I remember when the first Playstation Metal Gear Solid was released, during development all the areas were created using Lego, the blocks were used as a reference for scale and position.

Which is why Lego needs to make sets that can have programmable input to further educate

By now you will have read Tara Brady’s interview with Scarlett Johansson for Marvel Avengers Upended (is this right?). The conversation was energised by certain interactions concerning a Lego version of the Black Widow, Ms Johansson’s character in the enthusiastically reviewed superhero movie. Ms Brady had worn her (vegan) leather jacket to the event and — possessed of red hair — therefore looked a little as if she had come in costume. Just as well. Scarlett only gave TB back her Lego because “you kind of look like her”.

These Lego creations are seriously cool. (In an aside, note how Americans say “a Lego” while we say “a piece of Lego”. What can it mean?) Both The Black Widow and  Hawkeye come with changeable expressions. You remove the hair, swivel the head and they go from angry to, well, just very determined. I guess this has probably been going on for years, but it is a while since I played with Lego.