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How They Make LEGO Bricks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mana-from-heaven dept.

harajukboy writes "Businessweek.com shows us how the famous LEGO bricks are made. Among the new facts I picked up was that LEGO is the largest tire manufacturer in the world, and that the process is so air tight that only 18 of 1 million pieces are considered defective." I knew I was getting old when I first realized that these kids today with their modern legos have it too easy, what with all those crazy custom pieces. Why, when I was a kid, we had to use our imagination to build stuff.

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  1. Re:I for one.. by BadMrMojo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I for one welcome our new multi-colored, combinable overlords! ... Voltron?

  2. Re:This is news? This matters how? by 91degrees · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot has always been the stuff that Taco thinks is interesting.

    Coming here and demanding that he changes his editorial policy seems slightly odd.

  3. Re:This is news? This matters how? by 91degrees · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Am I? Hoookay... And your name is Billy.

  4. Re:This is news? This matters how? by 91degrees · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, what's with the inadequacy and obsessing?

  5. Re:This is news? This matters how? by Majik+Sheff · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please stop feeding the troll. It's painful to watch. :)

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