BILLUND, Denmark--Though it's hard to imagine a time without Lego, the world-famous plastic bricks didn't exist until 1949. And today's brick, with its three little tubes that ensure a snug fit with ...

Lego is officially launching a series of tiny, plastic female scientists this August, including an astronomer, paleontologist and a chemist. The idea was submitted by Dr Ellen Kooijman, a geochemist ...

BILLUND, Denmark--Though it's hard to imagine a time without Lego, the world-famous plastic bricks didn't exist until 1949. And today's brick, with its three little tubes that ensure a snug fit with ...

It was 50 years ago, in April of 1962, that primitive lego-cave-dwelling minifigs first developed the wheel. This ranks among the greatest milestones in Lego history since early minifig society first ...

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LEGO was founded in 1932 by Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen, starting with wooden toys. The modern LEGO brick design was patented in 1958, creating the foundation for today’s sets. Today, LEGO ...

LEGO has announced a huge update to its bricks, which the company is calling “one of the most significant evolutions” it’s made in 50 years of LEGO history. According to its official press release, on ...

DK Books is set to launch an updated and expanded edition of LEGO Minifigure: A Visual History will include over 2,500 popular and super rare minifigures that have been released over the last 46 years ...

Simple, block-shaped toys have been around for hundreds of years, but it took a 20th-century Danish genius named Ole Kirk Christiansen to invent the interlocking pieces we know today as LEGO bricks.