Items 1 to 60 of 136 Items 1 to 60 of 136Factory Fresh Bricks specializes in bulk LEGO bricks as well as rare and hard to find LEGO sets and minifigures. Find us at our upcoming 2016/2017 live events: November 4/5/6/7 – McGuire AFB, NJ – JBMDL Exchange main lobby November 26/27 – Edison, NJ – Greenberg Train Show December 3/4 – Miami, FL – Brick Fest Live December 9/10/11 – Brooklyn, NY (details coming soon) December 16/17/18 – Brooklyn, NY (details coming soon) Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑Adjusted guidelines for bulk sales The LEGO Group has adjusted the guidelines for sales of LEGO® bricks in very large quantities. Previously, when asked to sell very large quantities of LEGO® bricks for projects, the LEGO Group has asked about the thematic purpose of the project. This has been done, as the purpose of the LEGO Group is to inspire children through creative play, not to actively support or endorse specific agendas of individuals or organizations.
However, those guidelines could result in misunderstandings or be perceived as inconsistent, and the LEGO Group has therefore adjusted the guidelines for sales of LEGO bricks in very large quantities. As of January 1st, the LEGO Group no longer asks for the thematic purpose when selling large quantities of LEGO bricks for projects. 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. Read the service message on the Customer Service site here. The Pick and Build (PAB) walls found inside LEGO® Stores are extremely popular with AFOLs, being a great source of bulk parts. Choose a small or large cup and fill it with whichever parts you wish - well, whichever are available on the wall at the time. However with so many LEGO elements in existence and so few slots available on the walls, you're unlikely to find that exact piece you wanted, or that rare colour you need in bulk.
a new initiative means that American fans might see more of what they really want in 2018. About a year ago, the company trialled a new idea: some buckets contained "Fan Favourites"; pieces and colours that AFOLs might want to see on the wall. The LEGO Community Engagement (LCE) AFOLs & Relations Program chose the elements based on their knowledge of the community and the trial ran in two American stores in New Jersey and Texas. It was a success and so this year, the LCE asked some AFOLs which parts they might like to see. Their colleagues in LEGO Brand Retail in the US will hopefully try to include some of the parts in North American stores in 2018. If this works out they may roll the scheme out to Europe and Asia in the future. (There is no word regarding the inclusion of LEGO Monobrand or Certified stores.) So it is all a long time away and who knows it might not be practical to include all these, but nevertheless I thought it was interesting to see the colours and parts that were chosen.
These are just the top ten; the full list given to Brand Retail contains 20 colours and 30 parts . Most popular LEGO colours 154 – New Dark Red / Dark Red 141 – Earth Green / Dark Green 151 – Sand Green 140 – Earth Blue / Dark Blue 194 – Medium Stone Grey / Light Bluish Gray 138 – Sand Yellow / Dark Tan 199 – Dark Stone Grey / Dark Bluish Gray 38 – Dark Orange 308 – Dark Brown 135 – Sand Blue Most popular LEGO pieces Here are the parts (regardless of colour) that LEGO fans said they'd like to see on PAB walls (Design ID – TLG name). I created the image using Mecabricks, choosing Dark Red for the colour given that it is the most popular one and all these parts do actually come in Dark Red! 98283 – Profile Brick 1x2 Single Gro. 3004 – Brick 1x2 2423 – Limb Element, Small 3024 – Plate 1x1 3023 – Plate 1x2 3069 – Flat Tile 1x2 54200 – Roof Tile 1x1x2/3, ABS
2417 – Limb Element 3068 – Flat Tile 2x2 3005 – Brick 1x1 What do you think? So who chose these? The survey was executed via the LEGO Ambassador Network (the bridge between the company and adult fans). 42% of registered LEGO User Groups (RLUGs) in the Americas responded, as did 12% in EMEA/Pacific, 5% in Asia, and 20% of registered LEGO Fan Media. I am interested to know what you think of the pieces chosen. Given that 1x2 bricks regularly appear on the walls anyway, I'd rather have seen more plates instead, especially longer ones. Foliage parts and profile bricks are good choices for bulk but I fear that foliage parts are a poor use of the space available in cups. I'm surprised Dark Red was the most popular colour! Do you think we will get those rarer colours like Sand Green and Dark Orange? When it comes to bulk, I prefer neutral colours so am glad to at least see some browns and the greys on there. Notably, the chosen colours are very dark and subdued;
they are not the 'normal' LEGO palette that the average customer would expect. But then, these Fan Favourites would probably only account for a few of the available buckets on a wall. Personally, regardless of what comes of this initiative, I think it is a great example of the innovative and progressive ways in which the LEGO Group engages with the adult fans of its product. We get something out of it and the company gets something out of it. I can't imagine any other multinational toy company going to this sort of bother! READ MORE: 3 valuable resources about LEGO colours, created by Ryan HowerterConsider using our affiliate links to buy your LEGO sets (or anything); this helps support New Elementary! Canada: Amazon.ca UK: Amazon.co.uk Deutschland: Amazon.deCan't read the text above?Try another text or an audio CAPTCHAText in the box:What's this?Plastic is nearly inescapable in the world of children’s toys—especially if your child is into LEGOs. But the company behind the eponymous toy bricks says it wants to change that.
The LEGO Group has announced plans to build a new center to research and develop “sustainable, raw materials” to use in making its LEGO bricks. This month, the company pledged 1 billion Danish Krone ($150 million) for the new “LEGO Sustainable Materials Centre” that will aim to find a sustainable replacement for LEGO materials by 2030. LEGO has talked about improving the sustainability of its plastic bricks before, which require vast amounts of petrochemicals to produce. Last year alone, LEGO made more than 60 billion plastic bricks (to put that in context, it has made the Guinness Book of World Records for being the “largest tyre manufacturer per annum”). The move comes on the heels of a decision to break a pact with oil giant Shell to sell LEGOs at its gas stations last fall, after a compelling YouTube video by Greenpeace mocking the arrangement went viral. The company was notably vague about what types of materials it wants to scrap, or what might replace the ABS plastic and other petrochemicals that make up the bulk of its bricks.
Although LEGO referenced a move to “new bio-based materials” in its announcement, it also left ample room for interpretation. “There is no common definition of a sustainable material,” CEO and president of LEGO group Jørgen Vig Knudstorp said in the press release accompanying the announcement. “Several factors influence the environmental sustainability of a material—the composition of the material, how it is sourced and what happens when the product reaches the end of its life.” A LEGO spokesperson tells Quartz that “the materials we have now are based on petrochemicals, which are not sustainable,” and that the goal is to find “new and sustainable alternatives” to its existing materials. But as with most laudable corporate sustainability goals, the devil will be in the details. Recent initiatives by Coca Cola and Pepsi to replace fossil fuels used in their plastic bottles with ethanol, for instance, have been criticized for having many of the same environmentally-damaging qualities as regular plastic (not biodegradable, pollutive to the environment, and bad for human health).