LEGO: Some History and How They Are Made

Hello, Today I'm talking about LEGO!

  Did you know that LEGO came from the Danish phrase leg godt which means "play well"? Ole Kirk Christiansen is the creator of LEGO. He thought even somebody poor in his village could afford a little toy for their child or children, so he decided that he'll make them out of wood because there were birch trees around his village. His son had the idea to use plastic instead of wood. But the plastic was slipping off the other pieces, so they decided to make a cylinder in the lego brick. The cylinder helps the lego bricks to stick to each other until a little hand takes them apart.

   They make legos by little granules in different colors, a giant hose takes the granules and dumps them into 3-story high metal silos. There are 14 silos each one can hold about 33 tons of granules! From the silos, the plastic granules go down pipes to a molding machine. Inside the machine, the granules get super hot to a temperature of about 450 degrees Fahrenheit (230 degrees celius). The plastic goo is fed into molds, small metal containers to look like small bricks. Machines make sure that the bricks look precisely shaped. They are cooled for only 10 seconds. Finished pieces go down the convyor belt. Then they make designs and put it in the box.