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There might be 61 Lego bricks for every person on earth but a recent court decision means the ever-popular toy now faces competition from copycats, writes Eóin Butler

FOR YVONNE DOYLE, it was love at first sight. When the 34-year-old computer programmer from Raheny first locked eyes on fiance Pete Reid at a convention in Glasgow in 2004, the foundations for their subsequent relationship were already set in plastic. Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, to be precise. "The line we always tell people is that our eyes met over a pile of bricks," she laughs. "But actually it was across a table of robots Pete had just built." The couple (now settled happily in Essex) are among the millions worldwide who share a enduring love for all things Lego.