While out shopping the other day, I noticed this long line for Legos. Apparently, they were having some type of big sale at this Legos store.
I was on the upper tier of the mall looking down, so I couldn’t hear exactly what the Lego’s employee was telling the crowd that had gathered. However, there was something limited to 12. Also the line for Lego’s crowd was allowed the enter the store in two groups and not all at once. There were some children in line but the majorority of those waiting in line were adults.
Brief History of Legos
According to my online research, Legos started back in 1932 with a carpenter by the name of Ole Kirk Christiansen who was a Danish furniture maker. He started to make mini versions of his products. Christiansen produced both furniture and toys. The toy line was named Legos which mean “well played”.
Then in 1947, an injection molding machine was purchased. Plastic bricks at the present form have hollow tubes in the underside making better interlocking features. This was patented in 1958.
Now a days, there are Lego movies, board games, retail stores, films, theme parks, etc.
In 1961 and 1962, the Lego wheel was introduced along with cars, buses, etc. Then, in 1964 Legos sets included the first instructional manual.
Ending Notes in Line for Legos
Legos is such a beloved product, it goes beyond being only a toy. There are, also, educational properties to the sets. Recently, I looked online at a Lego building challenge using a real hamburger and hotdog as models. The challenger had to build a realistic hamburger and hot dog using only Lego bricks and products. Well, when he finished his product, the Legos really did look like a hamburger and hot dog.
It is not hard to see why Legos back in 2022, introduced their first set of over 10,000 bricks kit for the Eiffel Tower. Actually, it came out to 10,001 bricks.
Happy building everyone!
Resource Sites: Wikipedia and Lego’s website.