History and Sets
Beginnings of The LEGO Group
The LEGO Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Kristiansen, a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934, his company came to be called LEGO[1], and expanded to producing plastic toys in 1940. In 1949, LEGO began producing the now famous interlocking bricks, calling them Automatic Binding Bricks. These bricks were based largely on the design of Kiddicraft Self-Locking Bricks, which were then released in the United Kingdom in 1947.
Side on ducky
A profile of a LEGO duck
Products
Lego-duck
A wooden LEGO duck
One of the first and best known products released by LEGO in the 1930's was the Wooden Duck. The duck was later remade in LEGO bricks as 2011 LEGO Duck. Another well known wood toy is Teddy Bill. However, there were many others.
Teddy bill
Teddy Bill's truck
Pony and cart
Horse and cart
LEGO Wooden Toys Museum
Wooden Toys in a museum
These sets ended production in the 1960s.
End of Wood Toy manufacturing
As the plastic toys started gaining popularity in the mid-1950’s, the production of wooden toys was scaled back. The few wood and plastic toys that remained were marketed under the name Bilofix in 1959 and all non-system toys were finally discontinued in 1960. On 4 February 1960, the LEGO department for wooden toy production was struck by lightning and burned down for the third time. After much consideration, it was decided to discontinue production of wooden toys and to concentrate solely on plastic toys. As a result, two of the brothers, Karl Georg and Gerhardt, decided to leave the LEGO company and start their own separate business, called BILOfix. LEGO had produced at least several hundred different wooden toys and plastic toys designs since 1932. In their 28 years of production, none of the wooden toys were ever sold outside of Denmark.
Legacy
At the time, the distinguishing feature of the wooden toys was their high quality. The need for only the best is still found even in today's LEGO sets. The LEGO Duck, in particular, is a symbol of the LEGO company's early years. The wooden toys are displayed in museums.
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List of Wooden Toys
Image # Set Pieces Figures Price Released
Woodtruck6 662/1 Wooden Truck 6 1950
Kip Chicken (Høne) 1
Kuikens Chicken (ælling) 1
Tekkel Dog (Hund) 1
Wood 1945 autopistB Halvautomatisk Legetöjspistol 1 1945–1949
No image BILOfix ILOfix
Pullgoat LEGO "Clumsy Hans" 1 1936
Иииииииииии LEGO Cat (Large) 1 Mid 1930's - Late 1950's
26.) Pulltoy CAT LEGO Cat (Medium) 1 Mid 1930's - Late 1950's
SmallCat LEGO Cat (Small) 1 Mid 1930's - Late 1950's
1940CoveredTruck LEGO Covered Truck 1 1940
Wooden-duck LEGO Duck 1 1935
Cart LEGO Metal Buggy 1
1946Monkey LEGO Monkey 1 1946
1940Truck LEGO Plank-side Truck 1 1940
Horsecarriage2 LEGO Pony and Trap 1937
1947Rooster LEGO Rooster 1 1947
1949Tractor LEGO Tractor 1 1949
1935Train Wooden Train 3 1935
Bike-2 Metal Bike with Rubber Wheels 1
Teddybill Teddy In A Cart 1 1950-1954
Terrier2 Terrier (Hund) 1
Wood- Wooden Abacus Wooden Abacus 1 1949
COW big Wooden Cow 1
Wooden lego croc Wooden Crocodile 1 ?
Eend oud Wooden Duck 1
Wooden lego elephant Wooden Elephant 1
Milchkutsche Wooden Horse with milkcart 1
No image Wooden Cat
Lam Wooden Lamb 1
Wooden lemming Wooden Lemming 1
Varken Wooden Pig 1
WoodenPluto Wooden Pluto
Woodsoldier Wooden Ringfigure
Woodtruck Wooden Truck 1 1 1930–1940
Woodtruck2 Wooden Truck 2 1 1930–1940
Woodtruck3 Wooden Truck 3 1930–1940
Woodtruck4 Wooden Truck 4 1930–1940
Woodtruck5 Wooden Truck 5 1930–1940
Woodtruck7 Wooden Truck 7 1930–1940
Woodtruck8 Wooden Truck 8 1930–1940
Woodtruck9 Wooden Truck 9 1930–1940
Ииииииии Wooden Truck Bus 1930-1940
Cadilac Yellow Chevrolet "Bel Air" 1 1957
LEGO Yo-Yo Yo-Yo o-Yo 1 1932
500 LEGO Klodser - Original Edition 500 LEGO Klodser 1948
$ 57 (1) Wooden storage box $225 1960-1964
References
↑ Lego - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
External Links
List of LEGO Wood Toys at www.miniland.nl
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