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The Toy Association 2021 Toy of the Year Awards have been announced today and LEGO has been declared the winner in a few categories. LEGO was nominated in seven different categories and they have won in the following:

Construction Toy of the Year

• LEGO Star Wars The Razor Crest (75292)

Playset of the Year

• LEGO Super Mario Bowser’s Castle Boss Battle Expansion Set (71369)

Specialty Toy of the Year

• LEGO Ideas Grand Piano (21323)

Collectible of the Year

• LEGO Super Mario Character Packs (71361)

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The LEGO Group has announced a new partnership with the DQ Institute which is one of the world’s leading think tank on digital citizenship and online child safety. With more kids being online, this is a new learning experience to teach kids how to be more responsible to others in the digital world. You can read more about it in the press release below.

THE LEGO GROUP PARTNERS WITH THE DQ INSTITUTE TO EMPOWER CHILDREN TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE DIGITAL CITIZENS

Billund, February 9th 2021: The LEGO Group has today announced a new partnership with the DQ Institute, a world-leading think tank on digital citizenship and online child safety. The partnership will see the two organisations work together to help children develop the skills they need to thrive in the digital world.

As part of the partnership, the LEGO Group has today launched a new, interactive, fun and safe learning experience, based on the DQ (Digital Intelligence) framework that was pioneered by the DQ Institute. The experience has been co-designed by the DQ Institute and the LEGO Group to teach children vital digital empathy skills at a time when they are spending more time online than ever before.

The interactive experience on www.LEGO.com/kids-saferinternetday will help children explore what digital empathy means and why it is so important; helping them to be aware of, sensitive to, and supportive of one’s own and others’ feelings, needs, and concerns online. During this fun and accessible learning experience, LEGO® Minifigures will present children with a series of dilemmas that they may

For those who are artists, LEGO World Builder is looking for people who can create some banner art depicting some of the most extraordinary women of all time as LEGO minifigures for their image library. Three designers, at minimum, will be greenlit, and upon submitting the Winner’s Affidavit and the IP Assignment, will each receive $250 as compensation. You can read the full list of rules in the link above.

A variety of genres, sub-genres, and mashups make up the LEGO World Builder platform. And now is your chance to contribute your ideas. Just take a look at the world tags on the left side of the Discover page. You can choose from Action, Adventure, Escape, Magic, Science Fiction and many more! How best would you introduce these icons in minifigure form? Sally Ride was the first U.S. woman in space, but perhaps there are greater adventures for her across the universe. Mix and match genres for your banner images . . . Let your imagination roam, because you can submit up to 5 entries!

At this point, you may be wondering what exactly is a banner image. A banner image is the first thing people see when exploring an architect’s world on the LEGO World Builder platform, along with the world’s title and genre tags – so it’s important that the image itself makes a strong, visual impression and motivates people to click in and explore the world. You’ll notice after visiting the Discover page that you probably feel more compelled to click into worlds

LEGO has launched a new playlist on Spotify called LEGO White Noise to help builders relax. It is composed of audio tracks using sounds of LEGO bricks in various situations. Yes, that’s right. LEGO White Noise is a LEGO ASMR playlist. You can read more about it below.

A New Mindful Mix: the LEGO Group releases a soothing soundscape created with thousands of LEGO® bricks

BILLUND, February 1st 2021: Today, the LEGO Group is launching LEGO® White Noise, a new playlist designed to help listeners find a moment of relaxation in their busy lives. The playlist is composed of a series of audio tracks created using nothing but the iconic sounds that the LEGO brick makes, sounds that are recognised by generations all over the world.

Each LEGO element makes a unique noise, which is why designers experimented with over 10,000 in their quest for the perfect soothing sounds. The result is a soundscape that includes tracks such as ‘It All Clicks’ which perfectly captures the joyous sound of two LEGO elements joining together, and ‘The Waterfall’ created by pouring thousands of LEGO bricks on top of each other.

Like other white noise tracks, the playlist is designed to help listeners find a moment of zen in their day, making it the perfect audio accompaniment for falling asleep, unwinding, or relaxing through LEGO building.

The playlist can be accessed for free from over 15 different music streaming platforms including Spotify, iTunes and Google Music.

The LEGO White Noise playlist has been released to accompany the immersive

The LEGO Group has announced that they have joined the European Commission’s Green Consumption Pledge pilot program to strengthen their commitment to lowering its carbon footprint. In addition, the company is committed to ensure LEGO’s climate data is easily accessible to the public and promoting sustainable practices.

LEGO Group joins forces with European Commission by signing up to the Green Consumption Pledge: a pilot initiative on climate action

The LEGO Group has joined the European Commission’s new Green Consumption Pledge pilot initiative – one of the first companies to sign up to this climate action initiative. By joining the pledge, the LEGO Group reinforces its commitment to lower its carbon footprint and help consumers make more sustainable choices.

A virtual event was hosted in Brussels, Belgium on January 25, 2021 to announce the Green Consumption Pledge and participation by L’Oréal, Colruyt Group, Decathlon and Renewd, as well as the LEGO Group. VP of Environmental Responsibility at the LEGO Group, Tim Brooks, announced our commitment in a video:

“Businesses need to play a core role in the transition to a low-carbon and circular economy. And we know we can’t do this alone. This is why we are committed to joining forces with legislators, consumers, experts and partners and work together to have a positive impact on the planet.”

The pilot programme is based on a set of five core climate action pledges. Participating companies are required to take concrete measures in at least three of the five pledge areas and progress will be measured and assessed on

LEGO Brick Patent Day was a few days ago and to celebrate, LEGO is offering some new original prints on the Rewards Center. There are now some new patent prints for various countries as well as a LEGO System brochure. Also for a limited time, LEGO has reduced the cost for a majority of the prints to 150 VIP points each. If you’re a fan of original prints but were holding off on spending your hard earned points on them, now is a great time to consider getting them since we don’t know when they will be discounted again.

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Today, LEGO celebrates the day that the LEGO brick was born which was when the design of the LEGO brick was patented in Denmark back in 1958. It is pretty much one of the most important events in LEGO history since it eventually gave us the “building blocks” for the LEGO System. Without it, we wouldn’t have any builders or AFOLs in general.

On January 28, 1958 at precisely 1.58 pm the application for the very first LEGO® brick patent was filed at the Danish Directorate for Patents and Trademarks. Soon after, patent applications were filed in numerous countries around the world.

In the months after the application for the Danish patent, applications were filed in countries such as Norway (March 12, 1958), Sweden (March 22, 1958), Germany (April 10, 1958) and Holland (April 14, 1958). Also in 1958, applications were filed in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy.

The following year, in 1959, the LEGO reach was increased even further to include countries such as Israel, South Africa, England, Poland, Ireland, Turkey, Finland, Portugal and Spain.

And today, as we know, LEGO play is reaching millions of children all over the world.

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