LEGO was founded in 1932 by Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen, starting with wooden toys. The modern LEGO brick design was patented in 1958, creating the foundation for today’s sets.
This is a particularly fun and fascinating one. We won’t list a single set here – because we’re talking about the Lego wooden toys the company made from 1932 until 1960, before it moved onto plastic.
He needed 90 helpers for one of his most recent works – a life-size Lego tram made up of a staggering 1.8 million pieces. Together they put in around 6,800 man-hours to assemble the tram ...
All the tables have space for more than one child to build. The materials used for Lego tables are primarily wood, plastic, or a type of plastic that resembles wood. Some tables feature a ...
He began making wooden toys of particular craft and ingenuity, perhaps at first inspired by needing to keep his young children entertained, but then as a business. By 1934, he had mashed together the ...
A Bloomington man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Monday for a deadly New Year’s Eve shooting in Normal five years ...
We've rounded up 12 of the best Lego deals from around the web, covering our favorite space, Star Wars and Marvel-themed Lego on the shelves. It might not be Black Friday anymore but there are ...
Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific in 1947 on a wooden boat. Credit: Bjørn Fjørtoft / CC BY 4.0 In 1947, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl set out on an ambitious journey to challenge the accepted ...