How Did LEGO Take Over the World?

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How Did LEGO Take Over the World?

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Sep 5, 2018

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Will and Mango brick-roll the show with questions about LEGO: What are the most amazing things to be built from LEGO bricks? How have they been used to solve real-world problems? And why should you never ever pluralize it as LEGOs? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Sep 5, 2018

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How Did LEGO Take Over the World?

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