Most expensive Lego brick in the world expected to sell for £12,000 THE most expensive Lego brick in the world is up for auction again - and is expected to sell for a whopping £12,000. SWNSOne of only a handful of 14k solid gold 2x4 bricks ever made sparked a bidding frenzy when it was put up for sale on auction website Catawiki.The last time one of the bricks was sold, in 2012, it went for a whopping £8,000.Between 1979 and 1981, the extra special bricks were originally given to Lego employees that had fulfilled 25 years of employment at their main factory in Germany.SWNS This is definitely the most special brick I have ever come across What makes this commemorative brick even more special is that it can be used with all other Lego sets, thanks to its patented interlocking nodules.A lucky American won the auction, and is now the proud owner of the golden brick, which weighs 25.65g, and is exactly the same size and shape as an original Lego brick.John Hughbanks, president of Lego fan website Brick Envy that sold the brick, said: "This is definitely the most special brick I have ever come across.
SWNS"The other precious metal items that Lego has done in recent years are nice but almost all of them were simply contest prizes."The 2x4 gold brick had to be earned, there was no luck involved at all. Someone had to work for 25 years of their live, in one place, just to get it."The story is what separates this brick from anything else, in my own opinion." Lego Store Leicester Square - First look inside the new London shop LEGO has opened a flagship new store in London's Leicester Square, and here is a look around the awesome new shop. Lego Leicester Square is the biggest Lego Store in the world The most expensive Lego set ever officially released is the massive 5195-piece Millennium Falcon, which costs a mere £342.49.Experts at the auction site reckon the single brick is expected to sell for over 30 times the price of an average home in 1932, the year the Lego Company was created.Lego auctioneer, Aldus Rolf Nagtzaam said: "The brick has been put up for auction by a family member of an Italian business partner of LEGO who received the brick in 1980, for his work on building the LEGO market in Italy."
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Exclusive Lego Snowglobe and 2X Points Now Available for VIPs One of Lego's 2016 Holiday promotions is now available now, the much anticipated 40223 Snowglobe set. This available is considered "Early Access" for VIP members in the U.S. an My First Year as a Lego Reseller and What I've learned from BrickPicker This month (November 2016) marks my first complete year as a LEGO reseller and active BrickPicker, as well as the second anniversary of coming out of my Dark Ages. Okay, I was reading catalogs and buying a few cool sets for my kids every year before 2014, but nothing like the full-on assault of having to catch up with all that LEGO has offered in the past. To celebrate these milestones I thoFREE Standard Delivery On orders over £40 FREE Next Day Click & Collect On orders over £20 International Delivery Find out moreIt could be the biggest bargain on the property market: a two-storey house that’s being given away for nothing. The only drawback is that this des res is made entirely out of Lego – and you’ll have to find somewhere to put it.
Top Gear presenter James May has just built the world’s first full-size Lego house – including a working toilet, hot shower and a very uncomfortable bed – using 3.3million plastic bricks. Toy storeys: James May and 1,000 helpers built the 20ft-tall Lego house on a wine estate in Surrey Stripe me: A close up of the fully functional house, which was built using 3.3million differently coloured bricks About 1,000 volunteers built the 20ft-tall house in Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, Surrey – but now the vineyard needs the land back toIf no one collects it by 8am on Tuesday, it will be hacked to bits with chainsaws. May says Legoland reneged on a deal to take it to their theme park in Windsor, Berkshire, after deciding it would be too expensive to move. Meanwhile, miffed Legoland managers criticised May for building the house without their help.May said: ‘I’m very unhappy about it. I feel as if I’m having my arm twisted into saying “knock it down”.
Blocked sink: The bathroom with a working taps and basin made from Lego Cosy: James in the bedroom - and you'll never guess what he made the bed, pillows and slippers from! Purrfect: The home even comes with its own cat ‘Legoland only told us on Thursday they were not going to take it. Block head: The TV presenter built the house for his forthcoming BBC show, James May Toy Stories 'Knocking it down is just wrong on every level. really lovely thing – it would break the hearts of the 1,000 people who worked like dogs to build it.’ May believes that an art gallery, a children’s home or a wealthy private collector might be interested in the house. entrepreneurs hoping to make money from it would face legal problems as Legoland has an exclusive licence to use the plastic bricks as a public Lego has also banned May from dismantling the structure and giving away the bricks, which the company donated for his forthcoming BBC show
James May’s Toy Stories. ‘It would dilute Lego’s sales – we can only give them to charity,’ May said. May slept in the house on Friday night, on ‘the most uncomfortable bed I’ve ever slept in’ – when he also discovered the house was not waterproof. Martin Williams, marketing director of Legoland Windsor, said: ‘We’re disappointed we were not consulted as our model-makers could have advised on building a movable structure. ‘In our opinion, the only way to move the Lego house now is to cut into it, which would compromise the structural integrity and present us with Plastic fantastic: James in the multi-coloured hallway Building blocks: James even used Lego to make kitchen utensils, including a toaster, whisk, bread bin and iron Daily Block: The home, which is unwanted by Legoland, also includes reading material 'We considered all the options but due to timings, logistics and planning permission, we have decided it would