Citizen Brick raised $145k for Ukraine (via TooFab)
"As you may have noticed, the minifigs sold out almost immediately. We made as many as possible in a frantic 24 hrs, with the CB crew coming in on their day off to print."
Then on Wednesday, the company announced that due to the overwhelming interest, they were doing a second run, with the hopes of raising $100k for the charity."Due to the limited supply of necessary parts, we won't be able to make more," Citizen Brick said."We hope that you will consider making a direct donation to Direct Relief or another relevant charity instead."
Citizen Brick is not officially affiliated with the Lego company, which has strict rules against selling sets depicting real-world modern warfare. The Danish toy giant doesn't seem to mind other companies reselling the customized product, though, in what is a thriving online market. According to some commenters on Instagram, some people were trying to hawk Zelenskyy Legos on eBay for as much as $350 — which they deemed in bad taste — although the purported listing seems to have disappeared."Lego, reserve some bricks for us, we will need them to rebuild our cities and villages."
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