Reveal, explore, and celebrate the fascinating LEGO® story in The LEGO® Book. From its beginnings in a carpenter’s workshop and the development of the first plastic brick, to the group’s current position as an international brand, a timeline highlights key moments in LEGO® history. Fascinating facts on every significant LEGO® product line, theme park, video game, artwork, competition, club, collectible and more combine with images from the LEGO Group’s photo archives-many s (more…)

An adult LEGO fan’s dual quest: to build with bricks and build a family There are 62 LEGO bricks for every person in the world, and at age 30, Jonathan Bender realized that he didn’t have a single one of them. While reconsidering his childhood dream of becoming a master model builder for The LEGO Group, he discovers the men and women who are skewing the averages with collections of hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks. What is it about the ubiquitous, brightly colored toy (more…)

Reveal, explore, and celebrate the fascinating LEGO® story in The LEGO® Book. From its beginnings in a carpenter’s workshop and the development of the first plastic brick, to the group’s current position as an international brand, a timeline highlights key moments in LEGO® history. Fascinating facts on every significant LEGO® product line, theme park, video game, artwork, competition, club, collectible and more combine with images from the LEGO Group’s photo archives-many s (more…)

“During the decade of World War II, some pioneering color photographers were out shooting film on the last of Pennsylvania’s traction: Phila Transp, Mkt St Elevated, Fairmont Park, Red Arrow, P& W, LVT, Scranton Tran, L& WV, W-B Ry, Conestoga, Hershey, A& LV, Jonstown Trac, West Penn and PGH Railways.”

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The history of M.T.H electric trains from its start to the present day. The book is filled with hundreds of pictures of the wonderful electric train reproductions created by the company.

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