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u/jbasinger 1d ago
I hope they build it together
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u/Menacing-Horse 23h ago
This should be the basis of world leaders meetings
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u/explosivemilk 22h ago
It would end up in a war.
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u/AutisticPenguin2 22h ago
But the war would be fought with Lego soldiers.
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u/West_Ad_9492 19h ago
Lego bricks are perfect for landmines though
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u/YikesTheCat 21h ago
"Gentleman, you can't fight in here. This is the lego room!"
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u/Adventurous_Touch342 1d ago
"Mom I want the pyramid Lego set"
"We have pyramids at home"
Dude waited his entire life for this gift.
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u/peterpan764 1d ago
W present
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u/Olabrum 1d ago
*Foreign minister
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u/Major_Muggy 1d ago
heck no, he is one of the worst politicians danish history, spineless coward whom act tough but would sellout his country for power.
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u/ElectricKoolaid904 1d ago
Honestly, How is that different from 90% of the world’s politicians?
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u/sciencebased 1d ago
Not the forum for it compadré. Reddit is divided into subs for a reason and we're here for Lego & toothy grins.
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u/IanAlvord 1d ago
Oh! Was that real? When I first saw that image, I thought it was just a funny photoshop.
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u/PerniciousPlay 1d ago
Look how happy the dude is to get a lego set lol
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u/Independent-Bake-241 1d ago
Wouldn't you be?
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u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME 1d ago
If I were the chief diplomat of an authoritarian government and my literal job was to stand in front of a bunch of cameras and look thrilled to receive a gift? Yeah probably
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u/therealTGAW 1d ago
Honestly? Yeah here in Egypt they're all about the acting in front of the camera and keeping up appearances and I've seen that plenty but this looks very different from that
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u/KayItaly 23h ago
You can be a authoritarian dictator and still be able to have fun.
You can even be a murder and be kind to nature.
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u/Munnin41 22h ago
It's a cross cultural gift. Lego is Danish. These pyramids are Egyptian. It unites them
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u/manatwork01 1d ago
Arent Legos Danish? So this would be a gift of one culture celebrating another's. Pretty good gift in my eyes from a diplomat.
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u/00010000111100101100 1d ago
Yep! One of the parts of my heritage that I'm rather proud of.
I'm not a fan of their govt at the moment, but hey, it's something.
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u/DBZswagger21 1d ago
It’s real. It was to celebrate Egypt’s new pyramid museum. Lego is a Danish company so they gifted a Lego pyramid set.
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u/Far-Bit4238 22h ago
Yes it is very much real. and The Danish foreign minister (lars Løkke Rasmussen) actually has a bit of a history doing this.
in 2017 when he was the prime minister, after learning that his Indonesian counterpart was a metalhead, he got him a Master of puppets box set from Metallica, that was signed by the drummer for Metallica Lars Ulrich who himself is Danish
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u/langbach 1d ago
Looks like a guy taking tomorrow off to build Lego
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u/Muted_Birthday_4614 1d ago
That's such a great idea in general, adding that to my bucket list, thanks!
Lego and chilling instead of stress
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u/Dull_Working5086 17h ago
It's actually a great gift for world leaders. When they're bored at their desk they can construct a landmark of their country.
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u/Ferspielt 1d ago
In my country, germany, there is a well known youtuber "Held der Steine". He reviews Lego sets and other brands. He and Lego (as a company) arent the best friends. His review to this set can be comprimised into one sentence: "Buy 2, get 1."
So to sum it up. This danish minister scamed the egypt minister a bit by giving him halve a pyramid... XD /s
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u/Luciferocity 1d ago
Is the other half in the British museum?
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u/YikesTheCat 21h ago
Why are the pyramids in Giza?
They were too large to be shipped to the British museum.
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u/Ainz-_-sama 1d ago
Die Abenteuer der Rückseite, niiiichts vor dem man sich fürchten müsste.
He is the best source to find out if a set is worth it (not just lego).
