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Building foundations for learning… brick by brick.

“For brick must be upon brick, row upon row; here a little, and there a little.”

Fun Facts for LEGO® Maniacs

LEGO® is a privately held company that has been owned by the same Danish family since it was founded in 1932.

LEGO® is a fusion of the Danish words “leg” and “godt” (“play well”).

Coincidentally, in Latin the verb "lego" means "I put together" or "I collect."

LEGO® originally made wooden toys.

The first LEGO® brick was invented in 1949 and named "Automatic Binding Brick."

The modern LEGO® brick turned 50 years old at 1:58 pm on January 28, 2008.

All LEGO® elements work together whether they were made in 1958 or 2008.

The total number of LEGO® bricks made since 1958 would reach from earth to the moon ten times over if stacked on top of each other.

The LEGO® company is Europe's largest toymaker.

LEGO® has maintained its position in the top five toy brands for over twenty years. (Two other top toy brands include Mattel and Hasbro, both U.S. companies.)

LEGO® products are used in about 90 percent of U.S. preschools and kindergartens.

In stores around the world, seven LEGO® sets are sold every second.

There are enough LEGO® bricks in the world for each person on earth to be able to have 62 of them.

Children spend 5 billion hours per year playing with LEGO® bricks.

At least 400 million people have played with LEGO® toys.

Fortune magazine and the British Association of Toy Retailers voted LEGO® "Toy of the Century" in 2000.

The acronym AFOL refers to Adult Fans of Lego - typically artists, engineers, and hobbyists who build with or collect LEGO® pieces.

LEGO® bricks are made of ABS plastic (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), the same material used in auto bodies. When formed, the plastic is heated to 450 degrees F and compressed using up to 150 tons of pressure.

LEGO® elements come in more than 11,000 shapes and 106 colors.

16 billion LEGO® bricks are molded every year - that's 2 million an hour, or 33,000 bricks every minute, or 550 pieces per second!

LEGO® people are called minifigures - or minifigs for short.

More than 4 billion LEGO® minifigures have been made since 1978, making them the world's largest population.

LEGO® has produced enough minifigures to encircle the earth at least four times.

In 1985, a Canadian company introduced the Mega Bloks brand of interlocking plastic brick construction toys.

Mega Bloks are made from plain styrene.

The Mega Bloks brand fills a market niche by producing military- themed products (which is against the LEGO® Group's philosophy).

K'NEX Bricks™ feature special holes for using with K'NEX rods and connectors.

Best-Lock is a cheaper interlocking plastic brick, about half the price of the leading brand.

Mega Bloks (made in Canada), LEGO® bricks (made in Denmark), K'NEX Bricks™ (made in the USA), and Best-Lock (made in China) are all fairly compatible.

On July 13, 2005, the control of 70% of the LEGOLAND parks was sold for $460 million to the Blackstone Group of New York while the remaining 30% is still held by the LEGO® Group.

Did You Know…? Two eight-stud bricks can be combined in 24 ways. Three eight-stud bricks can be combined in 1,060 ways. Six eight-stud bricks can be combined in over 102,981,500 ways!

Disclaimer
The Little Brick Schoolhouse is not affiliated with The LEGO® Group of companies and LEGO® does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site or its content. Visit the official LEGO® website: www.LEGO.com

Important Note
LEGO® is a registered trademark of the LEGO® Group of companies. This means that the word LEGO® is a brand name and should technically be used as an adjective. In other words, please refer to their products as LEGO® bricks, LEGO® toys, LEGO® models, LEGO® sets, etc. – not “Legos” as is so common in everyday speech. Also, LEGO® is officially written in all uppercase letters. As LEGO® fans, let’s help protect and preserve this special brand by not diluting their trademark. Thanks!

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