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| Lego bricks |
Lego is a
popular line of construction toys manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately
held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego,
consists of colourful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of
gears, minifigures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and
connected in many ways, to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings, and
even working robots. Anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and
the pieces used to make other objects.
Lego began manufacturing interlocking toy
bricks in 1949. Since then a global Lego subculture has developed, supporting
movies, games, competitions, and six themed amusement parks. As of 2013, around
560 billion Lego parts had been produced.
The
Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (born 7 April 1891),
a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In
1934, his company came to be called "Lego", from the Danish phrase leg
godt, which means "play well". It expanded to producing plastic
toys in 1947.
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| Lego / Tente |
Tente was a
line of construction toys created in 1972 by EXIN-LINES BROS S.A., a plastics
and toy company based in Barcelona, Spain which ceased operation in 1993.
Subsequently, the trademark and patents were acquired by EDUCA BORRAS, and as
of 2008 the toy line appears to be discontinued. Their later series were no
longer compatible with the old system, although some models remained
compatible. The toys consisted of multi-colored interlocking plastic bricks in
multiple scales and an accompanying array of wheels, minifigures, and various
accessories.
