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The authors attribute the company's rescue to the efforts of new CEO, Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, who cut costs (by, among others, reducing the number of bricks produced), engaged with the Lego fandom community, and refocused the company's efforts on its core business (design and marketing of interlocking plastic bricks) rather than side activities ...
In 2016, Lego announced that it would take legal action against Chinese manufacturer Guangdong Loongon, which produces the Lepin brand and is known for plagiarisms [42] of Lego sets. [43] In 2019, counterfeit Lego sets worth 26 million euros were seized in raids by Chinese police. [42] In 2021, Lego has obtained a cease-and-desist declaration ...
Mega Bloks won a case at the EU's top court in 2010 against Lego's trademark registration of a red toy building brick. On September 14, 2010, the European Court of Justice ruled that the 8-peg design of the original Lego brick "merely performs a technical function [and] cannot be registered as a trademark." [11] Best-Lock and Lego bricks compared.
Lego Modular Buildings (stylized as LEGO Modular Buildings) is a series of Lego building toy sets introduced in 2007, with new sets usually being released annually. Created in response to feedback and suggestions from the Adult Fans of Lego bricks (AFOL) and Teen Fans of Lego (TFOL) communities, the sets in this series are generally intended for more advanced builders.
Cobi produces a larger variety of custom pieces than Lego. In recent years they've often printed their blocks, rather than using stickers. The mini figures have the same size as Lego figures, but have a more three dimensional head, with the nose sticking out, and a less blocky body.
Lego Creator (stylized as LEGO Creator) is a Lego theme for generic models. Creator sets have few specialized bricks to create buildings, creatures, vehicles, and robots. Some sets featured instructions for three different possible builds from the bricks included and most sets in recent years have used the 3-in-1 la
Lego releases its first building "system" of the Town Plan along with 27 other sets. [3] Lego bricks begin selling better, but are not yet the core Lego product. Lego first exports toys to Sweden. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen demonstrates the Lego bricks at a toy fair in Nuremberg, Germany. First Lego trees are released. 1956:
British LEGO Ltd. was set up in late 1959 and the first sets were sold the following year, three years following Page's death. LEGO eventually acquired the residual rights to the Kiddicraft brick designs from Page's descendants in 1981 [18] ahead of legal suits it filed against other plastic building toys made by Tyco and others.