Nostalgic toy-lovers will jump for joy when they see LEGO's latest release.In honor of the company's original wooden minifigure design from 1978, LEGO has partnered with Room Copenhagen to launch a limited edition revamp of the first toy.Standing at 7 inches tall, the LEGO Original Wooden Minifigure is a 5: 1 scale version of the classic design.The wooden figure's head and body are made from FSC-certified oak, with the “LEGO” logo laser cut into the protruding stud atop the figurine's head.The only non-wooden element is its trademark LEGO plastic hands — making this toy the first LEGO product to include both wood and plastic since 1959's release of the 1130 Bedford fire truck.Unlike most LEGO products - which are typically designed to be built and / or played with - this commemorative figure was made primarily for a decorative and celebratory purpose.The wooden figurine arrives in an elegant gift box that features the toy resting against a LEGO-printed backdrop. Within the specialized set is a polybag containing 29 LEGOs, and a 28-page booklet that recounts the minifigure's history and the methodologies behind the wooden toy's design.LEGO also encourages those who purchase this particular minifigure to transform their tiny toy, and to communicate their creative results with others. (The gift box actually includes tips from professional LEGO designers on how to personalize your wooden minifigure.) LEGO says, “Owners can unleash their creativity to dress up, paint, or do whatever they want to customize the minifigure in unique ways, and then show off their creations via social media using #LEGOOriginals. ”The LEGO Originals Wooden Minifigure is currently available for £ 109.99 at a pop-up shop in Covent Garden, London, and will be officially released via the LEGO website on November 8, 2019. When: 08 Oct 2019Credit: LEGO Group / Cover Images ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY. MATERIALS ONLY TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH EDITORIAL STORY. THE - LEGO Group / Cover Images / SIPA

He will have conquered the whole planet, or almost. Dane Jens Nygaard Knudsen, inventor of the Lego figure, died Wednesday at the age of 78 in Hvide Sande, on the west coast of Denmark, one of his former colleagues said on Saturday.

"He had a fantastic imagination, he had so many ideas," Niels Milan Pedersen told AFP.

Jens Nygaard Knudsen had worked at Lego from 1968 to 2000, and in the 1970s designed the famous little man with movable arms and legs, which was launched in 1978.

"He created this figurine to bring life to homes" and structures made from Lego bricks, said his widow, Marianne Nygaard Knudsen, to TV2. Founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen, the Lego group employed more than 17,000 people at the end of 2018. Its built-in brick was launched in its modern form in 1958.

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