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THE CULT OF LEGO
(NO STARCH PRESS), PHOTOS COURTESY ANGUS MACLANE
HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM
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JANUARY 2012
THE
MONTH
AHEAD
Block Party
Since its 1932 founding, Lego has churned out roughly
560 billion building pieces—enough for every person on
earth to construct, say, a tiny schoolhouse. But as the new
book
The Cult of Lego
shows, some obsessives set their
sights much higher, using the plastic blocks as inspiration
for art (a re-creation of Escher’s staircases), innovation
(prosthetic hands) and general awesomeness (an 80,000-
brick
T. rex
skeleton). The book has plenty of lore and
lingo, too, which will come in handy should you visit the
new Legoland—the world’s biggest—inWinter Haven,
Fla., or hobnob with fellowAFOLs (Adult Fans of Lego) at
the BrickFair convention Jan. 14–15 in Birmingham, Ala.
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