Lego 6-month profit surges to $177 million

Danish toy maker Lego said Monday that six-month net profit nearly doubled to 927 million kroner ($177 million) on strong sales of its best-selling products.

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Swedish parishioners unveil Lego statue of Jesus

Parishioners at a church in Sweden celebrated Easter on Sunday by unveiling a 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter-tall) statue of Jesus that they had built out of 30,000 Lego blocks.

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Battle of the bricks: Lego fails in trademark bid

Danish toy maker Lego lost a trademark court battle Wednesday to protect its iconic plastic bricks in the European market.

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'LEGO Indiana Jones' has missing pieces

If you have already played "LEGO Star Wars" from developer Traveler's Tales, you have — to some degree — played "LEGO Indiana Jones."

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Lego to Cut 1,200 Jobs in Denmark, U.S.

Lego Group, whose iconic plastic building blocks have entertained millions of children for more than 70 years, said Tuesday it will be shedding 1,200 of its worldwide jobs to remold itself in an era when kids prefer playing with electronic gadgets.

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, it will cost $10 and require a few minutes of entering codes and pressing buttons, but those of us who measure our worth via the size and depth of our music game libraries should be pleased

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Realizing Sudoku is incredibly boring, Swedish hacker Hans Andersson created a robot from a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit to solve the number puzzles for him.

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A spate of thefts at a German tourist attraction has sparked confusion – about the nature of the Lego animal part being targeted.

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Visitors to a tourist attraction in Berlin have been making off with an unusual memento -- the 30 cm long tail of a Lego giraffe.

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The contest will challenge small teams comprised of children and adults to design, program and construct robots that perform simulated lunar missions similar to those required to win the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize, a private race to the moon designed to enable commercial ex …

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TOP Gear presenter James May is looking for volunteers to help him build a new house in Surrey - but one made entirely out of Lego bricks.

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30 classic lego albums

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Lego - art imitates life

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The latest building blocks in Legoland might be a tough sell for the little ones. The company just announced new designs based on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.

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At first glance, the marriage of Rockband and Lego sounds a little far fetched, but if you read the entire press release...

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Over the Easter holidays we have had a spate of religious or holiday related icons showing up in strange places.

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A giant Lego Pharaoh brought traffic on the River Thames to a standstill as it made a stately journey through London.

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During the cold and dark Berlin winter days, I spend a lot of time with my boys in their room. And as I look at the toys scattered on the floor, my mind inevitably wanders back to New York.

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Barack Obama-mania has spread to the world of Lego, with a model of the President Elect's highly anticipated inauguration now the main attraction at Legoland in California.

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We have worked with Lego to painstakingly collect and catalog almost every minifig ever produced into a photographic timeline.

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This holiday season show off your creativity and the Christmas spirit by making your own Star Wars-themed nativity scene. Check out this LEGO Star Wars Nativity made by fan Larry Lars who has a few tips of his own for others who want to make one as well.

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What can I say? I love Legos! Especially when they are partially representative of current troubles and draw immediate controversy. These little guys come custom-molded from www.BrickArms.com and have a variety of weapons and accessories to choose from.

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There is a scandalously funny side to the Gov. Rod Blagojevich scandal.

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[Excerpt:] - Religious leaders have united to express their dismay at a custom range of Lego figures - including a "Toy Taliban" armed to the teeth with C96 broomhandle Mauser pistol, AK Assault Rifle and M67 frag grenades.

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The Danish manufacturer Lego does not have exclusive rights to produce its toy building bricks. The European Court of Justice has ruled that the design is not protected under the European trademark law.

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A six-foot model Lego chap washed up on Brighton's famous beach yesterday, and was found by local kids, who presumably will need trauma counselling after seeing an iconic toy brought low.

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The colourful character mysteriously washed up on Brighton beach yesterday spawning dozens of tales - soon to become local legend - about where he may have come from.

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While this Lego Halloween Pumpkin is not as spooky and macabre as the sectioned Lego minifig showing his skeleton and inner guts, it is a complete must in any geekabolous nerdy Halloween decorations.

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If you spend any time at all with Lego, then the sight above is probably a familiar one: a giant bin full of assorted Lego bricks and parts.

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Yes, the prequel trilogy and The Clone Wars movie may have disappointed hardcore Star Wars fans to the point where only The Force Unleashed can possibly redeem George Lucas in the eyes of his once-faithful audience, but that's not to say that they're disillusioned with Star Wars  …

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