minifigs… attack!

For any of you who are as addicted to Lego bricks as I (still) am, this comprehensive Lego-brick-related post over at Gizmodo should answer just about all the questions you could probably ever think of, and then some. For instance, my two favorites are:

Approximately 19 billion Lego elements are produced per year. 2.16 million are molded every hour, 36,000 every minute. More than 400 billion Lego bricks have been produced since 1958. There are about 62 Lego bricks per person of the Earth’s population.

… and …

…We use rubber to produce Lego tires—did you know we’re the world’s largest producer of vehicle tires?

Hm… Legoland is right up the road…