A reminder that danish company LEGO took the concept from a british psychologist who later committed suicide in the 1950s due to financial issues, and they only later paid out his descendants for rights to the product in the 1980’s in order to legitimise their ability to sue other companies making lego-like products.

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jacquesm 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And paid them a pittance.

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culi 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And now they're upset at lepin bricks because modern lepin bricks have superceded LEGO in quality AND price

	▲	schrectacular an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Are they really better quality now? Honest question.

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yhhbbkkhh 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

…what “idea”?

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chhxdjsj an hour ago | parent [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Page#Kiddicraft

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gblargg an hour ago | parent [-]

Specifically:

> Ole Kirk Christiansen and his son Godtfred became aware of the Kiddicraft brick after examining a sample, and possibly drawings, given to them by the British supplier of the first injection moulding machine they had purchased. Realising their potential, Ole copied the Kiddicraft brick and in 1949 marketed his own version, The Automatic Binding Brick, that became the Lego brick in 1953.

	▲	bcraven 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Furthermore, _In 1987, his widow stated, "He died before Lego brought out the product in Britain. He didn't know about it."_

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decremental 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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