Almost all kids played with Legos at one point or another, casting it away as they grew older.  Not sophomore Ben Lawrence.

Lawrence takes his Lego collection to the next level.

Today, he estimates he has over two million individual Legos.

“Before I can even remember, I’ve had Legos,” Lawrence said.

His collection started at the age of six, when the first Bionicle line came out. Lawrence said the Bionicle’s story and the pieces really fascinated him, and he wanted to learn more.

Lawrence said recently he has stopped buying Legos and instead getting donations from his friends. He’s already received so many donations that he now has a room dedicated to his collection.

Building with Legos isn’t just for fun, Lawrence said it also influenced him to learn more about engineering. Today, he attributes his love for science to his early interest in Legos.

“There are over 1.6 million ways to combine six Lego pieces,” Lawrence said, “With the 2 million that I have, imagine what I could do with it.”