Legos kits are the most popular toy in every household. The Lego brand has always managed to intrigue children’s minds and spark imagination with their iconic range of constructive toys and working robots. Besides being fun, Legos are used for educative purpose to develop skills & reinforce concepts essential for the child’s overall development.
LEGO® Education by Lego, was conceptualized to provide meaningful learning experiences to students on par with the latest K-12 curriculum. Their solutions build confidence in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning from pre-K grade to secondary level. The lesson plans encourage hands-on approach by making learning playful, engaging and relevant. International schools across countries like GCC and UAE arrange for dedicated after-school classes for children to practice 21st century robotics and coding.
Here are some interesting facts about this giant Danish multinational multimillion-dollar toy maker:
Foundation Story
Though Lego has kept up with the pace of delivering modern-age toys, the company has an 89-year-old legacy behind it. Lego was established in the year 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen who was a carpenter and worked on the premises of his humble carpentry shop.
Global Presence
Lego is a Danish company, but its products are manufactured and marketed all over the world. The brand has become a hot-favorite amongst children and over 300 million children have recorded of playing with Lego bricks. That’s quite a tall achievement! All this fondness has translated into increase of Lego’s sales and its presence has grown from its homeland to 30 countries across the globe. State-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Denmark; Nyíregyháza, Hungary; Monterrey, Mexico and recently in Jiaxing, China. Its impressive capacities have made it the most valued toy brand in the world.
World’s largest toy wheel manufacturer
Wheel manufacturer? It’s not what you think! Lego isn’t competing with MRF or Michelin to manufacture car wheels. We are referring to the wheels that are needed to set Lego toys in motion. The company produces 306 million wheels a year, beating all the wheel manufacturing giants across the world.
Lego Minifigures make for the largest Populated Region
Another interesting stat is that when you arrange 340 million Lego minifigures in a line, it would cover a massive distance of 7,900 km, that’s the distance from UAE to Japan. These miniature human-like toys beat the population of China – 1.41 billion, and if all the 4 billion minifigures would settle in one region, it would be the world’s most populated place on Earth.
A real Lego House
Needing brick and mortar to construct a home, is so old-fashioned! The new thing is constructing a colorful house with Legos. Could you imagine the vibrancy of the home made using Lego bricks? In 2009, James May’s obsession with Legos made him build a house for himself by joining one brick to the other. A full-sized house from scratch led him to use 3.3 million Lego bricks and is fully functional with a shower, a bed, and a toilet. Now that’s a great way to stay rent free in the UK.
Tallest Lego Tower
While the Burj Khalifa has claimed its name to fame for being the tallest structure not only in the Middle East, but all across other continents, the Lego Tower isn’t leading behind in any way. The world’s largest Lego Tower was constructed in Budapest, Hungary using 4,50,000 Lego bricks and stands tall at 114 feet. This tallest Lego structure was put together by mastermind toy lovers and children who couldn’t get enough of their most loved bricks.
Now that you are aware of the many firsts and great things that your favorite toy company Lego has achieved, we bet you would be proud to be a part of this lovely Lego family. We can go on raving about the ingenuity of this toy giant, that no other brand has managed to scale.
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