Jens Nygaard Knudsen, the designer best known for creating the iconic Lego minifigure, has died last week at the age of 78 after suffering from the nerve cell disease ALS. Knudsen worked for Lego in ...

Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He has written about entertainment and breaking news for over seven years. Jens Nygaard Knudsen, the designer who put a face — and ...

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Toy creator Jens Nygaard Knudsen, who's best known for designing the iconic Lego minifigurine, died last week after battling the nerve cell disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The designer, ...

LEGO has launched a beta for the new online LEGO Minifigure Factory in the US. It’s an easy-to-use online tool that lets you configure a minifigure in quite a few different ways, including their face, ...

Their numbers have reached 7.8 billion if not more, roughly the population of the Earth. Their ranks include police officers and firefighters, pirates and knights, astronauts and elephant keepers.