Lego
Logo used since 1998 | |
| Type | Construction set |
|---|---|
| Inventor(s) | Ole Kirk Christiansen |
| Company | The Lego Group |
| Country | Denmark |
| Availability | 1949–present |
| Materials | Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene |
| Official website | |
Lego (stylized as LEGO) is a type of building toy created and made by The Lego Group,[1] a company from Denmark. LEGO bricks are colorful plastic building blocks that can be joined together easily to make a tower, house, and more. LEGO bricks are joined together by studs on the top, and holes in the bottom of the brick, commonly known as the brick-and-knob connection. LEGO is the most popular building toy in the world.
Background
The LEGO Group was started by Ole Kirk Christiansen, a Danish toy maker, on August 10, 1932.[2] In 1934, his company came to be called "Lego", a word coming from the Danish phrase leg godt da,[3][4] which means "play well".[5] Christiansen made wooden toys for children. He made and sold his first plastic LEGO sets in the 1940s. Since then, LEGO has become very popular and is known and loved by people around the world kids and adults alike.
The company is based in Billund and is owned by Kirkbi, the family company. In 2006, sales were about $1.3 billion. In 2022, they were $9.1 billion. Net profit was $1.9 billion. After the bankruptcy and closures of Toys "R" Us in 2017 and 2018, Lego expanded its network of 317 stores to about 1,000 in 2023.[6]
LEGO bricks come in many shapes, sizes and colors. There are wheels, car screens, plants and mini-figures. LEGO bricks can be joined together in many ways. Vehicles, buildings and even robots can all be built with LEGO bricks.
Every LEGO brick is designed to be compatible with others from any set. New bricks made today can fit with old bricks made years ago. The bricks can join together no matter which set they come from. LEGO has become so popular that people sometimes use the word "Lego" to talk about any sort of building blocks, and in North American English, the term is sometimes pluralized as "Legos". There are millions of LEGO fans and many LEGO conventions around the world.
LEGO Video Games
Many LEGO video games are being created for different video game systems. LEGO video games usually come from LEGO themes, such as LEGO Star Wars. LEGO Star Wars has six video games. Other LEGO video games include LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Harry Potter, Lego DC comics and Marvel.[7][8]
Television and movies
A LEGO Cartoon Network show, Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, aired from 2011 to 2012, and a second Cartoon Network LEGO show aired in 2013. In 2014, The LEGO Movie was released, starring Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, Will Ferrell, and Liam Neeson. The movie was released on February 7, 2014. Since then, three other LEGO movies have been made, like The LEGO Batman Movie, The LEGO Ninjago Movie, and The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.[9]
References
- ↑ http://lego.com Lego Main Website
- ↑ "Who invented Lego bricks?". The Times of India.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ "leg — Den Danske Ordbog". ordnet.dk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ↑ "godt — Den Danske Ordbog". ordnet.dk. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ↑ "The Lego Group History". lego.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ Milne, Richard (2023-10-16). "Lego: the brick behemoth that wants to be as big as Disney". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ↑ "Lego Mindstorms and Harry Potter Will Continue". Lego. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ↑ Yates, Jack (17 April 2021). "Five things you may have missed in the new LEGO Harry Potter sets". Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ↑ Levine, Nick (9 February 2017). "Lego Batman Movie installs giant batarang on London's South Bank". NME. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
Other websites
- Official Lego Website (in English)