Chapter Five
THE COLLISION
In the early days of the LEGO Group in the 1940s, founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen and his son Godtfred were presented with some plastic bricks invented by a British toy maker, Hilary Fisher Page. (See figure 5-1.)
Figure 5-1 Kiddicraft plastic bricks
Source: © 2020 The LEGO Group.
Kristiansen decided to make a similar brick, initially with a few modifications to the Kiddicraft brick, straightening rounded corners and adjusting the size.1 (See figure 5-2.)
Figure 5-2 The Automatic Binding Brick
Source: © 2020 The ...
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