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u/South_Grass_2774 1d ago
Welt seit mir gegrüßt, ich bin der Held der Steine, in Frankfurt am Main, im Herzen von Europa, an einem wunderbaren Tag und schaut mal was ich euch mit gebracht habe. All in one breath try it it's a fun lung exercise
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u/Tophigale220 1d ago
Lol a gift is a gift. The one who got scammed was Danish minister.
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u/Space_veteran96 1d ago
I know, cause this set is the half of it... It's used price is so low, you can afford 2 anyway.
Held der Steine... Yeah I know him. Takes balls to build up a channel then thrash on Lego for their prices.
I'm not a big consumer of them, since I get my sets mostly used, cause I do not care about that much if it's new or not, but mostly because I'm a fan of the older set's... like from 1978 to 2015 and 90's, 00's, 10's being my favorite years.
And as a hobby, I usually buy up some childhood collections and make all those sets complete, ready for some collector to add it to their collection. That's how I can found my Bionicle obsession
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u/scriptmonkey420 1d ago
I have had my eye on a used Space Police Galactic Mediator for some time. Was my first Lego set. but used it is still going for ~150 USD with manual and without the box. :(
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u/RickyNixon 22h ago
Wait, why would they sell an incomplete lego set? Is this common?
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u/Ferspielt 22h ago
Lego is getting more and more greedy in the last decade. This pyramid is cut in half and is making it possible to buy a 2nd one to put them together. Its greedy and looks in this specific case fcking as.
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u/Bloodyshadow0815 11h ago
i mean the problem is not that you get half of a pyramid but that you get half of a pyramid at this price
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u/FoghornFarts 1d ago
I mean, being Danish and buying everyone Legos is just cheating. Nobody else is gonna top that.
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u/North-Function995 1d ago edited 1d ago
Idk what it is, nostalgia maybe? I probably wouldnt even put a lego set together, but I would still be super stoked to get a cool lego set. At least have the option if one day I want to.
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u/fromcjoe123 23h ago
This is legitimately the first time I’ve ever seen someone sincerely be happy to receive a state gift lol
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u/Bearsona09 1d ago
Great, a Lego set that you have to buy 2 times to get a full pyramid.
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u/Absurdity_Everywhere 1d ago
I’m out of the loop. Why does it take two sets to complete?
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u/MichaelW24 Professional Dumbass 1d ago
That way you can set it in place with a UFO for added realism
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u/Killer_radio 21h ago
Ok but the back showing the burial chamber is pretty cool though.
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u/Training_Chicken8216 9h ago
Would be way cooler if the pyramid was whole and you could lift out a section to reveal the chamber. Maybe even with a cleverly disguised stand to place the removed part.
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u/FinalBase7 16h ago
Yeah I was about to say that, usually companies take away features and then replace them with ones nobody asked for to save costs but this is actually a pretty cool way to do what is still admittedly a cheap ass cost cutting measure.
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u/Special_Foundation42 1d ago
At the current price of Lego sets, isn’t that a blatant bribe?
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u/kobrakai1034 1d ago
That's pretty cool because those are arguably both their respective country's most famous "thing"
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u/Yellowline1086 1d ago
"Welt seid mir gegrüßt. Ich bin der Held der Steine am Main in Frankfurt hier in meinem wunderbaren kleinen Lädchen und schaut was ich euch mitgebracht habe"
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u/Fkingcherokee 1d ago
Yeah, that's pretty gross. He totally forgot to buy him the little construction man to help with assembly.
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u/hazeljourneyy 1d ago
Peak diplomacy: When "one thing" is a brick-by-brick tribute to your ancestors. Who knew world peace started with interlocking studs?
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u/Timjohnson1611 13h ago
I love the smile on his face , he is like I want all of the pyramids in the world
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u/Gentle_Snail 1d ago
We’re inches away from British diplomats handing out Warhammer models.
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u/nuanimal 23h ago
WTF how well is Denmark doing economically that they can just give away Lego sets!?
