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If there's one children's toy that is far more iconic than others, it would be [[LEGO]]. They may go by different brands, but building blocks are pretty much always associated with the name LEGO. They're easy to use. They let our imaginations run rampant. They let us act out horrific acts of violence without consequences (Besides breaking them, but the base parts are [[Tonka Tough|pretty damn indestructible]], sans the ones smaller than one-fourth a cubic centimeter). And there's also something just plain [[Rule of Cool|cool]] about seeing iconic characters in the LEGO-man look. Not to mention how ''adorable'' [[Adorable Evil Minions|little LEGO stormtroopers]] are.
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* One ad for the Honda Element featured the car being built from the ground up using [[LEGO
== [[Live Action TV]] ==▼
* James May (of ''[[Top Gear]]'' fame) wrote and presented a series in Autumn/Winter 2009 called ''Toy Stories'', in which he makes the toys of his youth full-sized and awesome, to get today's kids involved in old-style entertainment. Among other things, this included making a full-sized, fully functional two-story house -- including toilet, shower and (uncomfortable) bed -- almost entirely out of LEGO. Sadly, it was on borrowed land in a vineyard, no buyer stepped forward and it was demolished. The bricks were on loan from LEGO and were returned, with the intent of putting them to use in a yearly charity build. Its name liveth forevermore.▼
* An episode of ''[[Ultimate Cake Off]]'' had the teams building cakes for LEGOLAND California's [[Milestone Celebration|10th anniversary]] (in their usual [[Cooking Duel]] way, of course).▼
* ''[[Myth Busters]]'' tested the veracity of a viral video in which some guys built an eight-foot diameter ball out of LEGO and successfully rolled it down a street in San Francisco. {{spoiler|The myth was Busted; the LEGO ball collapsed halfway down the hill.}} So that means it must've been glued together or the same sequence was repeated in the video.▼
** Also it couldn't have just been glued together for the video as the Mythbusters had to clear out the LEGO Group's North American supply and also borrow some from a private collector to have enough bricks to finish the build. Completely impossible for most people to have the required number of LEGO bricks for that video to be real. ▼
*** The narration of the episode hypothesized that all they built was a hollow shell with the inside being made of something much lighter (possibly polystyrene).▼
== [[Film]] ==
* Although it's easy to miss if you're not paying attention, in the movie ''[[Time Bandits]],'' Evil's castle is made of giant LEGO blocks.
* [[Sophie's World]] calls LEGO "the most ingenious toy in the world," due to its ability to nigh-endlessly be built into something, destroyed, and then built again into something else much like the Greek philosopher Democritus thought with his version of atoms.▼
▲* James May (of ''[[Top Gear]]'' fame) wrote and presented a series in Autumn/Winter 2009 called ''Toy Stories'', in which he makes the toys of his youth full-sized and awesome, to get today's kids involved in old-style entertainment. Among other things, this included making a full-sized, fully functional two-story
▲* An episode of ''[[Ultimate Cake Off]]'' had the teams building cakes for LEGOLAND California's [[Milestone Celebration|10th anniversary]] (in their usual [[Cooking Duel]] way, of course).
▲* ''[[
▲** Also it couldn't have just been glued together for the video as the Mythbusters had to clear out the LEGO Group's North American supply and also borrow some from a private collector to have enough bricks to finish the build. Completely impossible for most people to have the required number of LEGO bricks for that video to be real.
▲*** The narration of the episode hypothesized that all they built was a hollow shell with the inside being made of something much lighter (possibly polystyrene).
== [[Music]] ==
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** And now there's LEGO ''[[Rock Band]]'', where you can demolish buildings using [[The Power of Rock]]. With the added bonus of playing as LEGO Iggy Pop, LEGO [[David Bowie]], and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|LEGO]] ''[[Queen]]''.
** Before the recent bombardment of licensed games, there were many other games based off of LEGO's own ideas. Examples include games like ''[[LEGO Racers]]'' and [[Contested Sequel|its sequel]], where the player could build their own cars to race with (sorta), and the ''[[Lego Island]]'' trilogy.
*** Some games didn't quite do this: ''[[
*** Taken to an extreme with the ''LEGO Creator'' series and LEGO Digital Designer, where you basically create your own world.
* [http://voxelstein3d.blogspot.com/2008/04/v-o-x-e-l-s-t-e-i-n-3-d.html Voxelstein]. The entire game is made out of LEGO-like voxels that are completely destructible. This means that you can shank your way through walls if you have enough patience.
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*** Maybe... [http://www.flickr.com/photos/prhymus/4402374061/in/set-72157623447034318/ maybe not...]
