LEGO 2015 interesting & fun facts

Yesterday LEGO announced their 2015 results and along with it some interesting facts, the best ones came from their official Twitter feed. We retweeted many but for those not into Twitter we thought it would be worth sharing with the rest of you. The top 5 bestselling themes in 2015 were:

• Duplo
• City
• Ninjago
• Star Wars
• Friends

The top five bestselling sets in 2015 were, in order:

• Elsa'a Sparkling Ice Castle
• Millennium Falcon
• City Police Station
• Mindstorms EV3
• Heartlake Grand Hotel

72 billion bricks were sold in 2015, in over 3600 designs and 60 colours, including:

• 675 million tyres
• 725 million minifigures

Here are the best Tweets;

How many LEGO bricks did we sell in 2015... and how far would they reach? Find out here! https://t.co/jaq2exlKH4https://t.co/E88btz0X4N

— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) March 2, 2016

No time for a pit stop! We made 650 million LEGO tyres in 2015! See our Annual Results https://t.co/kOlf8U72I6 pic.twitter.com/jHo4shCzRe — LEGO (@LEGO_Group) March 1, 2016

We made 23 Minifigures per second in 2015! Find out more #LEGOMinifigure #GetInLine https://t.co/bQ1pha6EDv pic.twitter.com/CHl2aD6Xig

— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) March 1, 2016

Here are two bonus tweets we liked as well;

How many skills do you stimulate in your brain when building with LEGO bricks? Find out here https://t.co/KkvMGEmNnlhttps://t.co/rzji53AXO4

— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) March 1, 2016

Guess how many different ways you can combine 2/4 LEGO Bricks?! https://t.co/kp2RY415pEhttps://t.co/7cOGIPkC0F

— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) March 1, 2016