Legos is a type of toy formed by interlocking plastic bricks and is quite popular with the children. Over about four hundred million of legos toys have been sold so far. Legos was originally invented by Mr. Ole Kirk Christiansen, the founder member of the LEGO Company in Billund, Denmark and the grand father to the current owner Mr. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen. Initially, the bricks were made from wood but in 1947, Ole Kirk Christiansen adopted the plastic toys which were made using the plastic injection molding machine, the first ever in Denmark. In 1949, the interlocking bricks, also known as Automatic Binding Bricks were invented and were designed originally in white and red plastic. However, over the years, legos can be found in seventy two different colors.
Girl playing with lego
The toys were at that time sold only in Denmark before slowly spreading to the rest of the world. The name lego is derived from two Danish words that mean “godt” and “leg” which means to play well. All in all, legos proved to be the most successful toy Ole Kirk Christiansen ever invented. The toys had studs on the top and hollow rectangular bottoms. These blocks usually snapped together, but tightly so that it was easy to pull them apart.