LEGO has been a favourite construction toy for almost 100 years.
Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen, started making wooden toys under the LEGO brand in 1934. “LEGO” is a contraction of 2 Danish words meaning “play well.”
After WWII Ole changed to making the blocks with injected cellulose acetate, but rapidly moved to producing those indestructible plastic pieces we can find in the dark…by standing on them!
(Notre Dame spire)
Ole was a member of the Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark, a conservative Lutheran Christian organisation in Denmark. I bet he is spinning in his grave after the release of the paganized Notre Dame de Paris LEGO set — which is missing the cross on the spire.
This was reported by Jessica Barshis in The Post Millennial and their post to Twi𝕏 caught my eye.
I do not know if the image to the right is before or after restoration, but that question is moot because the architect Philippe Villeneuve was tasked to restore the structure identically to its "last known state."
Below is an image from the LEGO Canada web site.
They are selling this bastardized Notre Dame de Paris set for CAD$299.00. (about €200)
(Image from LEGO Canada website)
This is likely to be a profound offense to the memory of LEGO founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen.
Ole Kirk Christiansen
Shame on LEGO.
Kevin Hay
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