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6-Foot-Tall Lego Man Washes Up On Beach

Posted by on October 31st, 2008 at 2:25 pm

Somewhere in Europe, a giant Lego family is missing a father.

Children playing on a Brighton, UK beach were stunned and thrilled to find a 6-foot-tall Lego man washed up on the beach, looking like he’d taken quite a swim. No one knows where the Lego man came from, though there are theories that he may have ties to a Dutch artist named Ego Leonard.

The Lego company was as surprised as anyone, though the giant Lego man’s timing was impeccable: this year is the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Lego man, bringing police officers, firefighters, astronauts, and more yellow-faced, smiling men into Lego constructions everywhere. 

Last year, a similar Lego man washed up on a Holland beach, bearing a grammatically esoteric slogan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take heed: the Lego people have spoken.

Photo (Right): Kent News and Pictures

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1 Comment

Maybe it’s Gulliver’s plaything. . .

JeanneSager commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 am

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