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<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><i>Tlachtli.&nbsp; Pitz.&nbsp; Ollamaliztli.&nbsp; Ulama</i></b>.&nbsp; All names for one game: the <b>Mesoamerican Ball Game</b>.&nbsp; The Olmecs--who lived around 1,200 BC--invented this game which is still played today, making it the longest played game in history: ~3,400 years!&nbsp; It was also the first team sport and the first sport to use a rubber ball!</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">What better way to represent sports in LEGO than the one that started it all!?</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=""><span style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">I decided to have a warn down temple as the base of the set to illustrate&nbsp;how this incredible game has withstood the test of time!</span></span></span></span><br></div>

Tlachtli: The Mesoamerican Ball Game

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