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Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones. The Danish toymaker said it will start making the switch next year and expects plastic bags to be completely phased out in the next five years. The bags are used to hold loose bricks in …

Lego’s sales boomed in the first half of the year as kids and adults alike used its trademark building blocks to help cope with the coronavirus pandemic, the toymaker said Wednesday. The Danish company reported a 14 percent spike in consumer sales for January through June amid worldwide lockdowns that shut families in their homes …

Decades-old toy brands like Care Bears and Monopoly are flying off the shelves as parents turn to reliable hits from their own childhoods to keep their kids busy during the coronavirus, The Post has learned. Sales of Tonka trucks, Lincoln Logs, Care Bears and Lite Brite have been so brisk in recent months that the …

One of the most infamous events in “Star Wars” history is getting resurrected on Disney+, through a lens made of Lego. “The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special” will debut on the streaming service on Nov. 17. Set after the events of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” the special continues the partnership between Lucasfilm and …

Lego this week shut down promotional campaigns and marketing for its toy sets that include police officers, firefighters, criminals and even the White House as protests over the killing of George Floyd grip the US. The Danish toy brick maker instructed Rakuten Linkshare, which handles its marketing, to remove the product listings “ASAP” in “light …

The firm behind Madame Tussauds and Legoland parks is looking to raise $540 million in a bond sale, offering a high interest rate to try to secure funds to tide it over while most of its venues are closed in the coronavirus pandemic. Merlin Entertainments, the world’s second-largest operator of visitor attractions after Disney, is …