LEGO Timeline
From Brickipedia, the LEGO Wiki.
The following is a brief timeline of Lego history.
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[edit] 1800
[edit] 1890's
- Ole Kirk Christiansen, founder of LEGO Company is born.
- The woodworking shop that the Chrisiansens made is founded.
[edit] 1900
[edit] 1910's
- Ole Kirk purchases the woodworking shop.
[edit] 1920's
- Ole Kirk's shop burns down. Ole Kirk builds a new and larger shop.
[edit] 1930's
- LEGO is founded.
- Godtfred Kirk Christiansen starts to make models.
- The first Lego set is released, known as Lego Duck.
[edit] 1940's
- Another fire breaks out and Ole Kirk rebuilds it again.
- LEGO starts to make plastic blocks.
[edit] 1950's
- Many new features come out of the shop (windows, beams, flags, etc.)
[edit] 1960's
- First instruction kits come out.
- Electric trains come out.
- LEGO brings out new sets.
[edit] 1970 and beyond
- More sets are released
[edit] 2001
- LEGO Bionicle is introduced
- LEGO Life on Mars is introduced, then discontinued.
- LEGO Alpha Team is introduced
- LEGO Harry Potter is introduced
- Islanders and Imperial Armada, sub-lines of LEGO Pirates, are reintroduced, then rediscontinued.
- LEGO Racers is introduced
- Jack Stone is introduced.
[edit] 2002
- Episode II: Attack of the Clones, a sub-line of Star Wars, is introduced.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, a sub-line of Harry Potter, is released.
- Island Xtreme Stunts is introduced
- Scary Monsters, a sub-theme of Studios, is introduced than discontinued.
- Galidor is introduced, then discontinued.
- Mission Deep Sea sub-theme of Alpha Team is released.
- Spybotics is introduced, then discontinued.
- Wild West is re-released, then re-discontinued.
[edit] 2003
- Clikits, LEGO Designer, LEGO Hockey, LEGO Basketball, and LEGO Gravity Games are introduced.
- Orient Expedition, a sub-line of Adventurers is introduced.
- Island Xtreme Stunts is discontinued.
- Inventor is introduced, then discontinued.
- World City is introduced.
- Jack Stone is discontinued, and replaced by 4 Juniors
[edit] 2004
- Knight's Kingdom II is introduced.
- Orient Expedition, a sub-line of LEGO Adventurers is discontinued.
- LEGO Spider-Man, LEGO World City, and LEGO Gravity Games are discontinued.
- Dora the Explorer, a sub-theme of LEGO Explore series (Duplo), is introduced, then discontinued.
- Pirates (4 Plus) and Spider-Man (4 Plus), sub-lines of 4 Plus are introduced, then discontinued.
[edit] 2005
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, a sub-line of Star Wars is released.
- Alpha Team is discontinued.
- City is introduced.
- Dino Attack / Dino 2010 is introduced.
- Vikings is introduced.
- Clikits is discontinued
- Duplo Airport is introduced.
[edit] 2006
- Exo-Force is introduced
- Avatar: The Last Airbender is introduced.
- SpongeBob SquarePants is introduced.
- Batman is introduced.
- Lego Sports is reintroduced.
- Lego Mindstorms NXT is released.
- Knight's Kingdom II is discontinued.
- Vikings is discontinued.
[edit] 2007
- LEGO Aqua Raiders is introduced, then discontinued.
- LEGO Mosaic, a sub-line of Creator is introduced, then discontinued.
- LEGO Mars Mission is introduced.
- LEGO Castle is reintroduced.
- LEGO Harry Potter is discontinued.
[edit] 2008
- Indiana Jones is introduced
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull subline of Indiana Jones is introduced.
- Speed Racer, a subline of Racers is introduced, then discontinued.
- Agents is introduced.
- The Clone Wars subline of Star Wars is released.
[edit] 2009
- Pirates is re-introduced
- Space Police III is introduced
- Toy Story is introduced
- Prince of Persia is introduced
