The minifi gure story

Travelling back through the years to look at some of the most memorable LEGO items

When the LEGO Group needed to rediscover the company’s core, Design Master Henrik Andersen created what, on the face of it, is an unassuming fire engine. But a small model made a big statement and set a firm direction for the then-new City theme

Rounding up the rest of the month’s news from the world of LEGO bricks

After some years of uncertainty and experimentation, the City team was tasked with delivering what children wanted – a real world that they could recognise. For Senior Model Designer Bjarke Lykke Madsen, that meant designing the centrepiece of the new collection

He was bitten by a radioactive spider and he’s not the only one. In fact, this new collection of minifigures features a dozen of them

Visualising an urban environment doesn’t conjure up images of volcanoes, the tundra or the ocean floor. LEGO Design Director Ricco Krog reveals how he took City to adventurous new places while always consulting children along the way