The [?] about the invention of the LEGO started in 1932 when Ole Kirk Christiansen, master carpenter and [?] in the village of Billund, Denmark, set up [?]. His firm manufactured stepladders, ironing boards and wooden [?].
In 1934 the company and its [?] took on the name LEGO, which was formed from the Danish words "LEgGOdt" which means "[?] well". In 1947 the LEGO company was Denmark's first to buy a plastic injection-molding [?] for making toys. In 1949 the company produced about 200 different [?] and wooden toys, including Automatic Binding [?], a forerunner of the LEGO bricks we know today.
They were sold only in [?]. In 1955 after further developing the LEGO Bricks, the [?] launched the revolutionary "LEGO System of Play": 28 sets and 8 [?]. It also sold supplementary [?]. In 1958 the current LEGO stud-and-tube coupling [?] was invented and patented. The new coupling principle made [?] much more stable. The possible combinations of bricks run into astronomical [?].
Introduced in the United States in 1962, the first LEGOs came in [?] sets of bricks. By 1966, however, LEGO [?] were guiding young hard hats in snapping together all kinds of [?], trucks, planes, and ships.
Within the last [?], an active [?] community of LEGO [?] has developed new designs and drawing [?] in which new [?] can be recorded. The innnovation of this popular [?] continues supported by the many creative and interactive [?] from many people all over the [?].

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