Guide Note

With its "stud-and-tube" coupling system, LEGO bricks are popular toys with which one can build just about anything.

Fast Facts

Head office: Billund, Denmark
LEGO = Danish phrase "leg godt," or "play well"
Founder: Ole Kirk Christiansen
Founded: 1932
Motto: "Only the best is good enough"
1st LEGO bricks made in 1949
Originally called "Automatic Binding Bricks"
Current CEO: Jørgen Vig Knudstorp
Current owner: Kjeld Kir Kristiansen
Theme parks: Four

History

LEGO founder Ole Kirk Christiansen began as a carpenter, but moved into toymaking in 1932. In 1934 he christened his company LEGO. They began working with types of interlocking plastic bricks in 1949, but did not hit on the current design until 1958. The product line has since been extended, with action figures, themed sets, electronic and computer programmable elements and tie-ins to media properties.

LEGO Product Lines

LEGO bricks
LEGO Technic
LEGO Duplo: for younger children
LEGO Primo: for toddlers
LEGO Mindstorms: Programmable LEGOs

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LEGO Mindstorms | Building Blocks | Star Wars Toys | LEGO 50th Anniversary | LEGO Album Covers | Nathan Sawaya

Categories

Products | Kids and Toys | Toys

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LEGO

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Official Site: LEGO.com
Official Site: LEGOLAND
Wikipedia: LEGO
Amazon.com: LEGO Store
eBay: LEGO Toys and LEGO Video Games
Fan Site: Wiki-Brick-Links
LEGO Movies: Brickfilms.com

LEGO News and History

CNN: LEGO Artist Building Bigger Career (July 4, 2008)
Google News: LEGO
Wikipedia: History of LEGO
Wikipedia: LEGO Timeline
DVICE: World’s tallest LEGO tower built in England (May 6, 2008)
Gizmodo: Steampunk LEGO Jabba Barge, Slave I and Other... (February 1, 2008)
CNET: Lego Bricks Turn 50 (January 28, 2008)
Gizmodo: Best LEGO Sets in History (January 28, 2008)
News 10 Now: Lego Expo Held (January 26, 2008)

LEGO Reference and Information

LEGO Encyclopedia: Brickwiki
Peeron: LEGO Set Inventories
Brickset: LEGO Set Reference

LEGO Retailers

Official Site: LEGO Store
Toys "R" Us: LEGO
KBtoys.com: LEGO
Wal-Mart: LEGO
Target: LEGO
ToyWiz.com: LEGO

Comparison Shopping

Shopzilla: LEGO price comparison
Google Product Search: LEGO price comparison
NexTag: LEGO price comparison
CouponCabin: LEGO price comparison

LEGO Coupons and Deals

DealCatcher: LEGO deals
dealnews: LEGO deals
Yahoo! Shopping: LEGO deals

LEGO Products

LEGO Originals

LEGO Franchises

LEGO Video Games

Official Site: LEGO Interactive
Official Site: LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
YouTube: LEGO Star Wars II Trailer (Time: 2:01)
GameSpot: LEGO Video Game Reviews
IGN: LEGO Video Game Reviews

LEGOLAND Theme Parks

LEGOLAND Billund (Denmark)
LEGOLAND Windsor (UK)
LEGOLAND California (Carlsbad, CA)
LEGOLAND Deutschland (Günzburg, Germany)
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre (Berlin, Germany)

LEGO Creations

Official Site: LEGO Club Cool Creations
MOCpages: LEGO Creations
TechEBlog: Top 10 Strangest LEGO Creations
LEGO Artist: Nathan Sawaya, The Art of the Brick
LEGO Artist: Sean Kenney
LEGO Artist: The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith

LEGO Fansites

LEGO Images

Brickfactory: LEGO Photos
LUGNET: LEGO Guide
Google Image Search: LEGO
Yahoo! Image Search: LEGO
Flickr Photos: LEGO

LEGO Videos

YouTube: "Circle Circle Dot Dot" by Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone (Time: 3:16)
YouTube: LEGO Darth Vader Conducts the Orchestra (Time: 1:02)
YouTube: LEGO Indiana Jones (Time: 2:23)
YouTube: Grand Theft Auto: LEGO City (Time: 1:13)
YouTube: "Thriller" LEGO-style (Time: 13:42)
YouTube: OK GO's "Treadmill Video" LEGO-style (Time: 1:00)
YouTube: Ultimate LEGO Rubberband Gun (Time: 0:56)
YouTube: Monty Python and the Holy Grail LEGO-style (Time: 1:35)
YouTube: Lego Machine Gun (Time 1:56)

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