Happy 50th Anniversary, Lego!
On this day in 1958, the first Lego brick was sold. Eleven minutes later, it was lost under a couch.
Children all over the world have played with Lego bricks for the past 50 years, and Lego sets are still right at the top of many wish lists. Industry and trade associations also recognize the Lego success. Just before the turn of the millennium, the Lego Brick was voted “Toy of the Century,” one of the highest awards in the toy industry, by both Fortune Magazine in the US and the British Association of Toy Retailers.
Of course, we recognize their various media tie-ins, like what they’ve done with Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, and Batman, among so many others. And over the years, they’ve given back to film themselves:
So let’s go build something!
You can pretty much mark me down for anything Batman/Lego related, especially the video game.Happy birthday, Lego.
How many toys have an amusement park? I count…one.http://www.legoland.com/california.htm (1 of 4 – the otehrs are in Germany, Denmark and the UK)
There's a Hello Kitty amusement park in Japan.We almost got the Lego park at the Eastern end of the county, but they decided that California has better weather than Virginia does.
I can't wait for my kids to get old enough that I can buy cool legos, I'm trying to indoctrinate them with Duplos, but Duplo Star Wars just isn't as cool.