Lego is a Danish multinational line of
construction toys manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company
based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of
colourful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears,
minifigures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and connected
in many ways, to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings, and even
working robots. Anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and the
pieces used to make other objects.
Lego
began manufacturing interlocking toy bricks in 1949. Since then a global Lego
subculture has developed, supporting movies, games, competitions, and six
themed amusement parks. As of 2013, around 560 billion Lego parts had been
produced.
