Lego Imagination Center
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The new LEGO Imagination Center at the Downtown Disney Marketplace
located between the World of Disney store and McDonald's.officially
opened on Nov. 6, 1997, the 4,400-square-foot retail store is
modeled after the original LEGO store at the Mall of America in
Bloomington, Minn.
A step inside the dome-shaped building is like walking into build-it-yourself
world. A giant LEGO helicopter, dragon-riding knight and spaceship
share the air space overhead in a nighttime sky. Down on the floor,
elaborate displays provide ideas, while products on the shelves
provide the materials to make imagination come to life.
Detailed models depict various themes, such as buccaneers on
the high sea. Accessories include a Pirate Ship, Skeleton Crew
and Volcano Island. Other areas of the store have Western, aquatic,
Medieval and city themes. There are even dolls with their own
two-story LEGO doll houses ($123.99).
Of course, shoppers can still find the traditional buckets of
LEGOs. Another section of the store -- which looks like a tree
house -- contains LEGO brand T-shirts, sweatshirts, watches, CD-ROM
games and even bedspreads and sheets.
But the store's interior is only half the fun. Outside is a 3,000-square-foot
hands-on play area filled with thousands of LEGO blocks and a
jungle gym. Look around, you're not alone -- the play area is
also home to a life-sized LEGO alien family, earth family and
a larger-than-life dinosaur family. A 30-foot sea serpent lives
in the adjacent lake. Made from more than 1 million LEGO bricks,
the friendly serpent sprays mist from its nostrils onto passersby.
Make sure you check out the old guy sleeping just around the
corner of the store (facing the World of Disney), complete with
rythmical snoring noises. All made out of Lego of course
LEGO toys were founded in Denmark during the 1930s by Ole Kirk
Christiansen. Today LEGO products are sold worldwide.
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