Play-and-Stay Blog

While trawling the internet I stumbled across a wonderful little blog entry by those clever people at gizmodo. Somehow they managed to not only uncover one of the best kept secrets in LEGO history but get a tour round it!
Apparently there is a secret vault with almost every LEGO set ever made, still pristine, sealed and in the box. There are 4720 sets safely squirrelled away somewhere underground in Denmark, this modern buried treasure charts the evolution of LEGO: From its humble origins as simple red and white blocks to the complex robotics of the Mindstorms set (which I have wanted for a very long time, after writing this I think I’m going to pop on eBay and give the credit card a sound thrashing).
There is no doubt that the LEGO vault is quite possibly more important than the Svarlbard seed bank, its a wonderful collection that seems to prompt quite emotional responses. People remember saving their pocket money for the sets and long lost childhood memories come swimming to the surface when familiar boxes are presented to the camera, take a look for yourself and see if your icy heart is melted a little by some plastic blocks.

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