As anyone who has stepped on one will attest, the durability and hardiness of a LEGO brick is well-known. The plastic building blocks are made to resist all kinds of stress; it’s rare for a piece to ...

I have a core memory that flashes up every so often. It's me, sitting in my parents' living room as a kid in the 1990s, with a brand new box of Lego. I was frustrated. Why? Because the picture on the ...