{"id":79115,"date":"2026-05-10T11:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/79115\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:55:13","slug":"attenborough-isnt-the-first-centenarian-celebrated-by-lego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/79115\/","title":{"rendered":"Attenborough isn’t the first centenarian celebrated by LEGO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sir David Attenborough\u2019s 100th birthday recently revived a familiar LEGO<\/a> joke, but a centenarian fan first brought the idea into the real world years earlier.<\/p>\n

Online, fans have repeatedly joked for years that Sir David Attenborough might \u2018age out\u2019 of LEGO<\/a> at 100 because some sets, most famously the 10698 LEGO Large Creative Brick Box<\/a>, are labelled 4\u201399.<\/p>\n

When the conservationist reached 100 yesterday, the LEGO Group leaned into the joke<\/a> across its social media channels. However, this was not the first time the company had acknowledged someone hitting triple digits.<\/p>\n

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In February 2021, a similar moment unfolded in Texas, where 100-year-old LEGO<\/a> fan Olive Deavours still played with bricks from a set labelled 4\u201399 shortly before her milestone birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stephanie Nunn, one of Olive\u2019s grandchildren, posted a message urging the LEGO<\/a> Group to reconsider the idea of an upper age limit.\u00a0The post quickly spread online and eventually reached the company, which responded by sending Olive a box of LEGO bricks without the age cap, along with a belated birthday message.<\/p>\n

\"\"Image: NewsNation<\/a><\/p>\n

The LEGO Group also emphasised that the age range serves only as guidance, and that anyone who wants to build is welcome to do so. More than five years later, the meme still circulates. The 4\u201399 label continues to resurface whenever someone reaches 100, keeping the joke in circulation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With Sir David Attenborough now hitting that milestone, we are left to wonder which public figure the internet will pick next for the running \u2018too old for LEGO\u2019 gag.<\/p>\n

Support the work that\u00a0Brick Fanatics\u00a0does by purchasing your\u00a0LEGO using our\u00a0affiliate links<\/a>. Thank you!<\/p>\n

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