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Lego Timeline
This article lists notable events and releases in the history of the Lego Group. 1890s * 1895: ** The woodworking shop, "Billund Woodworking and Carpenter's Shop", which would eventually evolve into the Lego company, was founded in Billund. 1910s * 1916: ** Ole Kirk Christiansen purchases the small woodworking shop in Billund. 1920s * 1920: ** Godtfred Kirk Christiansen is born. * 1924: ** Ole's shop burns down when a fire ignites some wood shavings. Ole then builds a larger workshop, renting out most of the space, and using the rest for his own shop. 1930s * 1932: ** Ole Kirk Christiansen's shop nearly goes bankrupt in the depression. With a lack of normal carpentry jobs, Ole Kirk starts producing toys, many of which were wooden pull toys. * 1934: ** The company name ''Lego'' is coined by Christiansen from the Danish phrase ''leg godt'', meaning "play well". * 1935: ** The Lego Duck (a wooden toy) is featured. * 1937: ** Godtfred Kirk Christiansen starts creating models. * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LEGO Logo
Lego ( , ; stylized as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark, Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of variously colored Interchangeable parts, interlocking plastic bricks accompanying an array of gears, figurines called Lego minifigure, minifigures, and various other parts. Lego pieces can be assembled and connected in many ways to construct objects, including vehicles, buildings, and working robots. Anything constructed can be taken apart again, and the pieces reused to make new things. The Lego Group began manufacturing the interlocking toy bricks in 1949. Movies, games, competitions and eight Legoland amusement parks have been developed under the brand. , 600 billion Lego parts had been produced. History The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, Billund, Denmark, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modulex
Modulex A/S is a multi-national provider of architectural signage and visual communication solutions. History Modulex was founded as an independent company in 1963 by The Lego Group.Navarre Bartz, Over the years, the multi-national group has built multiple factories globally with a presence in over 300 cities across 45 countries. At the inception of the group in 1963, Architectural models were the first Modulex product introduced into the Danish market. The following year the product was launched in England and Germany. In 1965, the production and sales of the models were switched to an Industrial layout. In 1966 and 1967, the ''Control board'' was introduced. In the following years, Modulex A/S built a software kit for this product which increased sales. In 1972, ''Pocket boards'' which is another planning product was introduced. In 1974, Modulex started developing a new product line known as ''Sign Systems''. the company introduced the first sign system known as '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego Minifigure
A Lego minifigure, commonly referred to as a minifig, is a small plastic articulated figurine produced by Danish toy manufacturer The Lego Group. They were first produced in 1978 and have been a success, with over 4 billion produced worldwide as of 2020. Minifigures are usually found within Lego sets, although they are also sold separately as collectables in blind bags, or custom-built in Lego stores. While some are named as specific characters, either licensed from film, television, and game franchises, or of Lego's own creation, many are unnamed and are designed simply to fit within a certain theme (such as police officers, astronauts and pirates). Minifigures are collected by both children and adults. They are highly customizable, and parts from different figures can be mixed and matched, resulting in many combinations. Similar figures are produced by other companies, such as the ''Kreons'' from the construction toy Kre-O by the Korean company Oxford (subsidiary of Hasbro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego Boats
Lego City is a theme under which Lego building sets are released based on city life, with the models depicting city and emergency services (such as police and fire), airport, train, construction, and civilian services. Legoland Town is one of the three original themes that Lego produced upon its launch of the Lego minifigure in 1978 along with Castle and Space. The Town brand was briefly replaced with Lego World City in 2003 and 2004 before it was simply rebranded as Lego City in 2005. Overview The Lego City theme traces its origins to Lego Town, a theme introduced with the first minifigures in 1978, when a completely new range of buildings and vehicles were introduced for the European markets, although Lego sets with city buildings and vehicles had been commonplace since the late 1960s. In 1975, a precursor to the minifigure was introduced, in the same scale but without moving parts. Through the mid-1970s Town sets had buildings and vehicles functioning more as models, with m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
