LEGO Leg & 4 More Life-Changing LEGO Stories
It is gradually becoming a reality that perhaps LEGO isn't as simplistic as what it is perceived to be - plastic bricks. See how LEGO has changed the lives of people in society.
By Melody Oei — 03 Jul 2013, 04:55 PM — Updated about 11 years ago
1. Christina, an amputee, created a prosthetic leg from LEGO pieces
Christina Stephens, an occupational therapist and clinical researcher, underwent amputation after a foot injury earlier in 2013. She uploaded a new video to her YouTube channel, AmputeeOT, on 12 June of her with a prosthetic LEGO leg.
2. This boy saved 2 years for a LEGO set that was discontinued. Here's what LEGO did:
A letter James Groccia received from LEGO after he had sent them a letter, depicting his story about how he saved for 2 years for the Emerald Night Train set.
Image via imgur.comJames Groccia, a boy with Asperger's Syndrome, saved for 2 years to buy a lego set, only to find it had been discontinued. He wrote to LEGO & soon after received a box with a letter. Watch the video !
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3. LEGO opens "time portal to emotions and simpler days long forgotten" for Gizmodo writer
"I have to confess that life hasn't been very good lately. Work around the clock, not enough free time, trying to have kids and crashing badly...all while moving to a country I don't particularly like."
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"Maybe that's why visiting Lego's Memory Lane-the secret vault guarding almost every Lego set ever manufactured-touched me in a way I didn't expect."
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"No, this was something bigger than the impressive view of the 4,720 Lego sets inside this lair. These weren't just simple boxes full of bricks. These were tickets to ride a time portal to emotions and simpler days long forgotten."
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4. This man spent 22 hours shooting a LEGO marriage proposal
Atlanta-based photographer and filmmaker Walt Thompson invested 22 hours shooting and "God knows how long" editing this stop-motion LEGO marriage proposal for his girlfriend of four years, Nealey Dozier.
Thompson took two-and-a-half days to shoot, taking a total of 2,600 photographs. "I actually found clothes that we were dressed in when we met," Thompson said about the lego pieces.
5. LEGO brought together a minifigME maker with a 10-year-old boy who passed away of Muscular Dystrophy
10-year-old Mitchell Jones passed away of Muscular Dystrophy; because of a complication with his heart, he was only expected to live a very short time.
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10-year-old Mitchell Jones passed away of Muscular Dystrophy; because of a complication with his heart, he was only expected to live a very short time.
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10-year-old Mitchell Jones passed away of Muscular Dystrophy; because of a complication with his heart, he was only expected to live a very short time.
Image via thebrickblogger.com"On 2 March 2013 the LEGO community lost one-of-their-own. A talented & creative 10-year-old boy who was much loved by his family & thousands of “unknown” friends around the world as they followed his journey on Facebook."
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"I never met Mitch in person but was honored to have the opportunity to 'meet' his family using the medium of LEGO...one of his close family friends who had come across my website wanted to minifigME Mitch’s entire family."
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10-year-old Mitchell Jones passed away of Muscular Dystrophy; because of a complication with his heart, he was only expected to live a very short time.
Image via thebrickblogger.com"Every time we get a chance to build a LEGO set or even run an errand with our kids I think it'd be an incredible tribute to Mitch to notice how fortunate we are to have that moment together."
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