history: LEGO group timeline 20th century 1980s

for anyone curious about what LEGO has done for about 117 years.here is the time line. taken from wikipedia.

20th century

1980s

1980:Lego establishes the Educational Products Department.New factories are opened in Switzerland and Jutland, Denmark.It is revealed in a survey that seventy percent of all Western European families with kids under fourteen own Lego bricks.Lego train tracks are introduced.

1981: The second generation of Lego trains is produced, including a wider variety of accessories.

1982:Expert Builder series matured and became Technic.The Lego Group celebrates its 50th anniversary on August 13th.The book, 50 years of play is published.Lego South Africa is established.First Lego wind-up engine.

1983:Lego launches the Duplo Baby series.The company grows to 3,700 employees worldwide.

1984:Lego Castle series is launched.Lego pneumatics are added to the Technic series.Lego Brazil is established.Lego Korea is established.

1985:Light & Sound sets are introduced.Lego company grows to 5,000 employees worldwide; 3,000 of them being in Billund.The gearstick is introduced.

1986:Lego Technic robots controlled by computers are placed in schools.Light and Sound sets are launched of Lego Town and Space themes.Another factory in Manaus, Brazil is opened.Godtfred Kirk Christiansen resigns as chairman of the board of Lego System A/S and Lego Overseas.Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen takes over for Godtfred Kirk Christiansen.

1987:Forestman, Crusaders, and Black Knights, sub-lines of Lego Castle, are introduced.Blacktron I and Futuron, sub-lines of Lego Space, are introduced.Lego reaches almost 6,000 employees.Lego South Africa is closed.Lego Club is established.

1988:The first Lego World Cup building contest is held in Billund.Lego Canada is established.The "Brick Separator" is introduced.

1989:Lego Pirates theme is launched.Lego Educational Products Department is renamed Lego Dacta.Brick Kicks, the first official Lego Club magazine, is introduced.Space Police I, a sub-line of Lego Space is introduced.

history: LEGO group timeline 20th century 1970s

for anyone curious about what LEGO has done for about 117 years.here is the time line. taken from wikipedia.

20th century

1970s

1970: The company grows to 1,000 employees.

1971: Lego introduces furniture pieces and dollhouses for girls.

1972: Lego added boat and ship sets, with hull pieces that actually floated.Lego Samsonite license agreement endsLego USA established in Brookfield, Connecticut.

1974:Lego figures are launched, starting with the Lego family.Bricks and Pieces, the first official Lego newsletter, is introduced in the United Kingdom.Lego Spain is established.

1975:The company grows to 2,500 employees.The Expert Series sets are introduced.

1977:The Lego Technic (known as the Expert Builder) series is launched.Lego Town is launched.Lego Boats is launched.Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen joins the Lego Group management.Duplo people are introduced.

1978:Lego introduces mini-figures with movable limbs and hands that can grasp utensils. This was the company's second most important design, after the brick itself.Lego Castle is introduced.Lego Space is introduced.


1979:Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen becomes president of Lego.Lego introduces the Fabuland and Scala themes.Lego Singapore is established.

history: the early days of legoland billund

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these pictures found on perryolf's flickr album. just want to share about legoland in its first season. thank you for perryolf for uploading the pictures for bringing the old time memories. legoland first opened in 1968 in billund, denmark. on first day opening, there were 3000 visitors.

history: LEGO group timeline 20th century 1960s

for anyone curious about what LEGO has done for about 117 years.here is the time line. taken from wikipedia.

20th century

1960s

1960:February: Another warehouse fire consumes most of Lego inventory of wooden toys.Production of wooden toys is discontinued; the company changes its focus to the plastic building bricks.Lego Finland and Lego Netherlands are established.By the end of the year, the company grows to 450 employees.

1961:The Lego wheel is introduced.Sales start in the United States and Canada through a license agreement with Samsonite Corp.Lego Italy established.

1961–1962: Lego makes an arrangement allowing Samsonite to begin producing and selling Lego products in Canada, an arrangement that would continue until 1988.

1962:Lego sells toys in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Morocco, and Japan.Lego 1/3 elements are introduced.

1963:Cellulose acetate is abandoned in favor of the more stable ABS plastic in making Lego bricks.Samsonite begins producing Lego bricks under license in North America.Lego Austria is established.The Lego Group starts Modulex.

1964:The first Lego sets containing instruction manuals are introduced.Lego sells toys in Lebanon.A production plant, Lego Werkzeugbau GmbH, is opened in Hohenwehenstedt, Germany.

1965:The company in Billund grows to more than 600 employees.

1966:One of Lego most successful series, the Lego train system is released. Initial train sets include a 4.5-volt motor and rails.Lego is now sold in 42 countries.

1967: First Lego hinges.

1968:Train sets with a 12-volt motor are introduced.On June 7, the Legoland Park in Billund is opened, at which 3,000 people visit on the opening day.

