Ole Kirk Christiansen
Date: 10-08-1928
This is certainly the most important minfigure of this website! Ole Kirk Christiansen is the founder of LEGO®. Ole began his life as a carpenter in the small Danish town Billund. When his business burned down after his sons played with fire, Ole rebuild his company but it suffered during because of the Great Depression. That's when he decided to make wooden toys and gradually that became a succes. He called his toy company LEGO, founded on August 10th, 1928. The name LEGO is a combination of two Danish words. The word "leg" (play) and "godt" (well) . So LEGO actually means play well!
This is certainly the most important minfigure of this website! Ole Kirk Christiansen is the founder of LEGO®. Ole began his life as a carpenter in the small Danish town Billund. When his business burned down after his sons played with fire, Ole rebuild his company but it suffered during because of the Great Depression. That's when he decided to make wooden toys and gradually that became a succes. He called his toy company LEGO, founded on August 10th, 1928. The name LEGO is a combination of two Danish words. The word "leg" (play) and "godt" (well) . So LEGO actually means play well!
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During the 50's plastic became more and more a way to produce toys. Ole and his son Godfredt saw an opportunity to make a new kind of toy: a stackable brick! They made it, using an injection-molding machine. In 1958 they patented the LEGO brick as we know it today. In 1978 they released their first minfigures.
Nowadays, LEGO is probably the most populair and influential toy in the world. For the full story, watching the beautiful video on this page is highly recommended! |
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Did you know?
A 2x4 LEGO brick, as patented in 1958 and produced in the early days of LEGO still fit a 2x4 brick today?
A 2x4 LEGO brick, as patented in 1958 and produced in the early days of LEGO still fit a 2x4 brick today?
Location:
LEGO was founded and still has his headquarters at Billund, Denmark.
LEGO was founded and still has his headquarters at Billund, Denmark.
