Yeah, Elgo had their stuff in 1941 (based on a wooden version made by Halsam in the 1930s called “American Bricks”) while Lego started selling theirs in 1949.
Apparently they were shit, though. Boomers who had them complained they were hard to take apart.
A pact with the Americans. I’m pretty sure it was some kind of Marshall aid programme that allowed the small provincial wooden toy maker to buy a modern plastic injection moulding machine after WWII.
Yeah, Elgo had their stuff in 1941 (based on a wooden version made by Halsam in the 1930s called “American Bricks”) while Lego started selling theirs in 1949.
Apparently they were shit, though. Boomers who had them complained they were hard to take apart.
Nintendo also made their own version back when they were a toy company which I hear were difficult to pull apart too
You think there were kids in the 1890s who were so obsessed with Hanafuda some parents rolled their eyes and said “you and your nintendos”
What kind of Eldritch pact did the Danes make to figure out plastic toy bricks that don’t suck
A pact with the Americans. I’m pretty sure it was some kind of Marshall aid programme that allowed the small provincial wooden toy maker to buy a modern plastic injection moulding machine after WWII.