Items 1 to 60 of 3000 Items 1 to 60 of 3000 LEGO® will bring a great play experience and hours of fun to you and your child. Browse our wide range of LEGO sets and find the perfect gift for every occasion. 20% off Selected LEGO City Shop the full LEGO range Welcome to the wild and wonderful world of LEGO MinifiguresLego has relented on a policy to not allow bulk purchases of its toy bricks after a Chinese artist was declined an order because his project had a 'political agenda'.The Lego Group last year refused a bulk order for the toy bricks for an exhibition of Ai Weiwei's in Melbourne, Australia, in a move he labelled 'an act of censorship and discrimination'.However, yesterday the company has now announced that it would no longer enforce its decades-old policy of enquiring what 'thematic purpose' of a project is. Lego has ended its policy of refusing to sell bulk orders of its toy bricks for projects with a 'political agenda' Lego pieces donated to Ai Weiwei after he was initially refused the order are pictured in a car in London
The artist launched a campaign to crowd source toy bricks for his project after the company would not accept his bulk order purchaseInstead, customers who intend to display their creations in public will be asked to make clear that Lego does not support or endorse them.Asked whether the reversal was in response to the backlash it suffered over Ai's case, the toy-maker said it had been asked whether it supports human rights and freedom of expression.In an email, spokesman Roar Rude Trangbaek wrote: 'We always have and continue to do - this is at the heart of what Lego play is all about.'We hope the new guidelines will make it more clear what we stand for.'Ai's supporters had donated Lego bricks to him in various countries, and the artist said discussions online about Lego's refusal to sell bricks for the Melbourne artwork had pressured the company.He said the new policy was a 'good move,' and a victory for freedom of expression.He said: 'Lego is a language which everybody can appreciate and should be able to use it according to their will, and that's what all freedom of expression is about.'The Melbourne exhibition, which opened in December, was to feature 20 portraits of Australian pro-freedom figures made from Lego bricks.
Instead, it used similar bricks from a Chinese company.'I couldn't tell much difference and the price is much, much lower,' he added.Ai had previously used genuine Lego bricks to form the portraits of political prisoners and political exiles in a 2014 exhibition at the former island prison of Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay.He claimed Lego had raised no objection then.Bulk Lego Lot of Over 3 Pounds, 1000 or More Bricks, Plates, and PiecesLego has performed a U-turn on its bulk orders policy after it was engulfed in controversy when it refused an order from Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Mr Ai accused the company of “an act of censorship and discrimination” when it refused to sell him a bulk order last October. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The Danish toymaker said its policy was to block requests that it believed would be used for political purposes. The decision sparked a wave of online criticism and led to Mr Ai setting up Lego ‘collection points’ across the world. Many responded to his call, including children, who donated their bricks for an installation which is currently on show at The National Gallery of Victoria in Australia.
Lego said in a statement on its website that its guidelines “could result in misunderstandings or be perceived as inconsistent” and that it had “adjusted” them. From January 1st, the company will no longer ask for the “thematic purpose” of the bricks, it added. “Instead, the customers will be asked to make it clear - if they intend to display their Lego creations in public - that the Lego Group does not support or endorse the specific projects,” it said. Mr Ai welcomed the decision, tweeting "nice move" on his official account with the hashtag "freedomofexpression". He is China’s most famous contemporary artist abroad, but his work is heavily censored at home where he is a constant thorn of the side the authorities because of criticism of Communist leaders. Ai was detained for 81 days in 2011 as part of a nationwide crackdown on dissent. Authorities continued to hold his passport until last summer. The bearded artist has previously used bricks in his work, including as part of an exhibition at the former prison island of Alcatraz in the United States which paid tribute to Nelson Mandela and Edward Snowden.
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We are a small UK based company and pride ourselves on our customer support, so feel free to ask us any questions.Donations were left around the world after Weiwei had a bulk order rejected by Lego.(Picture: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images) Lego has held up its hands and said it made a ‘mistake’ by refusing a bulk order from Ai WeiWei. The Chinese artist had requested the bricks last year to be used in an exhibition in Melbourne. But Lego had refused the order on the basis the planned exhibition was too political. Political activist Weiwei has been openly critical of the Chinese government’s stance on human rights and democracy in the past. Lego has said the rejected was a ‘mistake’. (Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images) Many of the bricks donated were non-Lego (Picture: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images) When his order was rejected he was donated bricks at ‘Lego collection points around the world, although many were ‘non-Lego’. Vice-Chairman Kirk Kristiansen told The Wall Street Journal that an employee had misinterpreted its policy on political neutrality calling it an ‘internal mistake’