| Facts & Figures (1998) |
 Founded: 1932, Billund, Denmark
Employees worldwide: ~9,000
Countries with offices: 30+
Bricks produced annually: ~7 billion
Market rank: 5th largest toy manufacturer worldwide
LEGO sets sold in 1997: Over 300 million
Different brick types: Over 2,000
Colors available: 55
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| The LEGO Motto |
"Only the best
is good enough."
This motto was established by our founder Ole Kirk Christiansen in the 1930s and remains the guiding principle of the LEGO Group to this day.
We believe that play is essential to the development of children. Our mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow through creative play and learning.
Every LEGO element is tested to meet or exceed the strictest toy safety standards in every country where our products are sold.
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| Did You Know? |
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On average, every person on Earth owns 52 LEGO bricks! The LEGO Group produces about 306 million LEGO tires per year, making it one of the world's largest tire manufacturers. If you stacked all the LEGO bricks produced in 1997 on top of each other, the tower would reach 10 times to the moon and back!
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The LEGO Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from the small town of Billund in the Jutland region of Denmark. Christiansen began by making wooden toys, and he named his company using the Danish words "LEg GOdt" — meaning "Play Well."