*** Replacing the head of the first [[Bionicle|Makuta]] toy with an octopus and giving him wings makes a passable Cthulhu.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130821092522/http://www.brickcomicnetwork.com/ Brick Comic Network] is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] for the authors (and fans) of comics made with LEGO bricks. The comics of active members include:
** [[Legostar Galactica]]
** [http://www.reasonablyclever.com/bh/index.html Reasonably Clever's Brick House webcomic].
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** [http://glomshire.thecomicseries.com/ Glomshire Knights]
** [http://yolt.thecomicseries.com/comics/ Ye Olde Lego-Time Theatre]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131210011258/http://www.blocktales.thecomicseries.com/ Block Tales]
** [http://bricksofthedead.com/ Bricks of the Dead]
** [http://cafegruesome.thecomicseries.com/ Cafe Gruesome]
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*** [http://www.thebrickside.com/ The Brick Side]
*** [http://ianthealy.comicgenesis.com/ Adventures of the S-Team]
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031054545/http://www.tabletownonline.com/ Tabletown Online]
*** [[Harry Potter Comics]] (which sets itself apart with heavy alteration of facial expressions)
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100703114435/http://www.legoville.co.uk/latest.htm Legoville]
* [[The Brick Testament]]
* At least four strips in ''[[The Princess Planet]]'' were made with LEGO bricks.
* [[Jenny Everywhere]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130728040810/http://www.drunkduck.com/Jenny_Everywhere_and_the_Golden_Key/ and the Golden Key]
* ''[[Fabuland Housewives]]'' is [[Desperate Housewives]] <small>[[
* ''Weesh'' had one strip where Tate wished for his house to be made of the titular blocks. It wasn't exactly the most interesting wish he's ever made.
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[wikipedia:Legoland|Legoland]]; theme parks featuring extensive LEGO sculptures and displays. Anything that isn't built out of LEGO bricks (such as rides) uses a LEGO design motif.▼
* There is ''LEGO CANDY.''▼
* However, subverted in some places where LEGO products ''aren't'' made with the iconic bricks. The LEGO Technic line uses construction based on things like pins, axles, and ball-joints instead, and their "constraction" figure lines ("construction" + "action") like ''[[Bionicle]]'' and ''[[Hero Factory]]'' started out as a spin-off of Technic.▼
** Also strangely averted with fast-food tie-ins. Many LEGO Happy Meal toys these days are your standard throwaways, with no interactivity with the LEGO system. (LEGO Club Magazine editor (and ''BIONICLE'''s [[My Real Daddy|"Real Daddy"]]) Greg Farshtey has mentioned that fast-food chains have started to shy away from building toys because they want no assembly required.)▼
== [[Web Original]] ==
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*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONSY1EOVB3g Defying Gravity]!
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_15G_tIl38 Bohemian Rhapsody]!
* [http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/05/sunday-sweets-legos.html LEGO cakes, including edible ones, anyone]?
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OMB0wp_D4E&feature=fvst "Knights of the Round Table"] from ''[[Monty Python and
* Some LEGO fans have even made their own handgun models.
** [http://www.brickgun.com/ BrickGun] models feature working slides, triggers, and slide locks, removable magazines and one model even shoots rubber bands!
** And there is the [
* Now there's even a full fledged working [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX09WnGU6ZY printer!]
** And another guy made a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX1cO2XhMrg&feature=related 3d Printer].
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* One of [[Ben 10|Ben's]] new aliens in ''[[Ben 10: Omniverse|Omniverse]]'', Blox, is made of Lego.
== [[
▲* [[wikipedia:Legoland|Legoland]]; theme parks featuring extensive LEGO sculptures and displays. Anything that isn't built out of LEGO bricks (such as rides) uses a LEGO design motif.
▲* [[Sophie's World]] calls LEGO "the most ingenious toy in the world," due to its ability to nigh-endlessly be built into something, destroyed, and then built again into something else much like the Greek philosopher Democritus thought with his version of atoms.
▲* There is ''LEGO CANDY.''
▲* However, subverted in some places where LEGO products ''aren't'' made with the iconic bricks. The LEGO Technic line uses construction based on things like pins, axles, and ball-joints instead, and their "constraction" figure lines ("construction" + "action") like ''[[Bionicle]]'' and ''[[Hero Factory]]'' started out as a spin-off of Technic.
▲** Also strangely averted with fast-food tie-ins. Many LEGO Happy Meal toys these days are your standard throwaways, with no interactivity with the LEGO system. (LEGO Club Magazine editor (and ''BIONICLE'''s [[My Real Daddy|"Real Daddy"]]) Greg Farshtey has mentioned that fast-food chains have started to shy away from building toys because they want no assembly required.)
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