Category: Press Releases

  • Investing in LEGO via Merlin Entertainment

    Investing in LEGO via Merlin Entertainment

    We have been sent in this press article from Pro Active Investors, it is an interesting press piece about how you could invest in LEGO via Merlin Entertainment, if this is something that is of interest it is a very interesting piece and I certainly learnt abit more about parts of the LEGO Group/Merlin Entertainement,…

  • LEGO consolidates HR & finance service activites

    LEGO consolidates HR & finance service activites

    A two-year transition period will ensure the successful establishment of a global HR and Finance service function located in Mexico, Singapore and the Czech Republic. 190 jobs in existing locations will be affected. The LEGO Group’s current HR and Finance service functions will be consolidated in a global function, located in three regions, Europe, Americas…

  • The LEGO Power Functions Idea Books

    The LEGO Power Functions Idea Books

    The LEGO Power Functions Idea Books. Two Volumes of Machines, Mechanisms, Cars, and Contraptions here is the official press release from No Starch Press: San Francisco, CA – World-renowned builder Yoshihito Isogawa believes his books should be like the LEGO brick—minimalist, colorful, and full of possibility. In his new nearly-wordless releases from No Starch Press, The…

  • China to get its own LEGOLAND

    China to get its own LEGOLAND

    Alton Towers owner Merlin Entertainments to build attractions across country as part of joint venture with media firm. Plans to develop a Legoland park in Shanghai and other visitor attractions across China have been unveiled by Merlin Entertainments. These projects will see existing Merlin brands such as The Dungeons adapted for the local market, in partnership…

  • Life-size LEGO Tardis to be built at BRICK 2015

    Life-size LEGO Tardis to be built at BRICK 2015

    A new Guinness World record is being attempted at Birmingham NEC – when LEGO fans try to make a life-size LEGO Doctor Who Tardis! Using more than 100,000 bricks, the Tardis will stand more than two metres high once complete. The intergalactic feat will take place at BRICK 2015, a huge LEGO show running from October…

  • The LEGO Group expands factories

    The LEGO Group expands factories

    LEGO have sent out this press release regarding their plans to expand their factories and if this article in the Telegraph is to be believed then it is something LEGO need to do and fast: Towards 2022 the LEGO Group plans to expand and invest significantly in factories in Mexico, Hungary and Denmark to match…

  • Blocks Issue 13 out this week

    Blocks Issue 13 out this week

    Issue 13 of Blocks magazine is now with subscribers and will be in the shops this coming Thursday 22nd October. This month the LEGO force really does awaken, with reviews of the new and hotly-anticipated new Star Wars sets. That’s not all for most fans’ favourite LEGO theme though, as Issue 13 also includes a…

  • Dong Energy, LEGO & William Demant celebrate the inauguration of Borkum Riffgrund wind farm

    Dong Energy, LEGO & William Demant celebrate the inauguration of Borkum Riffgrund wind farm

    With great excitement the three partners; DONG Energy, the LEGO Group and William Demant celebrate the inauguration of the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 which can provide clean electricity for 320,000 households. The joint announcement by top management from DONG Energy, market leader in planning, constructing and operating offshore wind farms, the LEGO Group…

  • Largest ever caravan made from LEGO® unveiled at the Motorhome & Caravan Show

    Largest ever caravan made from LEGO® unveiled at the Motorhome & Caravan Show

    The world’s largest caravan built with interlocking plastic LEGO bricks has been unveiled today at the Motorhome & Caravan Show 2015 to celebrate 130 years of leisure caravanning this year. The LEGO brick caravan was certified the world’s largest by an official Guinness World Records adjudicator with celebrities Carl ‘Foggy’ Fogarty and Matt Baker laying…

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