MANCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology, and The LEGO Group today revealed the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) 2010 season Challenge: “Body Forward™.” Each year, FLL selects a Challenge...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ATG (Art Technology Group Inc., NASDAQ: ARTG), the premier provider of e-commerce solutions, today announced it will work with the LEGO Group to re-launch shop.LEGO.com. Using the ATG Commerce platform, the LEGO Group will create a completely new global Web shop that will enable the company to enhance its marketing and merchandising efforts and deliver a more personalized...
VENICE, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LEGO models of Woody and Buzz Lightyear were unveiled by Disney Consumer Products as part of a dedicated Toy Story-themed family area at the 66th Venice Film Festival. Constructed from 13,600 LEGO bricks in 150 hours, this was the global unveiling of the Woody model. The Buzz Lightyear model, seen for the first time in Europe, was constructed from 40,000 LEGO bricks...
Danish toy maker Lego said Monday that six-month net profit nearly doubled to 927 million kroner ($177 million) on strong sales of its best-selling products. Last year, Lego Group's profit for the period was 564 million kroner. Revenue from January through... Sponsored Topics: Lego Group - Toy - Net profit - Lego - Recreation
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games are teaming up with the LEGO Group, to merge two of the world’s most popular brands with the creation of LEGO® Harry
Lego Europe's biggest toymaker said profit jumped 32pc to a record last year on sales of building block products based on the "Indiana Jones" and "Star Wars" movies.
________________________________________ Copenhagen - Danish toy maker Lego on Monday said profits rose 32% on strong sales in 2008 despite a slowdown in the wider toy industry. Net profit for 2008 was 1.35 billion kroner ($232 million), up from 1.03 billion...
Denmark's toy maker LEGO Group announced on Monday that 2008 was its successful year with considerable increases in both sales and profit despite the financial crisis that swept the whole world, according to reports reaching here from Copenhagen. Net profit for the year amounted to 1.35 billion kroner (about 232 million U.S. dollars) against 1.03 million kroner (about 177 million U.S. dollars) in 2007....
IT IS a toy that was devised in a carpenter's workshop during the Great Depression but, more than seven decades later, the economic downturn is ensuring Lego's conti
Holy crippity crap! It's a giant Lego pharaoh floating down river Thames. Have mummies in the British museum come back as zombies to find that Legos are easier to build with than stone? Not quite....
One of the largest Lego creations ever constructed is a 16-ft-tall model of an Egyptian pharaoh that looks suspiciously like King Tut. The giant pharaoh is currently floating down the River Thames on its way to Legoland in Windsor, England, where it will be the centerpiece of Legoland’s Kingdom of the Pharaohs, which is set [...]
One of the blogs I regularly peruse has a posting highlighting the work of Brixe63. His art is the creation of motorcycles using Lego blocks and assorted other shaped pieces. This person is a genius in this medium! Here's a link to the blog posting itself: The New Cafe Racer Society. The posting above featured several bikes but this R60/6 model really caught my eye: Brixe63's BMW R60/6 If you want...
The LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products today announced a multi-year licensing agreement that gives the world's premiere construction toy brand access to an extensive portfolio of renowned Disney and Disney•Pixar properties. LEGO® and LEGO DUPLO® products are currently in development for three franchises -- Disney Pixar's "Toy Story" and "Cars," and "Prince of Persia" -- all scheduled to launch...
We have made a short TV Shop themed demonstration of the Turing Machine. Andnissen writes - A TV Shop themed demonstration of a Turing Machine made in LEGO Mindstorms. It was made as part of a project at computer science at Aarhus University.