It's National Lego Day

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Those plastic brick building pieces are having a special day. Lego is Danish for leg godt or "play well". Godtfred Kirk patented them in 1958. In 1968 Legoland opened in Billund. The 'bricks' have gone through many changes and upgrades. There has been the DUPLO line of larger bricks for young kids with trouble using the regular-sized bricks. Minifigures came out nine years later that are yellow humanoids that are usually seen in the different themed play sets. Changes continue. More recently there have been multiple electronic games centering on famous pop-culture icons such as Harry Potter, Batman, and Star Wars. In 2014 The Lego Movie came out and a spin-off, The Lego Batman Movie in 2017. The date of January 28th was chosen for the national celebration of Legos because that is the date back in 1958 that the patent went through. My grandson has been putting Legos together since he was about 7 years old. Never followed any instructions and had the kits put together in record time. But they didn't stay put together. He has two of those big storage bins about half full of pieces. He uses these to construct all manner of things. I have about eight superheroes on my bookshelf here in my room. Image is courtesy of Clip Art.