How Many Individual Lego Pieces Are There In the World? (1 Viewer)

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Think about it.  How many individual Lego pieces you had as a kid.  Everyone had them and they've spanned generations.  How many Lego pieces do you think the company has produced?  I'd be willing to bet that it would be over a billion.

 

[Limp Ditka]

19 billion LEGO elements are produced every year. 2.16 million LEGO elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute. More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

19 billion LEGO elements are produced every year. 2.16 million LEGO elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute. More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949.

So, over a billion.  I was right.

 

[Ignoramus]

So, over a billion.  I was right.

Nailed it. 

 

[ChiefD]

And it only takes one well-placed Lego on the floor of my room that one of my kids left there to make me go down as if I was shot.

 

[GroveDiesel]

19 billion LEGO elements are produced every year. 2.16 million LEGO elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute. More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949.

Wow

 

[Ignoramus]

I was going to guess at least a hundred. Turns out I was pretty ####### spot on. 

 

[Juxtatarot]

I've never understood why anyone would want to play with those stupid things.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

I was going to guess at least a hundred. Turns out I was pretty ####### spot on. 

We're the two smartest guys here, clearly.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I've never understood why anyone would want to play with those stupid things.

How often do you cut yourself from being so edgy?

 

[James Daulton]

The damn things are probably more popular now than ever.  I think the only comparable classic toy would be Barbie.  And Barbie's got blonde hair, giant ####, and a size 20 waist going for her.

 

[Parrothead]

3,456,930,008

oh, wait-

3,456,930,296

(forgot my friend's X Wing fighter)

 

[Limp Ditka]

3,456,930,008

oh, wait-

3,456,930,296

(forgot my friend's X Wing fighter)

:roarin:

 

[fantasycurse42]

I would've guessed around a Trillion - if we're on the Price is Right, you win!

My son easily accounts for a few thousand on his own.

 

[E Street Brat]

I would've guessed around a Trillion - if we're on the Price is Right, you win!

My son easily accounts for a few thousand on his own.

9,999,999,999

 

[dgreen]

19 billion LEGO elements are produced every year. 2.16 million LEGO elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute. More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949.

If LEGO runs operations non-stop at a rate of 36,000 elements per minute, they'll reach 1 trillion elements in about 32 years.

 

[Parrothead]

ok- how many of them are red?

 

[SWC]

erecter sets were about a billion times better you had to put stuff together like a real worker with rivets and connectors none of this little bump stuff hey did you ever see a bridge held together with bumps hell no you did not this is just the softening of americans even more next thing you know they will hold blocks together with tape instead of mortar and rebar what a bunch of wusses take that to the bank fellow bromericans 

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

ok- how many of them are red?

751,092,290

 

[shuke]

The price they charge for them is ridiculous. Guess they've gotta rake in all the cash they can before the 3D printer industry puts them out of business.

Why would 3D printers put Lego out of business?

 

[rockaction]

9,999,999,999

Drew, I think I'll go 10,000,000,000

 

[FUBAR]

The price they charge for them is ridiculous. Guess they've gotta rake in all the cash they can before the 3D printer industry puts them out of business.

The various knock off toys haven't put them out off business.  

Lego is the one toy all 4 of my sons play with. 5-13, they'll actually stop fighting for a while.  lego. 

 

[Anarchy99]

All I know is they keep getting sucked up by my vacuum. It's a wonder my kids have any left. 

 

[LAUNCH]

https://youtu.be/KrgqKrfdBlY

Custom LEGO Roller Coaster Dinosaur Amusement Park 145,000 Pieces

 

[GregR]

erecter sets were about a billion times better you had to put stuff together like a real worker with rivets and connectors none of this little bump stuff hey did you ever see a bridge held together with bumps hell no you did not this is just the softening of americans even more next thing you know they will hold blocks together with tape instead of mortar and rebar what a bunch of wusses take that to the bank fellow bromericans 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Legobrücke_Wuppertal_1.jpg/220px-Legobrücke_Wuppertal_1.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BnyTqt7rIdM/maxresdefault.jpg

 

[popeye]

new question - how many have you stepped on?

 

[KCitons]

I'll let you know once I figure out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Is there an official Lego thread?  My 6 year old and I just finished his first Lego kit build, the Imperial Shuttle from the original trilogy.  At just over 1000 pieces, it took us about 7 Saturday sessions.  

