LEGO Braille Bricks expands to six more languages with top-up packages, available to buy now on the Pick a Brick online service.
We spotted LEGO Braille Bricks on Pick a Brick earlier this week and now, thanks to a press release from the LEGO Group, we know why just a few bricks were added. It's part of a way to expand the LEGO bricks for the blind and visually impaired to more languages through top-up packages. By adding top-up packs to existing English and Spanish sets, this tactile building experience is now accessible for Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch and Portuguese-speaking families.
40655 Play with Braille – French and 40656 Play with Braille – English first launched in September 2023, soon to be followed by 40722 Play with Braille – German Alphabet, 40723 Play with Braille – Italian Alphabet, and 40724 Play with Braille – Spanish Alphabet, available for £79.99 / $89.99 / €89.99.
Now, you can buy pre-selected LEGO Braille Bricks featuring special characters from the additional alphabets on Pick a Brick to allow for more language combinations. Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, and Dutch top-up packs are compatible with 40656 Play with Braille – English while the Portuguese top-up pack is compatible with 40724 Play with Braille – Spanish Alphabet. An element guide helps users combine the top-up packs and LEGO Braille Bricks sets for optimal play value, which includes removing some of the existing bricks and exchanging them with the new elements.
“Play has the power to change lives," said Rasmus Løgstrup, LEGO Group Lead Designer on LEGO Braille Bricks. "When children play, they learn vital skills, so we were thrilled by the reception that LEGO Braille Bricks received in educational settings and the thousands of requests to make them broadly available meant we just had to make it happen!"
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