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ASML’s extreme-ultraviolet lithography machines cost around $400 million each and are essential for printing advanced semiconductor chips. Rick Lenssen led a project to recreate the intricate EUV tool as a detailed LEGO set, creating one of the world’s most sought-after toys.
- Rick Lenssen's team spent two years turning ASML's $400 million EUV lithography machine into a 2,636-piece, 35 cm Lego set with rotating mirrors and a detachable control panel.
- Lego capped the public release at 46,061 kits, which sold out in minutes at €239 and now resell for over €1,500—the only time Lego has ever limited a set's production this way.
- The toy's popularity underscores how rare and complex the real machines are: only ASML makes them, each needing thousands of specialized parts from dozens of suppliers to produce the chips in phones, cars, and data centers.