Am I crazy for considering the Ultimate Millennium Falcon for next?  7,500 pieces!!  The Snowspeeder looks pretty good too.  

 

[shadyridr]

Is there an official Lego thread?  My 6 year old and I just finished his first Lego kit build, the Imperial Shuttle from the original trilogy.  At just over 1000 pieces, it took us about 7 Saturday sessions.  

Am I crazy for considering the Ultimate Millennium Falcon for next?  7,500 pieces!!  The Snowspeeder looks pretty good too.  

When my son was 6 he regularly broke the sets apart. The most expensive set he has is the ewok village. Now that he's 9 he takes care of his sets. We have 3 3x3 cube shelves full of them no more room. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

And it only takes one well-placed Lego on the floor of my room that one of my kids left there to make me go down as if I was shot.

When you multiply that by 400 billion it makes them the most lethal weapon ever created.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

- if we're on the Price is Right

One. I guess one lego piece, Bob

 

[The General]

How often do you cut yourself from being so edgy?

 

[lumpy19]

I find putting together my kids Legos is both very relaxing and satisfying.  After a few hours of assembly my kids promptly destroy them in 3 minutes and they go into a bin never to be played with again.

 

[Nugget]

I've stepped on at least 10K lego bricks, but only when barefoot.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

19 billion LEGO elements are produced every year. 2.16 million LEGO elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute. More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949.

If LEGO runs operations non-stop at a rate of 36,000 elements per minute, they'll reach 1 trillion elements in about 32 years.

I've produced way more Paperclips than LEGO has produced elements. 

 

[STBootleg]

"The Toys That Made Us" Season 2 on Netflix has an episode about LEGO.

 

[LAUNCH]

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/08/lego-built-a-life-size-drivable-bugatti-chiron-out-of-technic-pieces/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQdlCQmzUAM

LEGO built a drivable Bugatti Chiron out of a million pieces of Technic

Earlier this year, LEGO Technic released a $349, 3,599-piece scale model of the Chiron, but this latest creation is way more impressive. Made from more than a million pieces, it's the first fully functional, self-propelled life-size LEGO Technic car ever built. In fact, LEGO says it's the first non-glued LEGO Technic model of such complexity ever made.

The Chiron uses 339 different Technic elements, many of which are used as load-bearing components. It even has working headlights—featuring the first use of some new types of transparent Techic bricks. The car weighs 3,306lbs (1,500kg), and even the powertrain is made from Lego: 2,304 of the little electric motors to be precise.

This gives the Chiron somewhat reduced performance compared to the ones Bugatti makes in Molsheim, France. One of those has 1,500hp (1119kW) and a top speed in excess of 261mph (420km/h); the LEGO Technic Bugatti makes just 5.3hp (3.9kW) and tops out at 12.4mph (20km/h).

LEGO even got Le Mans-winning racer and latterly Bugatti test driver Andy Wallace to test the creation at the Ehra Lessien test track in Germany. "When I first saw the LEGO Chiron, I was immediately impressed by the accuracy of the model and the minute attention to detail. In fact, from about 20 metres away it's not obvious that you are looking at a LEGO car," he said. "I can only imagine how much time and effort went into making this model. Driving the LEGO Chiron was a great experience, which I thoroughly enjoyed. All those years ago I could never have imagined that one day I would actually drive a LEGO car!"

The whole thing certainly puts my idea of building a LEGO Concours d'Elegance in my office to shame.

 

[dickey moe]

I'd be willing to bet that it would be over a billion.

ONE....BILLION...LEGOS! :dr.evil:

 

[dickey moe]

How often do you cut yourself from being so edgy?

It's almost as if he were the Tanner Boyle film critic of the Lego world.

 

[NotSmart]

I've produced way more Paperclips than LEGO has produced elements. 

First thing I thought of as well.

 

[glvsav37]

Related. 

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/08/lego-built-a-life-size-drivable-bugatti-chiron-out-of-technic-pieces/

I guess mine is more of a HONDA

 

[Galileo]

Related. 

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/08/lego-built-a-life-size-drivable-bugatti-chiron-out-of-technic-pieces/

I just looked up this thread to post this.  I'll add a little youtube video... Lego Bugatti

Also, on the simpler side of Lego, there are now these that exist.

ETA...meh, I guess I was scooped on the youtube video as well