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lego timeline

  • 1916

    1916

    Ole Kirk buys a small woodwork shop.
  • 1932

    1932

    The small woodwork shop produces wooden toys
  • 1934

    1934

    Ole Kirk changes the company name to Lego which originated from le got wich means play well
  • 1949

    1949

    First automatic binding bricks come out
  • 1951

    1951

    The first Lego film comes out
  • 1954

    1954

    First Lego windows and doors
  • 1958

    1958

    Same Lego blocks as today are made
  • 1961

    1961

    Lego wheel is invented
  • 1966

    1966

    First Lego train is made
  • 1968

    1968

    First Legoland park opens
  • 1969

    1969

    Duplo Lego is invented
  • 1977

    1977

    Lego technic is launched
  • 1978

    1978

    Lego introduces the minifigure
  • 1985

    1985

    Lego gets 5000 employees
  • 1992

    1992

    Worlds largest Lego castle is made
  • 1998

    1998

    Lego releases Mindstorms
  • 1999

    1999

    Lego Star Wars is introduced
  • 2000

    2000

    Lego is named toy of the century
  • 2005

    2005

    Sells legoland to Merlin entertaiment
  • 2012

    2012

    Lego lord of the rings is released
  • 2014

    2014

    Lego Movie is released in the cinema
  • 2018

    2018

    60th birthday of the lego brick