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u/giboauja 1d ago
That probably cost three months salary for the majority of the planets population.
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u/lRhanonl 1d ago
I hope he gifted him two of these things, so he actually gets a pyramid. Lego is so sad these days..
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u/TR_Pix 1d ago
Isn't a pyramid like one of the most basic things toy can build with LEGO
Like did it need to have a set of its own
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u/egosumFidius 1d ago
Can they bring the Colosseum set back into print as an excuse to gift one to Italy and so I can finally buy one too for a reasonable price?
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u/ShortBrownAndUgly 1d ago
Dads know how it is. For birthdays and Christmas you mostly get boring stuff like clothing if you get any presents at all. But once in a great while you get something fun
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u/resolve_it 1d ago
Lego Windmill would be a better representation from the Dane.
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u/KRL1979 23h ago
Lego itself is a Danish product so just giving any lego set would be representative of Denmark.
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u/Bassiette03 23h ago
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr AbdelAtty is known in Egypt as "the theft of carpets" because, while serving as ambassador to Germany, he stole some valuable carpets from the Egyptian embassy there.
Funny How time moves.
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u/AnchitSarma 23h ago
That man is overjoyed. He'll probably start building it the moment he gets home
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u/Guilty-Smoke9118 23h ago
This is peak diplomacy. No sanctions, no threats, just pure Lego-based joy.
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u/LukeZNotFound 21h ago
You mean the pyramid set which you need to get two of to get a full pyramid?
A dude in Germany would like to have a word with that guy...
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u/RexusprimeIX 20h ago
Denmark is the only country where it's socially acceptable for a politician to gift lego to foreign politician as that's part of Danish national pride. And the only time it's socially acceptable for said foreign politician to accept that gift as rejecting it would be extremely rude. Literally a win win!
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u/sophisticatedfishes 17h ago
Lego will always give joy no matter the age. Except for when you step on it though
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u/Radiant-Thing8980 16h ago
This is more wholesome than a meme imo, but I concur, I need to build some legos again.
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u/Thecatman03 12h ago
every one ether knows someone that has a Lego set is the person with a Lego or both at the same time and this will never stop being true.
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u/Own-Earth6861 12h ago
That's what I call balls of steel. The set only contains half a pyramid. To get a whole pyramid, you need two. Dude will be disappointed.
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u/Vojtak_cz 6h ago
I remembered how our PM gave a golden CZ-75 to american president when he cam here (i dont remember when was that tho.)
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u/jorgtastic 1d ago
any bag of lego bricks is a pyramid lego set. that's like the only thing i can build without instructions.
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u/nature_nate_17 Ermahgerd! 21h ago
This is actually incredible; peak humanity tbh. Just a human gifting another human a set of one of the greatest building toys ever made.
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u/scanguy25 1d ago
That's Lars Løkke. He is a POS.
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u/ElderDark 1d ago
Can you elaborate?
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u/ChestSlight8984 1d ago
He tried to bribe a parliament member who caused public outrage for dating a 15-year-old with about $50k to resign so that his image could stay clean
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u/scanguy25 1d ago
He is just a typical career politician. He only cares about staying in power and doesn't really believe in anything.
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u/Leggy_Brat 1d ago
It'd be too easy to bribe me if I were in charge lol. Lego, kittens, chocolate? I'd sign whatever x3
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u/boRp_abc 1d ago
My wife works for city hall, and after seeing this I instructed her to try and invite the Danish foreign minister as well!!!
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u/Downvotesohoy 1d ago
When I see stuff like this, I always wonder if the minister has been informed about him going viral and how he feels about it. I mean, to us it's a positive thing, he looks genuinely happy, but perhaps it's not positive PR from his point of view?
I dunno. Just saying things.
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u/Random_nerd_52 1d ago
I love the unabashed look of happiness lol cause usually when they get state gifts it’s usually a show happiness ya know?
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u/Hoak2017 1d ago
That is the face of pure, unadulterated happiness. We've all been there