FUN FACTS ABOUT LEGO YOU MIGHT ENJOY TOYING WITH
Added on: 19th Apr 2016
THE LEGO GROUP WAS FOUNDED IN 1932 IN DENMARK.
IT STARTED IN A SMALL CARPENTER’S WORKSHOP
AND IS NOW ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST
TOY MANUFACTURERS
LEGO’S FOUNDER, OLE KIRK CHRISTIANSEN, CREATED
THE NAME “LEGO” FROM THE FIRST TWO LETTERS OF
THE DANISH WORDS LEG GODT, WHICH MEANS
“PLAY WELL.”
IN 2000, LEGO WAS NAMED “TOY OF THE CENTURY”
BY THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF TOY RETAILERS.
LEGO BEAT BOTH THE COMMON TEDDY BEAR
AND BARBIE
IN MAY 2011, THE SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MISSION
STS-134 BROUGHT THIRTEEN LEGO KITS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, WHERE ASTRONAUTS
BUILT MODELS TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD REACT IN
MICROGRAVITY, AS A PART OF THE LEGO BRICKS IN
SPACE PROGRAM. THE RESULTS WILL BE SHARED WITH
SCHOOLS AS PART OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT.
ACCORDING TO FORBES, IN FEBRUARY 2015 LEGO
REPLACED FERRARI AS BRAND FINANCE’S
“WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL BRAND.”
MORE THAN 400 BILLION LEGO BRICKS HAVE BEEN
PRODUCED SINCE 1958, WHICH MEANS THERE ARE
ABOUT SIXTY-TWO LEGO BRICKS FOR EACH HUMAN
BEING ON THE PLANET
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT DURING CHRISTMAS ABOUT
TWENTY-EIGHT SETS ARE SOLD EVERY SECOND.
THAT MEANS 1,680 ARE SOLD EVERY MINUTE,
100,800 EVERY HOUR, AND SO ON.
IT MIGHT SOUND UNBELIEVABLE BUT ONLY EIGHTEEN
PIECES IN ONE MILLION ARE WASTED DURING THE
PRODUCTION PROCESS. THE MOULDS ARE SUPER
ACCURATE SO ONLY A HANDFUL FAIL TO MEET THE
COMPANY’S HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS.
THE LARGEST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED LEGO SET
IS THE TAJ MAJAL. THE SET CONTAINS OVER
5,900 PIECES.
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