The History...of LEGO

[Legoandteaa]

What do you think of my history of Lego video? 

[davee123]

A few minor nitpicks:

* Ole actually worked with all his sons, not just Gotdfred.  Godtfred was increasingly involved in the management of the company, and bought out his siblings around 1960, when he decided to stop making wooden toys (after the fire that destroyed the wooden toys division).  Some of them has protested that making wooden toys was really the core of the company, and went into business for themselves under the name "Bilofix", with the money they got from Godtfred.

* The Great Depression was actually what *caused* them to go into making toys.  Sales of normal carpentry jobs were low, so they focused on smaller-ticket items like stepladders, stools, ironing boards, and... (in 1932) ... toys!

* LEGO didn't really improve on the design of the Kiddicraft bricks until 1958-- for the first 9-or-so years, the Automatic Binding Bricks were essentially the exact same as Kiddicraft bricks.  The only differences were that they were made metric, and the studs were made more flat on the top, but that's really about it.

* Godtfred didn't really come up with the idea of a "system" of play for LEGO.  The buyer he talked with was bemoaning the fact that nobody was really making "systems" of toys, and he (the buyer) was convinced that the idea would make toys be much more appealing.  Godtfred was intrigued by the idea, and wondered if it could be applied to any of LEGO's lineup of toys, and realized that the building bricks were a great candidate.

DaveE