Lego fandom

[4]: 221 [5]: 227  Many AFOLs design complex sets, known as MOCs ("My Own Creation"), using computer software such as LDraw or MLCAD for their planning.

Such sets are often intended for public display during various events and some have attracted media attention, such as Sean Kenney's model of the Yankee Stadium, a six-foot-wide (1.8 m) and five-foot-long (1.5 m) construction of 45,000 pieces, created over a period of three years, or Mark Borlase's Star Wars Hoth diorama of 60,000 bricks and four-year construction time.

[3]: 123  In the United States, in the mid-2010s, most AFOLs were white, college-educated males in their 20s or 30s, although as time goes, the age of the average member of the community is steadily increasing, as more people who grew up with Lego become middle-aged or older.

[3]: 121–122  AFOLs usually played with Lego sets as kids, and rediscovered the hobby at some later time in their nostalgic adulthood.

[2]: xxvi  In some cases, entire official Lego sets can be seen as intended not for children but for adult fans.