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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.
 
Therefore many people have started using LEGO as the literal building blocks of their medium so that [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|everything gets built of LEGO]]. This ranges from webcomics with LEGO being photographed rather than drawings, through LEGO stop motion to people design video game worlds specifically to mimic the appearance of LEGO. They are taking the fun, characterful and innocent character of LEGO and building it right into their works.
 
The positive light LEGO blocks have been getting recently seems to indicate that LEGO may very well be the heir to the [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins|penguin throne.]] One of its clear advantages is its accessibility to amateurs- all you need is a bucket of LEGO blocks (although ''that'' may need [[Crack is Cheaper|a bucket of cash]]) and imagination to create full sets and characters.
 
Also, don't step on them while barefoot. [[Agony of the Feet|It hurts like hell]].
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* [[Brik WarsBrikwars]], although it doesn't mention LEGO itself due to copyright issues.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* A slew of LEGO-themed video games have been released over the years, most recently as [[Lego Adaptation Game|tie-ins with other franchises]], like ''[[Lego Star Wars]]'', ''[[Lego Indiana Jones]]'', or even ''LEGO [[Batman]]'' and ''LEGO [[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]''. Even stranger, these games are actually ''fun''. It may be worth pointing out that The LEGO Group produces tie-in building sets for all these franchises - the video games are an extension of the license.
** ''[[Lego Universe]]'', a short-lived [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] set in the LEGO world. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU9bUVoZfYA The trailer] alone is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
** LEGO [[Real Time Strategy|BATTLES]] is also The Game to Play as a Knight, a Evil Wizard, a [[Pirate]], a [[Ninja]], Space Man, and an Alien.
** 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 ''[[LegoLEGO Racers]]'' and [[Contested Sequel|its sequel]], where the player could build their own cars to race with (sorta), and the ''[[LEGOLego Island]]'' trilogy.
*** Some games didn't quite do this: ''[[Lego Rock Raiders]]'' involved building, yes, but the world and creatures living in it were not plastic. ''LEGO Stunt Rally'' had no actual building of LEGO models at all.
*** Taken to an extreme with the ''LEGO Creator'' series and LEGO Digital Designer, where you basically create your own world.
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** [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/38942/Mojang_Working_On_Official_Minecraft_Lego.php And now Mojang is working with the LEGO group to make Minecraft-themed LEGO sets.]
* ''[[Roblox]]'' is a free [[Bribing Your Way to Victory|(well... sorta)]] MMO where almost every single bit of content is user-made, there is almost unlimited customizability, and uses bricks, meshes, and GUIs (Guided User Interface). It also features the scripting language of Lua, which can be used to create almost anything within the user's scripting capability.
* While not actual [[LEGO]], the "dot" graphics in ''[[Three D3D Dot Game Heroes (Video Game)|Three D Dot Game Heroes]]'' certainly give off this effect.
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'': Gummy Blocks and the ships made from them were more or less this.
* The boss stages in the ''[[Compilation Rerelease|Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of ''[[Super Mario Bros 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros 2]]'' for some reason all appear to be made from red, green, and blue blocks resembling LEGO bricks.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic (Webcomic)|Irregular Webcomic]]''
** Some of the parallel plotlines subvert this to some extent by using tabletop RPG miniatures for some characters (most often in the plotlines that are supposed to be ongoing roleplay campaigns, although recent events blur that line quite nicely).
** David Morgan-Mar remains one of only a few people on Earth to have built a Lego figure of Cthulhu.
*** 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.
* [http://www.brickcomicnetwork.com/ Brick Comic Network] is [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]] for the authors (and fans) of comics made with LEGO bricks. The comics of active members include:
** [[Legostar Galactica (Webcomic)|Legostar Galactica]]
** [http://www.reasonablyclever.com/bh/index.html Reasonably Clever's Brick House webcomic].
** [[Tranquility Base (Webcomic)|Tranquility Base]]
** [http://www.dreamersink.com/ Genuine Draft]
** [http://www.lq-comic.com/index.html Brickworld Saga]
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** [http://bricksofthedead.com/ Bricks of the Dead]
** [http://cafegruesome.thecomicseries.com/ Cafe Gruesome]
** The aforementioned [[Irregular Webcomic (Webcomic)|Irregular Webcomic]]
** Other webcomics related to the project:
*** [[Lego Space: theThe Comic (Webcomic)|Lego Space the Comic]]
*** [http://majestic7.comicgenesis.com/ Majestic 7]
*** [http://www.thebrickside.com/ The Brick Side]
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* This trope has definitely gone retroactive. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOA_SUKEZRE Classic 1964s Flanders and Swann song re-enacted in LEGO, anyone?]
* LEGO [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxUZUnRwH7s Rammstein]
* The [http://www.youtube.com/user/BolegBros Boleg Bros' films] constitute a Lego [[Adaptation Distillation]] of [[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]] (UK).
* [[Grand Theft Auto]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMY9VlMIEJk LEGO City]
* Two especially bizarre and outright disturbing examples are [http://waxekphrastic.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/art-and-9-11/ a LEGO World Trade Centre] and [http://users.erols.com/kennrice/lego-kz.htm a LEGO death camp].
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* Blockoland from ''[[The Simpsons]]'', which appears at the start of the episode where Homer deliberately starves himself to save Springfield's baseball team from being sold. Interestingly enough, an ''actual'' [[LEGO Land]] appears in another episode which mentioned Mr. Burns dumping toxic waste there.
* ''[[Transformers|Kre-O: Transformers]]'' is based around a same-named [[Alternate Company Equivalent|Hasbro toyline of plastic bricks and minifigures]], which is [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|definitely not a toyline with a name that starts with an L]].
* One of [[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben's]] new aliens in ''[[Ben 10: Omniverse|Omniverse]]'', Blox, is made of Lego.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Sophies World|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.
 
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