doubts about your Lego addiction.

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Many parents love Legos mainly because they act like an unofficial tool for learning. But apart from developing a child’s fundamental skillset, Lego is also an inspiration to many. Described as a lifesaver by many educators, Lego has proved its worth not only as a toy, a learning and teaching tool and a training tool for businesses but as a way to relieve one from stress.

Lego enthusiasts who are no longer treated by pediatricians look into Lego as a stress reliever. Chinese engineer Hsu Lin Yin says he builds things through the little building blocks to relieve stress.

For those who are into Lego bricks but do not have the time to build things, there are such things as squeezable brick stress toys. These products are not from the Lego Group, they are just patterned from the bricks and are as squeezable as those stress ball smileys given to office workers.

The stress item is a best seller. The UK based company that produces it sell the Lego Stress Toy by the bulk. Argon has been selling these toys for years but it is not only Lego bricks that they sell, they also have badges, bags, baseball caps, bottle openers, cooler bags, calculators, clothing, among other things.

Fighting stress through playing with the Danish blocks is a great way to spend your day. Apart from that, you would get to spend time with your children while de-stressing.

You can build simple structures or whatever it is that you feel like making and spend some quiet time on your own. For those who have children, spending time with the kids, the whole day can be stressful but if you are doing something fun, you do not really need to worry about stress at all.

Did you know that there is such a thing as a Lego Character Creator on the uber popular social networking site Facebook? If you do not have an FB account or do not really want to connect with your friends, you can still get an FB account and just create different Lego characters through the website. This application is fun especially if you are not really in the mood for anything else. The only problem is it takes time to load the application. It could be due to the internet access or Facebook’s capability to cater to millions of individuals from all over the globe.

What Is Your Lego Character?

If you are a nurse, your Lego character should be one wearing a nursing uniform. Take a look at the picture below.

If you are a member of the police for, you should get a Lego character based on the Lego Police Department’s uniform.

There are many Lego characters to choose from. Whatever your profession may be, you can always find something that will suit you.

It is easier to choose a character however if it is based on your personality because you can just dress up your character without worrying if it is like your uniform or a certain set of clothes.

If you are not into dressing up your Lego character on facebook, you can just make an actual Lego character based on yourself. You can do this by customizing regular Lego minifigs and adding features that are unique to you. You can also add hair that is like your hairstyle or your hair color. Apart from that, you can also add other features such as your favorite shirt, favorite cap or head gear or whatever it is that differentiates you from other people.

Do you have a competitive streak? Do you love challenges? Can you create under pressure? If so, join the Lego Design Challenge! This challenge was created by the Lego Company in order to inspire the young to be more creative and inventive. Apart from being able to see how creative your kids are, the Lego Company will be using this contest to have an idea of what children are really interested in.

But who is eligible to join this exciting, one-of-a-kind competition? This contest is open to all citizens of America and the Columbian District who belong to ages 5 and up. There are actually four age categories in which entries will be judged: 5-8, 9-12, 13-15 and 16 and up. There will be one winner for the grand prize for every category. That means a total of four winners in all. Of course to ensure total impartiality, all employees of Lego, the members of their immediate family, and all people living under the same roof are not eligible.

But what are the rules in building your Lego masterpiece? It is simple. You can use up to 100 LEGO bricks to make this creation then take a snapshot of it, add a short narrative of about 50 words or so, and submit it to LEGO.com

Your creation can either be an actual creation using LEGO bricks. It can also be virtual, using Lego Design by Me. This is a program which permits people to make their own Lego creations on a computer which can then be uploaded to the official website of Lego. Each contestant may submit more than one entry, provided that each one is different. And of course, they must be the applicant’s original creation. Entries may be submitted either online or through mail.

Of course no contest will ever be complete without the prizes and Lego has prepared exciting prizes for the four grand prize winners! The winning creation will appear in a prestigious catalogue exclusively for Lego products. Aside from that, the winner will also be given a $100 gift card. You can use this card to purchase any Lego product of your choice. Another price will also be a $50 gift card from Design by Me, a LEGO set and a certificate of achievement from Lego.

With all these exciting prizes at stake, will you let this opportunity slide by? Be inspired and start creating your own masterpiece now!

Lego, our beloved brick toys, has seen and undergone many innovations since it’s debut in the late 1040’s. From being just the simple bricks and blocks that you can snap together to form simple figures, it has now become an artist’s medium, and even an aspiring architect and designer’s tool for modelling. What young kids use to make Lego carts with, can now be used to create more sophisticated models of sports cars, airplanes, robots, warships, towers, castles, and many more elaborate designs.

Some of the more recent addition to Lego’s limitless possibilities is the addition of movie-themed Lego minifigs. Yes, you can now recreate scenes from a famous movie using Lego! Here are a few of the many Lego minifigures themed after famous movies.

Harry Potter (Coming Soon)

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Bring out the magical side in you and create a fight scene with dreaded dementors. The Harry Potter Lego minifigures are great additions to any collection of Lego sets. According to the Lego Group, the Harry Potter minifigures will include a lot of the famous characters in the series. Of course, Harry himself will be available with his trusty broom, friends Ron and Hermoine, and Hagrid are also included in the sets. There will even be minifigs for dementors and some of Harry’s professors. If you are a Harry Potter fan, these minifigures are perfect for your HP collection.

Toy Story

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With the premiere of Toy Story 3D, Lego celebrated it with another addition to their roster of minifigures and other Lego products. Yes, Woody, Buzz, and the rest of the gang now have Lego equivalents! And aside from the minifigures, playsets are also available for the Toy Story theme. A train, a trash compactor, a dump truck just some of the few things you see in the movie are included in the list of Toy Story Lego products. Now you can recreate scenes in the movie with these Lego sets and pieces.

Prince of Persia

If you are into a lot more action, the Prince of Persia Lego products  might just tickle your fancy. Minifigures, castles, horses, and ostriches -you name it and Lego has it already thought out for and for those who enjoy the realism of detail will surely enjoy the Prince of Persia set. Speaking of detail, Lego has even gone to the extent of making little snakes and scorpions to recreate the desert-set story of Prince of Persia. Take your sword-wielding prince and siege castles, battle against enemy goons on camels and be hero with this set!