

The largest ever LEGO set to date is a scale-model of the Taj Mahal, which was made out of 5922 pieces. The only area that the company has never tackled directly is military-themed sets, because Ole Kirk set a policy that they must never make war seem like child’s play. Since the 1960, thousands of sets have been released covering everything from Aliens to the Wild West. So you could have a LEGO set from 1958 and it would still be completely compatible with a modern set. From this date, despite variation in the design and purpose of individual pieces over the years, each remains compatible in some way with previous pieces. It was actually Christiansen’s son Godtfred Kirk that saw the potential for the bricks to become a tool for creative play and in 1958, the modern brick design was born.

They weren’t quite the bricks that people are used to nowadays, being made from a different material and having a slightly different locking system.

It wasn’t until 1947 that they started producing plastic toys, with the first version of the now infamous interlocking bricks coming in 1949. The name ‘LEGO’ was adopted in 1934, coming from the Danish phrase ‘leg godt’, which means ‘play well’. The company that was destined to become LEGO started life as being a small workshop that produced wooden toys, run by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1932. doesn't stand a chance against Earth's finest! Product specifications Once your little superhero has got to grips with all the tech inside, it’s time to prime the sphere cannons, spin the Helicarrier’s rotors and launch into some high-speed spins and moves using the specially designed Helicarrier base.
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