LEGOS

HISTORY

• Legos were created by Ole Kirk Christiansen
• Was created in Denmark in the early 1900's
• Lego is currently owned by Kjeld Kirk Christiansen
• Ole traveled from store to store trying to sell his wooden toys to feed his family
• One of his most popular toys was a duck on wheels

MORE HISTORY

• Started out as a carpentry business
• Ole traveled around a lot trying to sell his wooden toys
• His son Godtfred helped him build toys
• The shop burned down in 1924 but was rebuilt
• The shop burned down again in 1942, and was rebuilt again

CREATION OF THE BRICK
In 1947 when the company was doing well, Ole purchased a plastic molding machine. This eventually lead to the creation of Lego bricks.

"LEGO"
The term LEGO comes from the Danish words "LEg GOdt" meaning "play well."

MORE LEGOS

• LEGO makes popular movies and tv shows into LEGO sets, some themes they have used include:
• Star Wars
• DC Comics
• Marvel
• Indiana Jones

DEATH

• Ole died on March 11, 1958
• Died of a heart attack at age 66
• His son Godtfred took over the company
• Godtfred had a son named Kjeld
• The lego business will continue to be run by Ole's family

LEGOLAND

• Legoland, Denmark was opened in 1968
• There has since been parks opened in CA, FL, Germany, UK, and Malaysia
• Each park gets around 1.6 million visitors annually
• Proffesional builders make large sculptures out of Legos to decorate the park
• Purple Lego bricks are very rare

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