Why do Lego toys have holes in their heads?

Lego Minifigures products are designed to allow air to move through if they are stuck in the child's throat.

Lego Minifigures products are designed to allow air to move through if they are stuck in the child's throat.

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Lego Minifigures.(Photo: fastcode sign)

Lego figures are one of the most famous toys in the world. What many people ask is why they are designed with a small hole in their heads. Some argue that that "mysterious" hole can be used to attach to a Lego brick, but no one wants to do it so far.

In fact, the answer is quite simple when Lego answered Gizmodo in a Q&A interview.

He said: 'We designed a small hole in Minifigure's head to allow Minifigure's head to be stuck in his throat when he could breathe.

Update 18 December 2018
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