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Lego bricks with magnets are introduced.

1969:The Duplo system, using larger bricks and targeting younger children but also compatible with existing Lego bricks, is released.The company in Billund grows to 843 employees.

history: LEGO group timeline 20th century 1910s-1950s

for anyone curious about what LEGO has done for about 117 years.here is the time line. taken from wikipedia.

20th century

1910s

1916: Ole Kirk Christiansen purchases the small woodworking shop in Billund.

1920s

1920: July 6 - Godtfred Kirk Christiansen was born.

1924: Ole Kirk's shop burns down when a fire ignites some wood shavings. Ole Kirk builds a larger workshop, renting out most of the space, and using the rest for his own shop.

1930s

1932: Ole Kirk Christiansen's shop nearly goes bankrupt in the depression. With a lack of normal carpentry jobs, Ole Kirk starts producing toys, many of which were wooden pull toys.

1934: The company name Lego is coined by Christiansen from the Danish phrase leg godt, meaning "play well". Coincidentally, "Lego" also means "I assemble" in Latin.

1935: The Lego Duck is featured.

1937: Godtfred Kirk Christiansen starts creating models.

1939: The company grows to 10 employees.

1940s

1942: A fire breaks out in the factory, forcing the company to rebuild.

1943: The company grows to 40 employees.

1947: Ole Kirk purchases the first plastic moulding machine in Denmark, and the company begins manufacturing plastic toys. The Christiansens are inspired by samples of the "Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Brick", a design patented by the Briton Mr. Harry Fisher Page.

1947: December 27 - Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen is born.1948: The company grows to 50 employees.

1949: Lego begins producing similar plastic bricks, calling them "Automatic Binding Bricks."1950s

1951: The first ever film about Lego is shot. The photographer is Chistian Lund, and the film is black and white with no sound.

1953:Automatic Binding Bricks are renamed Lego Mursten, or "Lego Bricks."First baseplates are created.

1954:Godtfred Kirk Christiansen becomes junior managing director of Lego, and soon has the idea to turn Lego bricks into a toy system.Lego windows and doors are introduced.The word Lego is officially registered in Denmark.First beam bricks are released.

1955:Lego releases its first toy "system" of the Town Plan.Lego bricks begin selling better, but are not yet the core Lego product.Lego first exports toys to Sweden.Godtfred Kirk Christiansen demonstrates the Lego bricks at a toy fair in Nuremberg, Germany.First Lego trees are released.

1956: A sales company for Lego is built in Hohenwestedt, Germany.

1957:Godtfred Kirk Christiansen is appointed Managing Director.First Lego flags, lights, and windows.

1958:The Lego brick design is improved to allow better versatility and "locking" ability.Ole Kirk Christiansen dies; Godtfred inherits leadership of the Lego Company.The Lego company patents the stud-and-tube coupling system. This new system makes models much more stable. Sloping roof tile bricks are featured.The company in Billund grows to 140 employees.

1959:A small staff at Lego, the "Futura" division, is established to develop ideas for new sets.Lego begins selling its products in other countries such as Norway, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK.Lego France, British Lego Ltd., Lego Belgium and Lego Sweden are established.

history: LEGO group timeline 19th century

for anyone curious about what LEGO has done for about 117 years.
here is the time line. taken from wikipedia.

19th century

1890s

1891: April 7 - Ole Kirk Christiansen, founder of the Lego Group, is born.

1895: The woodworking shop, "Billund Woodworking and Carpenter's Shop", which would eventually evolve into the Lego company is founded in Billund, Denmark.

set database: 7413 passage of jun-chi

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theme: adventurers, orient expedition
year: 2003
pieces: 100
prices: us$10
minifigs: 1
great set.
come with chinese style gate.
there is a hidden rotatable wall that show up the red monster.
red monster is like a chinese lion dance creature.
minifig included johnny thunder in desert outfit.
included 3 orient cards for playing orient game board.
great playability.
overall design is good.

set database: 7412 yeti's hideout

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theme: adventurers, orient expedition
year: 2003
pieces: 114
prices: us$10
minifigs: 1
great set.
come with famous white yeti.
has a secret white cave where yeti lives.
and a treasure found hidden in a small rooftop building.
minifig included pippin reed in parka.
included 3 orient cards for playing orient game board.
great playability.
overall design is good.

set database: 6345 aerial acrobats

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theme: town, airport

year: 1993

pieces: 331

prices: us$34

minifigs: 6

nice addition to LEGO town.
come with two airplanes.

both airplanes has its own unique design.

great trailer with cool van.

the trailer can be opened both side.

also have a windsock.

has a fence with loudspeaker.

minifigs included 2 pilot minifigs with cool helmets, a instructor minifig with walkie talkie, a male spectator minifig and 2 female minifigs.

great playability.

overall design is great.

must have for town lovers.