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Lego House is a 12,000-square metre building filled with 25 million Lego bricks in Billund, Denmark, located near Legoland and the headquarters of The Lego Group. It is also known as Home of the Brick with reference to Billund, where Lego originates.
LEGO House, "The Home of the Brick," pays tribute to the Toy of the Century. Come see – and build – for yourself.
Ole Kirk Christiansen (born Ole Kirk Kristiansen; [a] 7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was a Danish carpenter. In 1932, he founded the construction toy company Lego, later known as The Lego Group. Christiansen transformed his small woodworking shop, which initially sold household products, into a manufacturer of wooden toys.
Christiansen selected Lego, and the company began using it on its products. Following the Second World War, plastics became available in Denmark, and Lego purchased a plastic injection molding machine in 1947. [3]: 25 One of the first modular toys to be produced was a truck that could be taken apart and reassembled.
The short film conveys the significance of family, inspiring and supporting one another during tribulations and adversity. The company of Lego was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen and his son Godtfred back in 1932. The word "Lego" derives from two Danish words, "leg godt", which translates to "play well" and in Latin translates to "I put together".
Denmark’s royal family has been in the vortex of dramatic events in the last few weeks, propelling them to the center of public attention. Queen Margrethe II, who held a 52-year reign, announced ...
An area of land in Billund was transformed to create Miniland, a landscape of houses created with Lego bricks. [10] The new park covered 14 acres and was built next to the Lego factory. Legoland Billund opened on 7 June 1968 and became a success, becoming one of the largest attractions in Denmark. [11] [12]
The Toys That Made Us is an American documentary television series created by Brian Volk-Weiss. [1] The first four episodes of the series began streaming on Netflix on December 22, 2017, [2] and the next four were released on May 25, 2018. [3] The eight-episode documentary series, as it was originally touted, focuses on the history of important ...