13 Live Observations From The LEGO Factory & Museum Tour

11. The Numbers Are Phenomenal

LEGO Factory Wheels
Simon Gallagher

Walking around listening to the excellent, engaging tour guides in the factory, you're bombarded with a lot of numbers that sound so enormous they are hard to even grasp.

Like, how do you get your mind around 36 Billion units produced a year? It's like Dr Evil demanding his ransom not to blow up the world, with no concept of how much he's even asking for.

Hearing that sort of production, it feels like there will come a time soon when the entire world will be covered with LEGO Bricks, and that is very much a utopia I can get on board with. It's a wonder you don't see these little trucks everywhere, really...

LEGO Delivery Truck
Simon Gallagher
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