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Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from Billund in Denmark started his business in 1932 with the goal of encouraging imaginative play and a sense of wonder in children. The company began by manufacturing stepladders. However, the Great Depression forced him into an agile business model. He shifted his focus to the production of toys, and He created one of the most beloved brands in the history of the world.
Christiansen was a nimble thinker and quick to embrace new materials and technologies. In 1947 he was the first company in the world to buy an injection molding machine made of plastic, which greatly increased the range and capabilities of Lego products. The machine also let him explore a design that would eventually become the iconic Lego brick. The bricks were hollow at the bottom and had pegs on the top. They were interlocked to let children build intricate structures that were more intricate than those made using wooden blocks from earlier generations.
The 1950s saw a period of expansion for the company. Kjeld Kirk Christiansen, Godtfred Christiansen’s daughter, joined the management team and began modernizing companyβs manufacturing methods. The expansion included the introduction of dollhouses, furniture and individual Minifigures. In 1979, the company expanded its range of products to include sets with rockets and astronaut minifigures. They also introduced lunar rovers, spaceships and spaceships.
In 1990, the company launched three Model Team Sets that were specifically designed for the advanced builder. The sets introduced small components like gears, axles and levers, and provided an amount of realisticity and accuracy that was unheard of in the Lego series at the time.