SOME LEGO HISTORY

Many children have grown up with these familiar blocks that lifted our imagination whilst building towers and alsors of imaginative designs. Many generations have been hooked on this fantastic toy that lets all of us create pretty much anything.

With millions of sets being sold a year in over 100 countries, there is stil the question.

" where did Lego actually come from? "
Well...in 1932 where Ole Kirk Christiansen, A carpenter, established a small business in the village of Billund in Denmark. His company made stepladders, ironing boards... and wooden toys.

In 1934 the company gave the name LEGO for their products, which came from the Danish words "LEg GOdt" or "play well".

Later on.. people realized that in Latin the word means "I study" or "I put together"

In 1942 a tragedy strikes and the entire LEGO factory burns to the ground. The factory is rebuilt and all restarts soon after.

Not too long after that in 1947 the LEGO company is the first in Denmark to buy a plastic injection-moulding machine for making toys. They then set the business up so it was dedicated to the toy business.

By 1951 the Automatic Binding Bricks are renamed "LEGO Mursten" or "LEGO Bricks".

In 1958 Ole Kirk Christiansen died and Godtfred Kirk Christiansen becomes head of the company.

In 1950 the warehouse for the wooden toys is destroyed in a fire After the fire all wooden toy making was stopped.

In 1963 lego changed the way it made its brick from cellulose acetate to acrylonitrile this made it stronger and brighter in colour.

In 1967 LEGO brought out the DUPLO brand it is a larger version of the block designed for children under five years old, and it is released to the world wide market place in 1969.

Now LEGO brand is everywhere, and We are sure the LEGO craze will continue for many more generations.