LEGO Toys

LEGO Toys — page 5 — try Christiansen called his growing bus ness LEGO The name came from the CG Danish words leg and godt which mea play well This name summed up Chri tiansen's hopes and dreams for his your

LEGO Toys — page 6 — Ole Kirk Christiansen created hand made toys like these before he invented LEGO toys Second to none Around the same time Christiansen also adopted a motto The motto was Det bedste er ikke for godt which is Danish for Only the best is good enough These words re flected Ole Christiansen's feelings about Only the Best 5

LEGO Toys — page 7 — quality He used only the best materials and the most talented craftspeople In construc tion his toys were second to none There is a story that shows how strongly Christiansen felt about this idea Chris tiansen had asked his workers to use three coats of paint on the toy wooden ducks for extra durability But one worker gave the ducks only two coats of paint The finished ducks were boxed They were taken to the local train station for shipping Before they could be picked up however Christiansen learned what his employee had done Furi ous he sent the boy to the train station to a fetch the ducks The unlucky employee spent the night in the factory repainting the t toys to meet Christiansen's high standards p This attention to detail got results LEGOn toys were soon known across Denmark for o 6 LEGO Toys

LEGO Toys — page 8 — painted wooden toys have been popular for very long time high quality Stores stocked them and eople bought them Christiansen hired workers to fill the orders that piled up n his

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