Standing Small: a Celebration of 30 Years of the LEGO MinifigureBy Nevin Martell
Dorling Kindersley, 2009, 96 p., Young Adult Nonfiction
This delightful book is full of interesting facts about LEGO figures: LEGO figures (without a hat) are exactly four LEGO bricks tall; there are four billion minifigures in existence; the first minifigures were sold in 1978! The book is not encyclopedic so it won’t serve as a complete collector’s guide. But with pictures of hundreds of minifigures the book is great fun for browsers. The book closes with a two page spread on “fan figures,” customized minifigures made from official LEGO parts. Search Google for “customized LEGO minifigure” to view thousands more!
By the way, the name LEGO comes from a Danish phrase (Leg Godt) that means play well.
SH
1 comment:
Never pegged (you'll excuse the expression) you for a LEGOs fan, but what a fun book, sounds like. I always thought LEGO was an invented word--the actual etymology is even better.
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