Changes: 1932

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Events

Ole Kirk Christiansen's carpentry shop nearly goes bankrupt during the Great Depression. With a lack of normal carpentry jobs, Ole Kirk starts producing toys, many of which were wooden pull toys.
Christiansen's carpentry shop is struck by lightning and burns down, the second time. The first time this happened was in 1924, 8 years earlier.
Kirstine Christiansen, Ole Kirk Christiansen's wife, dies.
Hilary Fisher Page founds Kiddicraft in Purley, Surrey. Kiddicraft would later produce the first interlocking plastic bricks, the forerunners to the LEGO brick.
It is the first anniversary of LEGO.

Themes introduced or discontinued

The first wood toy was released.

Sets introduced

#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
Wood Toys
	Yo-Yo	1	None		1932

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-== This happened in 1932 ==
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-* [[Ole Kirk Christiansen]]'s shop nearly goes bankrupt in the depression. With a lack of normal carpentry jobs, Ole Kirk starts producing toys, many of which were wooden pull toys. (Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEGO_timeline LEGO Timeline at wikipedia])
+* [[Ole Kirk Christiansen]]'s carpentry shop nearly goes bankrupt during the Great Depression. With a lack of normal carpentry jobs, Ole Kirk starts producing toys, many of which were wooden pull toys.
-* The carpentry shop was struck by lightning and burned down. This was second time the factory and house had burned down, the first occurring in [[1924]].
+* Christiansen's carpentry shop is struck by lightning and burns down, the second time. The first time this happened was in [[1924]], 8 years earlier.
-* [[Kirstine Christiansen]], [[Ole Kirk Christiansen]]'s wife died.
+* [[Kirstine Christiansen]], [[Ole Kirk Christiansen]]'s wife, dies.
-* [[Hilary Fisher Page]] founded [[Kiddicraft]] in Purley, Surrey (the plastic brick Inventor and forerunner to the [[LEGO]] [[Brick]]).
+* [[Hilary Fisher Page]] founds [[Kiddicraft]] in Purley, Surrey. Kiddicraft would later produce the first interlocking plastic bricks, the forerunners to the [[LEGO]] [[brick]].
+* It is the first anniversary of LEGO.
-== Themes introduced or discontinued in 1932 ==
+== Themes introduced or discontinued ==
-* The first [[Wood Toys|Wood Toy]] was released.
+* The first [[Wood Toys|wood toy]] was released.
-== Sets introduced in 1932 ==
+== Sets introduced ==
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