The Lego Story

1st Lego bricks

legoland Billund

Legoland Malaysia

It all started from a carpenter from Denmark named Ole Kirk Christiansen who made wooden toys. The shop mostly helped construct houses and furniture, and had a small staff of apprentices. The business was not profitable because of the Great Depression. Farmers in the area sometimes traded food in exchange for his toys; Ole Kirk continued producing practical furniture in addition to toys to stay in business. In the mid-1930s, the yo-yo toy fad gave him a brief period of increased activity until it suddenly collapsed. His son Godtfred began working for him, taking an active role in the company. at 1934, Ole made a toy company named Lego from a term of Denmark "Leg Godt' that means play well. At 1940's, Ole start to make toys using plastic, and made plastick blocks that could be put together. These findings then he patented on 28 January 1958.

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The Lego employees were often interrupted by all the visitors who wanted to see what you can build with Lego bricks. So one day someone suggested “why not build a park where build with Lego bricks?” Legoland was born! The Lego company soon began to work on their plan to build Legoland, on 1968 the 1st LegoLand was build and it was expanded to many countries.

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