Every single time I clean my room a little Lego piece shows up somewhere: under my bed, in my drawers, in my closet, and probably several have been sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. Even for the past five years I have had a Lego Star Wars ARC-170 bomber laying on my dresser. Legos are a way for me to express my imagination: they enable me to build what I want when I want. I have spent countless hours just tinkering with these plastic pieces and setting up storylines to go along with them. Slowly, however, my time for Legos has been going away, and today I mostly just watch other kids play with them when they happen to come over. But everytime two of those pieces come together a new found curiosity forms and I spend some time creating buildings…
The Lego Company has made an amazing toy for all ages. The product that they made is called Lego Bricks. The Lego company started out in Billund Denmark. They didn’t actually make Lego Brick at first. They used to make wooden toys. In fact, it wasn’t even called “Lego.” It was called Ole Kirk Christiansen’s Workshop. Ole Kirk Christiansen was a carpenter who started a toy business in 1932. They eventually found a new name for the company called Lego coming from the Danish word, leg godt meaning…
Introduction The LEGO Group, a popular company based in Billund, Denmark, has been in the toy industry for over 80 years. The company was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen and was passed down for generations to its recent owner, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen. The word 'lego' is originated from a Danish word 'Leg Godt', which in other words also means 'play well'. Lego toys are popular among kids, teenagers and even adults. Their products are sold all around the world such as Australia, Singapore…
LEGO Canada The Lego Group is a family-owned company with its base on Billund, Denmark, and it is well known for the creator of Lego brand toys. The company was established in the year 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen. The word Lego is actually derived from the Danish words "leg godt", which means "play well". The word "lego" means "I put together" in Latin, and "I connect" or "I tie" in Italian. In the first half of 2014 the Lego Group became the world's main toy company by market value,…
Denmark is located between the United Kingdom (left), Germany (below), and Norway and Sweden (above). Denmark is a peninsula that has many islands, and is surrounded by the North Sea and Baltic Sea. According to the CIA World Fact Book, Denmark is almost twice the size of Massachusetts. The World Fact book also mentions Denmark’s climate, which is described as humid, but mild throughout the year. Even during the winter season the weather can mild, if not windy, with mostly overcast skies. The…
A LEGO Brickumentary LEGO's were and are to this day a staple of childhood entertainment. LEGO has come up with this idea to bring everyone across the world together, despite all of the differences. LEGO's do not just bring them together through their hearts but they also help people connect on a mental aspect to build and grow. And the LEGO Brickumentary strongly stresses that LEGO bricks are not just something for children, but for anyone across the board. The LEGO documentary uses ethos,…
I could hear the constant chatter of the teams solving problems, parents giving advice, and judges evaluating. Then, I picked it up and looked into its lifeless eyes as it looked back at me. “Let’s do this!” I said. As the judges approached, a nostalgic memory hit me… ...One rainy day, as the light pattering of rain on the windows complemented the rustling leaves of trees, there came a loud “Crash!". Startled and fearing the worst, my mother ran to the hallway to find the 4 year old me standing…
3.) Literature View In this section, we are going to apply three main frameworks: “SWOT”, “PESTEL” and “Porter 's 5 Forces” as fundamental then to analysis the LEGO business situation and to provide the information which relates patent issue in summarized. First of all, we will analysis the social, technology and legal factors in PESTEL. Now we know the existing core patent problem of infringing patent in LEGO products are from existing main competitors and China factories. In technology, the…
the history of Legos! Have you ever wondered where legos came from or, how they got like they are today? also another few good questions is what does the word lego mean or, where did that word come from or what is the lego history.When asking questions about legos, it is important to answer these questions and to discuss about their history and design. The history of legos In the 1930s a man by the name of Ole Kirk Christiansen began making wooden toys. These toys would later become…
Case study Manfold toy company: Corporate governance and ethics for directors and professionals Focus: conflict of interest Manfold Toy Company is a plastic bath and water toys manufacturer founded by Joseph Wan. It is also a plastic airbeds producer and has several lines of plastic exercise toys for use in swimming pools. Through years 1983 to 2005 the company did well, from 42 employees they grew to 900 only in 10 years. In 2001, the Manfold was listed in Hong Kong exchange. In 2005, the…