LEGO Stores Home Lego Store Monthly Mini Model Build. 1st Tues of the month at South Shore Plaza. Go at least an hour early. 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 MinifiguresMind the gap … between all 637,903 Lego bricks used to make this life-size Tube carriage. It is on display at the world’s largest Lego store, which opened today in Leicester Square. The London flagship has been two years in development and also features models of a dragon, the Elizabeth Tower and Big Ben and a Royal Mail postbox. The creations on display are made from 1.7 million bricks and together weigh five tonnes. More than a third of those bricks went into the London Underground carriage, created in partnership with Transport for London. It took 4,000 hours to make and features an unusual passenger — a model of Shakespeare.
Dylan Collie, 12, was given a sneak preview of the store and said: “There is so much to do. It was bigger than I expected and sitting on the Tube carriage makes it feel like the whole world has turned into Lego.” The 914 sq m store also has a 1:15 scale model of the Elizabeth Tower and Big Ben, which is 6.5m tall and weighs 1,035 kilograms. It took six model builders nearly 3,000 hours to create from 344,030 bricks, features a working clock and chimes with the sound of Big Ben. There are also models of a telephone box, the Leicester Square Tube roundel and an Underground map. Attractions include the world’s first Lego Mosaic Maker, which allows shoppers to buy a personalised Lego mosaic portrait. The machine captures the portrait before producing instructions and the bricks required to complete the image. There are also play tables where children can sit and build. John Goodwin, executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Lego Group, said: “We want to inspire and develop children through creative play experiences — and this store is all about that.”
I love deciding which sets I am interested in, I like reading and researching it, building it, playing with it and then making something else from it. I play with it for hours. With the world's biggest LEGO store opening its doors in Leicester Square I took my love of LEGO one step further and actually became a LEGO masterpiece Among the 1.7 million bricks used to build the vast models in the store there is a booth that turns people into 4,502 pieces of LEGO. The Mosaic Maker is a world exclusive to the London store which scans the face like in a passport photo booth, and then converts the image into a LEGO pixels. I am now officially a LEGO set. For me it was the highlight of my visit to the store, which began by walking through the Victorian tube station 'iron gate' made out of tens of thousands of black bricks. After just a few minutes taking it all in I realised the shop had been made just for me... and the millions of other LEGO enthusiasts. The flagship store is made up of two floors with jaw-dropping replica models which took 10,000 hours to create.
The centrepiece is a beautifully intricate, two-storey chiming Big Ben with a working clock face. The hourly chimes were the only clue to how long I had been in there. Brickley the dragon, complete with iconic London accessories of a bowler hat and black umbrella, is also coiled ready to welcome visitors. As I sat in between life-size models of William Shakespeare and a Queen's Guard, and just a few inches away from Her Majesty the Queen, I thought there couldn't be anything more English. The walls of the store are lined with sets to buy, from Architecture, Star Wars, Ninjago, Nexo Knights, Friends, LEGO City and to the cars and buildings of the Creator series. It is an experience where you can play at the activity station, although you might be rudely interrupted by an insistent remote control R2-D2. There is also the pick-a-brick wall- the master build station where you can add your own flair to London landscapes but get help to build an original design.
It is the subtle yet stunning details that make LEGO so appealing to all ages and all levels of ability, from the stunning 3D landscape that cascades on the stairwell , to the "Mind the Gap" tube station platform for people waiting to get in the lift, complete with dirt, litter and a tiny spider. The store will be a must-see for Lego enthusiasts of every age, as well as tourists from all around the world descending on the capital. Find the store at 3 Swiss Court, W1D Follow Lizzie Edmonds on Twitter @LizzieEdmoWe're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for /2016/11/24/lego-shophome-brick-friday-deals/ on this server. An invalid request was received from your browser. This may be caused by a malfunctioning proxy server or browser privacy software. Your technical support key is: 36b3-c7ac-1756-6707 You can use this key to fix this problem yourself. and be sure to provide the technical support key shown above.Come Play With Us!We are the largest toy store of our kind, specializing in only new and used LEGO® items.
We buy and trade all things LEGO®, from tubs of bulk to storage unit sized collections. If it’s LEGO®, we’ll take it!!Enjoy our selection of individual minifigs, bulk bricks, components and accessories. With the largest assortment of new, used and retired sets we keep your collection growing! Bricks & Minifigs is built on the principle of the 3 R'sREBUILD with thousands of pieces to choose from ensuring you'll have those childhood sets rebuilt in no time.REUSE is our way or saying that we buy, sell and trade anything Lego brand and pay top dollar for it.REIMAGINE those sets you get from us by creating your own masterpiece straight from your imagination.A Lego mad father has bought a new home - to house his growing 10 million-piece collection. Lego super fan Michael has even given up his job as a teacher so he can embrace his passion for the tiny plastic bricks. The dad-of-two from Sheffield estimates he has around 8,000 Lego sets, but admits: "If I'm totally honest I don't know how much I've got myself."
Speaking on Channel 4's A Big Lego Christmas he said: "It is my hobby so I suppose it takes up a lot of my available time .. and it does take over my available space. "I think when it's got to a point where it's overbearing, of course that's got out of hand. "I've been incredibly lucky to have a supportive wife that understands." The 47-year-old's wife Lucy added: "Whenever Michael does something it's never to the normal level - it's always done to the extreme." Michael also reveals during the programme that he quit his teaching job to run a Lego-themed shop - and ropes in his two children to help after school. The documentary goes behind the scenes in the run-up to the opening of the world's biggest Lego store in London's Leicester store. It follows Duncan - Britain's only certified Lego professional - who is attempting to build a giant model of Tower Bridge using nearly six million bricks. And also Sophie - another adult fan who unashamedly maintains her love for the brick, and designer Justin, whose first kit - a re-imagining of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine - prepares to hit the shelves.
Unbelievably, Lego teetered on the brink of bankruptcy in 2001, but now it’s the most profitable toymaker - opening its largest ever store in Leicester Square this November. The opening of the world's biggest Lego store was marked with the unveiling of a Big Ben built from the colourful blocks - measuring six-metre high and made of 200,000 bricks. The structure, which took 2,280 hours to build, is the centrepiece of the Danish brand's new London store and it even features a working clock face which will be illuminated at night. The opening also included the unveiling of a new Lego mascot named Lester, an English tea-drinking Minifigure, and the first Lego London skyline replica set ahead of its worldwide release in January. Land Rover build biggest ever LEGO structure to launch their new Discovery SUV The phenomenally successful Danish company reports having sold more than 72 billion Lego "elements" or pieces last year. Loren Shuster, executive vice president and chief commercial officer at Lego said: "We want to inspire and develop children across the globe through creative Lego play experiences."