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Google Doodles: LEGO
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LEGO: Jan. 28, 2008
"In the early days Larry and Sergey used to build hard drive enclosures out of LEGO blocks—it was half fun, half functional," says Hwang. So when LEGO hit their 50th anniversary, it was a natural fit for us. We actually poured a bunch of LEGOs on the floor and built the logo out of LEGO in real life to figure out how to illustrate it correctly."

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