LEGO men celebrate 30th birthday
The yellow, round-headed, claw-handed LEGO minifigure has turned 30.
Since 1978 - when LEGO people were first manufactured - they have become a pop culture icon and are described (by Lego) as being the world's largest population.
With more than 4 billion of them around the world they are three times larger than China and 12 times larger than the USA ... then again they are chunks of plastic, and not real people.
LEGO, having already convinced themselves he is real, are even sending out quotes from the inanimate plastic toy in a press release about his birthday?
Possibly having inhaled too many fumes at the factory a spokesman quoted a LEGO minifigure as saying: "I'm sure plenty of people who see all the places I've been and things I've done probably wonder when I'll slow down.
"But I feel as if the adventure is just beginning,
"I can go anywhere I dream of going, and thanks to generations of children and their imaginations, I have been able to live my dreams in a fun, playful and fearless way.
"I'm ready to go wherever the world's creative builders decide to take me next!"
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