BrickArms Brickmania Roaglaan's Customs BrickJournal LEGO® HomeSpecials and Featured Items Specials and Featured Items Custom BrickArms Tan Stahlhelm w/ Two Sided 3 Color Wehrmacht Print Custom BrickArms Gunmetal Stahlhelm w/ Two Sided 3 Color Wehrmacht Print Custom BrickArms Dark Gray Stahlhelm w/ Two Sided 3 Color Wehrmacht Print VAB 6x6 Armored Personnel Carrier British SAS is now in stock! CLICK HERE for more recent NEW RELEASES!Ai Weiwei had recently accused Lego of “censorship and discrimination” after the company refused to sell bricks to him for a 2015 exhibition. And according to BBC’s Celia Hatton, it was a controversial move given that “Ai Weiwei had used Lego before. He created a series of portraits of political dissidents that appeared at an exhibition in Alcatraz prison in 2014.” But after people from across the globe donated lego to the artist, Lego “adjusted” its bulk buy guidelines. “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,” its most recent statement said.
“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 organisations. “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.” Now, customers who intend to display Lego creations in public will be asked to make it clear that the company does not support or endorse the specific projects. This led to the BBC taking a closer look at why certain companies limited how much consumers purchased, with many giving the same answer. Luxury retailer LVMH has had its Chinese business undermined by bulk sales ferried into the country by so-called “daigou” agents, according to the BBC. It suggested that taxes and currency differences made luxury goods expensive in China, which in turn made daigou agents buy up luxury products in bulk in Europe and sell them on at home.
Jean-Jacques Guiony, CFO of LVMH, said: “We’ve placed strict retail restrictions for the amount of products that people can buy. But, when you see someone in a store, you don’t know whether they are buying handbags for themselves or to sell them on to the market in China. We are trying to make sure we are not competing with our own products in the China market, but our actions are not entirely bullet-proof.” While most of the examples given by the BBC hail from China, The British Retail Consortium’s external affairs adviser, Bryan Johnston, claimed that the risk of selling to customers and having your products turn up in someone else’s store is always high when you sell in bulk. There are, however, ways to prevent this, he said. For example, restricting sales. He added: “In the end, it is up to the individual store. It is in the gift of the retailer to decide on how much they want to sell to any one customer.” Share with your networkLego 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.
YES, we are still actively accepting LEGOⓇ donations, and need more pieces now. Our shipping address is current, but may change in 2018, so just refer to this web site for our current address. If you mention us in blogs, FaceBook, etc please refer to this website as well. We have many more requests for LEGOs than we can fill right now. And we receive more one-time requests constantly. One example is many pounds of used pieces to bless children at an orphanage in Zimbabwe . Other recent ventures are to team up with Compassion International to help children in Brazil, bless children in Flint Michigan, and provide building supplies to a nonprofit science program for teens. Our most recent endever is to provide some financial help and needed supplies to the San Jose, CA flood victims. We are hoping to donate Lego toys to flood victims too after they clean up from this disaster. Another example of how we try to help is the work we’ve done with the “Build Your Journey” program through Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City is another example.
This program was and inspiration by, Donald, a young leukemia patient. He recently beat this deadly disease, and instantly had a deep desire to help other kids that are still in the battle. His dream is that kids would receive a small set every time they undergo treatment, or take a step toward recovery, since the process is so difficult. accepts donations of new and used loose LEGO bricks, figures, and sets. Simply put them in a bag, then in a box, and ship to us via UPS Ground or FedEx Ground. There are more packing tips here. Did you know LEGO pieces are not marked with the recycling symbol, and are a mixture of “Type 7 Plastic” (ABS) and other materials. If you dump them in your recycle bin your city will need to sort them out, and then just dump them in the landfill. Unfortunately most thrift shops end up dumping these unless they are in complete sets in the orignal box. Many other nonprofits don’t know what to do with mixed up pieces. We carefully sort LEGO brand pieces to match the type of pieces with what happens to be needed at the time (e.g. wheels, space themed, robotics, etc).
We prepare them to make them available to kids and clubs who can enjoy the thrill of these pieces for the first time, or find those “missing pieces” they are longing for. We shipped off over 130 lbs for kids in Haiti! Watch the video on YouTube for the awesome Hope for Haiti drive for Donating LEGOs. Here are some other organizations we have worked with to help them spread the love of learning and building, by finding the parts they need, when they need them. Help One Child and Compassion (for foster children) Orphanages in Mexico and Honduras Hands of Hope (for Zimbabwe orphanage) Camp Opportunity (for at risk kids) Dozens of Libraries and Clubs Many of children and adult “artists and architects” World History Classes taught with LEGO A short film of LEGO Schools serving underprivileged children Many teens have developed leadership skills by organizing a local Lego drive, and sent the pieces to us. We would like to spread the word that we fully support this.
JANGBRiCKS helped us out so much with the following donation. These were sold to buy brand new sets for kids with Leukemia! Donations of complete sets and mixed pieces are wonderful! If you are a 501(c) corporation and need LEGOs, let us know. LEGOⓇ and the LEGO logo, are trademarks of the LEGO Group of Companies. Thank you for making a difference by reusing the one of the world’s most popular toys. We accept donations from all over the US: California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts,Connecticut, Pennsylvania, etc! So whether you are in LA, Chicago,Houston, San Diego, Houston, Phoenix, or even Weed, California, we can use your pieces. We can pay for shipping if sent by a ground service. We are not registered as a nonprofit organization yet. Our goal is to make use of these wonderful toys, and giving to nonprofits or individuals or selling, providing great outlets for using these. Legos are not recyclable so please don’t simply throw them away, donate to a thrift that cannot use them, or simple “store them forever”.
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