Empire of the Brick

Empire of the Brick: a blog about LEGO®, Playmobil®, Exin castles, Mold-A-Rama, and other toys and collectables.

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  • What is Legoland Discovery Center Chicago?

    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…

    April 29, 2022
  • A History of Lego Duplo

    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…

    April 14, 2022
  • LEGO Exhibits & Special Events at the Museum of Science & Industry

    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®…

    April 2, 2022
  • Where Did the Brickmania Chicago Store Move?

    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…

    March 28, 2022
  • What is Brickmania?

    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 This is a matter of an organization having evolved and narrowed its focus as Brickmania, L.L.C. originally made a product line of medieval civilian buildings that supplemented the LEGO® Castle theme before…

    March 28, 2022
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