The history of LEGO began in 1932, when Ole Kirk Christiansen founded the company in a Danish carpentry workshop. Christiansen had been making wooden toys since 1916, and he saw the potential of plastic as a new material for toys. In 1949, LEGO produced its first plastic brick, a precursor to the iconic LEGO brick with interlocking studs on the top and tubes on the bottom. It was patented in 1958 by Christiansen's son Godtfred Kirk, who replaced his father as the head of the company.
The LEGO brick quickly became a success, and the company began to expand its product line to include a variety of other plastic toys, such as cars, trains, and animals. In the 1960s, LEGO began to export its products to other countries, and by the 1970s, it was one of the largest toy manufacturers in the world. In the 1980s, LEGO began to more...
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