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What is Legoland Discovery Center Chicago?
In addition to operating a chain of full-blown LEGOLAND® theme parks around the world, the British company Merlin Entertainments owns and operates twenty-seven LEGOLAND® Discovery Centers, each one a sort of indoor theme park. [Due to the fact that Merlin is a British company, outside the U.S.A. both The LEGO® Group and Merlin Entertainments use…
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A History of Lego Duplo
LEGO® DUPLO® is a range of LEGO® product lines for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners roughly from eighteen months to five years of age.[1] A DUPLO® brick is easily distinguished from a LEGO® brick because it is twice as large. Brickipedia refers to DUPLO® as a theme (product line), as if it were LEGO® City, but…
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LEGO Exhibits & Special Events at the Museum of Science & Industry
The Art of the Brick is the third exhibit to feature Lego® bricks at the Museum of Science and Industry (M.S.I.) in Chicago, by my count.[1] The first exhibit was MSI Presents LEGO MINDSTORMS. It was sponsored by LEGO Systems, Inc., the Amrican-based division of The LEGO® Group. MINDSTORMS is a subtheme of the LEGO®…
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Where Did the Brickmania Chicago Store Move?
Not so long ago, Schaumburg, Illinois was a sort of mecca for Lego® fans because they could visit the LEGO® Store, a Brickmania® Chicago store, and the museum Blocks to Bricks in Woodfield Mall, and the LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Chicago across the street at the Streets of Woodfield mall. Also, Brickworld® holds the annual Brickworld…
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What is Brickmania?
Like building with LEGO® bricks? Like vehicles from World War 2? Then Brickmania’s the place for you! At least, that’s the company’s reputation. This is a matter of an organization having evolved and narrowed its focus as Brickmania, L.L.C. originally made a product line of medieval civilian buildings that supplemented the LEGO® Castle theme before…
Empire of the Brick: a blog about LEGO®, Playmobil®, Exin castles, Mold-A-Rama, and other toys and collectables.
Empire of the Brick 