We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 711.E.X 0-0508, certificate number 5069. Lego 469.

LEGO mini figures.

Start with one little piece and see how it grows.

There's no end to Lego. We don't normally start omnibus entries with a

content warning. Hmm. But I want to alert any listener now that we are probably going to use the word Legos as a plural noun.

Are you aware that this infuriates some people?

Really? So it's not Legos, it's Lego. You can have multiple Lego.

Lego, as we will see, is a system of play that encompasses an aesthetic of all things

Lego related.

So an individual piece is not a LEGO.

It's just another brick in the wall.

I see LEGO is a concept, not a thing.

These are LEGO bricks, and these are the same kind of people that will

insist on putting LEGO in all capitals as if they're writing a corporate press

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