<P> The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen ( 1891 -- 1958 ) , a carpenter from Billund , Denmark , who began making wooden toys in 1932 . In 1934 , his company came to be called `` Lego '' , derived from the Danish phrase leg godt , which means `` play well '' . In 1947 , Lego expanded to begin producing plastic toys . In 1949 Lego began producing , among other new products , an early version of the now familiar interlocking bricks , calling them `` Automatic Binding Bricks '' . These bricks were based in part on the Kiddicraft Self - Locking Bricks , which were patented in the United Kingdom in 1939 and released in 1947 . Lego modified the design of the Kiddicraft brick after examining a sample that they received from the supplier of an injection - molding machine that Lego purchased . The bricks , originally manufactured from cellulose acetate , were a development of the traditional stackable wooden blocks of the time . </P>
<P> The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen ( 1891 -- 1958 ) , a carpenter from Billund , Denmark , who began making wooden toys in 1932 . In 1934 , his company came to be called `` Lego '' , derived from the Danish phrase leg godt , which means `` play well '' . In 1947 , Lego expanded to begin producing plastic toys . In 1949 Lego began producing , among other new products , an early version of the now familiar interlocking bricks , calling them `` Automatic Binding Bricks '' . These bricks were based in part on the Kiddicraft Self - Locking Bricks , which were patented in the United Kingdom in 1939 and released in 1947 . Lego modified the design of the Kiddicraft brick after examining a sample that they received from the supplier of an injection - molding machine that Lego purchased . The bricks , originally manufactured from cellulose acetate , were a development of the traditional stackable wooden blocks of the time . </P>
when did the first lego set come out
when did the first lego set come out
1949
1949