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LEGO® Adventures, Here We Come!

I have been a Science World science facilitator for over 10 years and I have seen many exhibitions come and go, but the one exhibition that visitors always ask to have come back is the LEGO® exhibition. This makes me wonder, what is the public's fascination with these simple, little, coloured building bricks?

Maybe it's because you can build almost anything with them. People have built a life-size LEGO® sculpture of Captain Kirk from the Star Trek Enterprise, a Star Wars X-Wing Fighter and just recently, an air-powered, drivable LEGO® car.

This "Super Awesome Micro Project" started on the internet, when Steve Sammartino, an entrepreneur based in Melbourne, Australia, reached out to Raul Oaida, a 20-year-old, self-taught technology genius from Romania, who had built a LEGO® Space Shuttle and sent it up into the sky attached to a helium balloon. It was Oaida’s tribute to the end of the space shuttle era.

Here are some fun facts about the LEGO® car*:

  • It’s made from more than 500,000 LEGO® pieces
  • Its top speed is 25km/h
  • It’s environmentally friendly
  • It’s powered by compressed air
  • It’s entirely made of LEGO®—even the engine! The only exceptions are the wheels and some load-bearing areas
  • It took about a year and a half to build

So, maybe the fascination with LEGO® bricks is really about being able to build the most outrageous things possible. What is the most outrageous thing that you have built with LEGO® bricks? If you're looking for inspiration, Science World is proud to be bringing in LEGO® Travel Adventure on February 1, 2014. The exhibition will feature different modes of transportation, all built with LEGO®!

*Note: the air-powered LEGO® car will not be displayed at Science World.

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Jeff is a senior graphic designer at Science World. His illustration work has been published in the Walrus, The National Post, Reader’s Digest and Chickadee Magazine. He loves to make music, ride bikes, and spend time in the forest.

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Artist: Ty Dale

From Canada, Ty was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1993. From his chaotic workspace he draws in several different illustrative styles with thick outlines, bold colours and quirky-child like drawings. Ty distils the world around him into its basic geometry, prompting us to look at the mundane in a different way.