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May 12, 2025

Museum Staff Build Disabled Turtle a Custom Mobility Aid Made of LEGO Parts

All animals—big and small—deserve to live their best life. So when a wood turtle named Root showed up at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax, Nova Scotia, missing his right foot, the staff got creative. They built him a tiny mobility aid out of LEGO to help him move around more easily. Root arrived at the museum in September 2024, but he hasn’t lived in the wild for nearly 20 years.

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May 7, 2025

Artist Meticulously Recreates Italian Monuments With Thousands of LEGO Bricks

Luca Petraglia often refers to his custom-designed LEGO models as “miniature emotions.” For years, the Italian artist has recreated some of his country’s most renowned architectural marvels, alongside what he calls “overlooked gems,” but it was only during his first few exhibitions that he registered their emotional valence. “People would stop, share personal memories, and even get emotional while looking at the sculptures,” Petraglia tells My Modern Met.

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March 20, 2025

LEGO Unveils a New Beauty and the Beast Castle Set for Disney-Loving Adults

Many people associate Disney with children’s movies, but the truth is that its films, characters, and parks have millions of adoring adult fans. Tapping into this demographic, LEGO has brought together the charm of fairy tales with the challenge of their detailed architecture models in a brand new Beauty and the Beast Castle set. Created in collaboration with The Walt Disney Company, the 2,916-piece set is recommended for ages 18+.

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February 13, 2025

LEGO Set Lets You Recreate Robert Indiana’s Famous ‘Love’ Sculpture in Time for Valentine’s Day

In 1970, Robert Indiana designed his first monumental LOVE sculpture in Cor-Ten steel. More than 50 years later, these sculptures continue to decorate countless cities across the United States, cementing themselves as one of the world’s most recognizable and beloved typographic designs. Now, LEGO offers the opportunity to recreate this pop art icon inside your own home.

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