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lego timeline

By cmcmonkey

  • 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