Lego brick with interlocking tubes
Ladrillo Lego con tubos de acoplamiento
- Date
- 1958 · confidence high
- Place
- Lego, Billund, Denmark
- Credited to
- Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (patent of 28 January 1958); Hilary Page's Kiddicraft plastic bricks (1947)
- People
- 👤 Godtfred Kirk Christiansen1920–1995
- Field
- Tools
What it is
ABS plastic brick with interior tubes that ensures a firm fit and the compatibility of every piece since 1958. It is the best-selling toy in history and an educational tool.
What it led to
- Building play as STEM education (Lego Mindstorms, 1998)
- The culture of compatible modular systems
- The world's largest toy company
Built on
- plastic injection moulding
- Kiddicraft bricks
Made possible
- Lego Mindstorms
- educational robotics