In 1932 carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen founded his company in Billund, Denmark with the intention of encouraging creative play and ingenuity in children. He started by making stepladders. However the Great Depression forced him into an agile business model. He shifted his focus to the production of toys, and in the process he developed one of the most loved brands in the history of the world.
Christiansen was a naive man who was quick to embrace new materials and technologies. In 1947 he was the first company to acquire a plastic injection molding machine, which greatly increased the range and capabilities of Lego products. The machine allowed him to experiment and to create the Lego brick. The bricks had pegs on top and hollow bottoms that interlocked with each others, allowing children create intricate structures that are far greater than the possibilities of wooden blocks of earlier generations.
The 1950s were a period of expansion for the company. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen’s daughter Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen joined the company’s management team and she began to modernize the company’s manufacturing methods. The expansion also included the introduction of a line of dollhouses and furniture for girls, and the first Minifigures, which are individual figurines. In 1979, the company widened its product line to include sets with astronaut minifigures as well as rockets. They also introduced lunar rovers, spaceships and spaceships.
In 1990, the company introduced three Model Team Sets that were specifically designed for the advanced builder. The sets contained small parts such as levers, axles, gears and other components. They were the first Lego sets that offered a level of realism and precision.
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