Lego
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Summary
Lego is a brand[1]. Lego ranks in the top 0.096% of brand entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,121 views/month, #1 of 1,040).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Ole Kirk Christiansen[3]
- Country: Denmark[4]
- Instance of: construction brick[5]
- Owned by: The Lego Group[6]
- Manufacturer: The Lego Group[7]
- Subclass of: toy[8]
- Part of: Danish Culture Canon[9]
- Commons category: Lego[10]
- Opposite of: Stemfie[11]
- Country of origin: Denmark[12]
- Has part(s): Lego brick[13], Lego set[14], Lego minifigure[15]
- Inception: 1949[16]
- Official website: https://www.lego.com/en-us[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lego[18]
- Commons gallery: Lego[19]
- Different from: Lego clone[20]
- History of topic: history of Lego[21], Lego timeline[22]
- Hashtag: LEGO[23]
- Derivative work: LEGO Worlds[24], Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape[25], Lego[26], The LEGO Movie[27], The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part[28], The Lego Movie Videogame[29], The Lego Movie 2 Videogame[30], Lego Star Wars: The Video Game[31], Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures[32], Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens[33], Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga[34], Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars[35], Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga[36], Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy[37]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
- Stack Exchange site URL: https://bricks.stackexchange.com[39]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Lego include Ninjago[40], an animated television series[41], directed by Per Risager[42]; The Lego Group[43], a privately held company[44], in Denmark[45], founded in 1932[46], headquartered in Billund[47]; Lego Ninjago[48], a LEGO theme[49]; and Lego House[50], a tourist attraction[51], in Denmark[52].
Why It Matters
Lego has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Lego is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Lego include Ninjago[40], an animated television series[41], directed by Per Risager[42]; The Lego Group[43], a privately held company[44], in Denmark[45], founded in 1932[46], headquartered in Billund[47]; Lego Ninjago[48], a LEGO theme[49]; and Lego House[50], a tourist attraction[51], in Denmark[52].