bricks

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The memes imitate a form we associate with Lego without using actual bricks or the company’s logo.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

"Not very rock 'n' roll, is it?" laughs Grohl, who has constructed the Eiffel Tower, the White House "and several Harry Potter castles" out of plastic bricks.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The process of turning the sophisticated machine into a pile of bricks began a few years ago, when Lenssen brought his young children to a Lego fair in the Netherlands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“I’d trained hard, put 60 pounds of bricks in my backpack,” he told National Geographic Adventure magazine in 2003.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Similarly, Lessius and his successors say that if you throw a quantity of bricks down on the ground you will never get a palace.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton