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== Events == |
== Events == |
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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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− | * Christiansen's carpentry shop is struck by lightning and burns down, the second time. The first time this happened was 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, dies. |
* [[Kirstine Christiansen]], [[Ole Kirk Christiansen]]'s wife, dies. |
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* [[Hilary Fisher Page]] founds [[Kiddicraft]] in Purley, Surrey. Kiddicraft would later produce the first interlocking plastic bricks, the forerunners 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]]. |
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+ | * It is the first anniversary of LEGO. |
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== Themes introduced or discontinued == |
== Themes introduced or discontinued == |
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Latest revision as of 18:10, 11 July 2015
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 |