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THE FIRST MINI-FIGURE WAS PRODUCED IN 1978.

SINCE THEN MORE THAN FOUR BILLION HAVE BEEN

MADE, MAKING IT THE WORLD’S LARGEST

POPULATION GROUP

EACH MINI-FIGURE IS EXACTLY FOUR BRICKS

HIGH WITHOUT A HAT

ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS, 2012 WAS THE MOST

PRODUCTIVE YEAR IN THE COMPANY’S HISTORY

SO FAR: 45.7 BILLION LEGO BRICKS WERE PRODUCED

AT A RATE OF 5.2 MILLION PER HOUR. OR IF YOU

PREFER, IF YOU WERE TO LAY THEM FROM END TO END,

THE NUMBER OF LEGO BRICKS SOLD THAT YEAR WOULD

STRETCH AROUND THE WORLD MORE THAN

EIGHTEEN TIMES

LEGO DUPLO BRICKS ARE EIGHT TIMES THE SIZE OF

ORIGINAL LEGO BRICKS BUT SOMEHOW THEY BOTH

CONNECT TOGETHER

LEGO IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST WHEEL

MANUFACTURER. SURE, THEY’RE MINI WHEELS BUT

STILL THE COMPANY PRODUCES 306 MILLION A YEAR,

WHICH IS MORE THAN WHAT BRIDGESTONE AND

GOODYEAR PRODUCE COMBINED

STAR WARS WAS THE FIRST INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

TO BE LICENSED IN LEGO GROUP HISTORY. THE

FIRST FEW SETS BASED ON THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY

WERE RELEASED IN 1999, COINCIDING WITH THE

RELEASE OF THE PHANTOM MENACE

GERMANY IS THE NUMBER-ONE LEGO MARKET

WORLDWIDE. IN FACT, LEGO IS THE BIGGEST-SELLING

TOY COMPANY IN GERMANY. THE UNITED STATES IS

THE SECOND-LARGEST MARKET, WITH THE TOP-SELLING

LINES BEING BIONICLE AND LEGO STAR WARS.

THERE ARE NO LEGO SETS WITH A WAR OR MILITARY

THEME. THIS IS BECAUSE LEGO CREATOR OLE KIRK

CHRISTIANSEN DIDN’T WANT TO MAKE WAR SEEM

APPEALING TO CHILDREN