Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands and was built on stilts in the delta of the Amstel River. In the 17th century, it was the fourth biggest city in Europe and, at the same time, one of the richest. More than 1,000 bridges connect the different parts of the city and canals with over 100 islands. Today, more than 700,000 people live in this city, many of them on houseboats. Bicycles, known as ‚fiets‘ in Dutch, are the most practical means of transportation after boats. Windmills appeared as early as the Middle Ages. Many of these were equipped with special wheels which were used to scoop out water and to dry out swamps and lakes. In the 18th century there were 140 windmills in Amsterdam which were used for pumping stations, mills and lumber mills as well as for the oil, tobacco and chocolate industries. Today, they are tourist attractions. Windless: Our windmills are not powered by wind but by small 24 volt engines. If you visit Amsterdam, don’t miss out on a tour of the canals.
The tour boats open their glass roofs when the weather is nice and take you down the Emperor Canal, the Patrician Canal and the Prince’s Canal past merchant and patrician houses, which were built narrow but high because the city magistrate only allowed houses to be eight meters (26 ft.) wide. It is still very popular to live at the canals. Water everywhere: MINILAND has 400 cubic meters of water. An old German song celebrates the tulips of Amsterdam. Holland is a country of flowers with countless greenhouses everywhere just like in MINILAND. Huge fields of flowers stretch across the geest landscape behind the dunes of the North Sea coast, the bulb region between Haarlem and Leiden as well as in the province of North Holland. Holland is the most important flower supplier of Western Europe. Constant care: Our little trees have to be pruned every 14 days in their main growing season from May to September. Holland is the country of tulips. Our model builders have rebuilt many of the colorful flowers in the two greenhouses.
How many do you think there are? If you have counted right you end up with exactly 6,285 LEGO® tulips. What happened to DESIGN byME? The original Design byMe vision was for a unique customization service, where consumers could design whatever they imagined on their computer, and buy the real model in their own LEGO box. Design byMe attracted several million people each year to build a huge range of amazing creations using the LEGO Digital Designer (LDD) software. Despite this success, the overall Design byMe experience has struggled to live up to the quality standards for a LEGO service. As a result, the LEGO® Design byME service was closed in January 2012. Where did my models go? You can still design what you want with LEGO Digital Designer and upload models into a public gallery on the new LEGO Digital Designer website. All of your old existing models have been transferred the new LDD gallery . You will also be able to generate building instructions from LEGO Digital Designer to build your models.
What about other Custom products? This is not the end of customization for the LEGO Group, but a revision. We believe in the future of customization, but the service we offer has to be right for our consumers. If you wish to buy bricks separately, you can use our Pick a Brick service. The LEGO Design byME and the LEGO Factory team would like to thank you all for six great years of custom building! Please contact our consumer service department if you have any additional questions. March 12-17: Bring in your little one for 10 minutes of LEGO® DUPLO building inspiration! March 1-15: FREE Police Helicopter with purchases of $35 or more! LEGO Monthly Mini Model Build Sign up online for the March Mini Model Build starting February 15! Event takes place March 7-8, and is only open to members of the LEGO VIP loyalty program. Sign up in advance for a LEGO Disney Beauty and the Beast building event! March 4 & 11. February 10-28: FREE Exclusive Disco and Clown Batman™ Minifigures with purchases of $75 or more!
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