{"id":604143,"date":"2026-08-25T12:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/604143\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:54:12","slug":"have-you-ever-owned-a-lego-set-%c2%b7-thejournal-ie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/604143\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you ever owned a Lego set? \u00b7 TheJournal.ie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DANISH TOY COMPANY Lego has reported a 32% jump in profits for the first half of 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/retail-consumer\/lego-sales-rise-world-cup-products-draw-new-customers-2026-08-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in comparison to the same period last year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lego chief Niels Christiansen told Reuters that this increase was driven by many new products, which have attracted more customers and encouraged existing fans to buy more.<\/p>\n<p>The brand is known for having an avid fan base spanning across different age groups and budgets \u2013 while limited-edition items and collaborations with other entertainment franchises have also made Lego popular among collectors.<\/p>\n<p>In the first half of this year, the company launched more than 300 new sets in collaboration with the likes of Fifa, Pok\u00e9mon and K-pop Demon Hunters.<\/p>\n<p>So, we\u2019re wondering: Have you ever owned a Lego set?<\/p>\n<p>\n  Poll Results:<\/p>\n<p>Yes \u2013 I own multiple sets (1289)<\/p>\n<p>I have in the past, but not any more (936)<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t, but someone I live with does (322)<\/p>\n<p>Yes \u2013 I have one or two sets (318)<\/p>\n<p>No, and I don&#8217;t plan to ever own Lego (211)<\/p>\n<p>No, but I&#8217;d like to one day (31)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DANISH TOY COMPANY Lego has reported a 32% jump in profits for the first half of 2026, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,11353,3865,3866,7571,3867],"class_list":["post-604143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lego","tag-poll","tag-the-daily-poll","tag-toys","tag-your-say"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}