tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2013:/blog/tom-keating//4/tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2008:/blog/tom-keating//4.36920- Comments for Inside, Really Inside the Lego Factory VoIP & Gadgets blog - Latest news in VoIP & gadgets, wireless, mobile phones, reviews, & opinions Movable Type 4.38 tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2008:/blog/tom-keating//4.36920 2008-07-21T21:03:22Z 2008-07-21T20:59:26Z Inside, Really Inside the Lego Factory Anybody want to guess how many Lego bricks are made every year? How about a clue? Let's say more than 50 million a day?   Sounds like a lot. And yes it is! To the tune of 19 billion every... Randy Savicky http://www.strategypluscommunications.com Lego bricks are made every year?

How about a clue? Let's say more than 50 million a day?  

Sounds like a lot. And yes it is! To the tune of 19 billion every year. Yes, 19 billion of those little bricks that can build just about anything -- from castles and spaceships to monster and robots.

legotrip.jpg Now Gizmodo is giving us a chance to take a video tour of the factory that makes all of this stuff.

Get this part: "While the storage areas are the most impressive part of the factory, I have to admit that nothing had prepared me for the scope and complexity that is required to make and pack 19 billion bricks every year. The scale of this factory, specially compared to the tiny bricks it produces, is absolutely breathtaking."

Need I say more -- check it out.]]>