February 17, 2014 3.19 pm This story is over 121 months old

Lincoln residents buy the most Lego toy sets in the UK

Love Lego: Lincoln residents are the biggest fans of Lego in the UK, a survey reveals.

Lincoln residents enjoy Lego sets more than any other city in the UK, a survey has found.

According to product comparison website PriceSpy, people in Lincoln enjoy collecting the plastic brick toys the most, topping Norwich, Cambridge, Oxford and Manchester to the top spot.

The research analysed over 75,000 shoppers searching online for Lego sets between February 2013 and 2014.

The data then details which cities bought the most Lego sets in proportion to their population size.

Across the country, the most popular Lego set is the Lego City Police Station, followed by the Lego Star Wars Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon and Lego City Fire Station.

Small children’s sets under the Lego Friends collection also proved popular, particularly Penguin Playground and the Sunshine Ranch set.

Erik Lorentz, Head of Communications at PriceSpy.co.uk, said: “With the movie coming out last weekend, Lego mania is sweeping the nation.

“We can’t get enough of this iconic toy and wanted to pinpoint those areas of the UK which can’t live without their favourite Lego set.”