Happy Birthday LEGO
Posted on | January 28, 2008 | No Comments
50 years old today, and it doesn’t look a day over 20!
So, LEGO has been around for 50 years and it’s still going strong, there aren’t many toys that can say the same thing. For me, being a thirty something year old, LEGO was a part of my childhood from an early age with the big chunky DUPLO blocks which were too big to fit in my mouth back then (I was young) then onto the more traditional LEGO including the town and space sets. Then progressing to TECHNIC and building vehicles with working steering and other features.
A few years passed after that but then LEGO Star Wars came along and rekindled my interest, with minifigs being the main focus of my LEGO craze.
It just goes to prove that what is a very simple idea, simple building blocks, can become a globally recognised, iconic brand that translates to any language.
I shall raise a beer to LEGO, as I hope you all will (if you are old enough to drink it of course) and wish them another 50 years of success. Hopefully I’ll still be around to celebrate the 100th birthday. Who knows what type of LEGO kits will be available then.
Category: Lego
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