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Lego ( / ˈlɛɡoʊ / ⓘ LEG-oh, Danish: [ˈle̝ːko]; [1] stylized as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. Lego consists of variously coloured interlocking plastic bricks made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) that accompany an array of gears ...
History of Lego. Lego began in 1932 in the carpentry workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen, a Danish carpenter. He initially produced furniture but later started making wooden toys. The company was named "Lego" in 1934, a contraction from the Danish phrase "leg godt", meaning "play well". Coincidentally, ‘lego’ means ‘I put together’ in Latin.
The LEGO Group (formally LEGO A/S) is a Danish construction toy production company based in Billund, Denmark. It manufactures Lego -branded toys, consisting mostly of interlocking plastic bricks. The LEGO Group has also built several amusement parks around the world, each known as Legoland , and operates numerous retail stores.
Lego bucked a 7% decline in the global toy market last year as it boosted consumer sales by 4%, notching up revenues of DKK 66 billion ($9.7 billion) for 2023 in the process.
Lego Star Wars (stylized as LEGO Star Wars) is a Lego theme based on the Star Wars media franchise created by George Lucas. It includes over 928 Lego building toy sets, [1] 1389 Lego minifigures, [2] an eponymous video game series containing six games, and multiple animated short films and television series.
Lego Mindstorms NXT was a programmable robotics kit released by Lego in August 2006, replacing the first-generation Lego Mindstorms kit. The kit consists of 577 pieces, including: 3 servo motors, 4 sensors (ultrasonic, sound, touch, and light), 7 connection cables, a USB interface cable, and the NXT Intelligent Brick.
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