File 001 · Category Openers
Record 046 · Games · 1958
58.46.GLEGO System of Play (stud-and-tube brick)
The LEGO Group
“A patent on clutch power that became a universal constructive language.”
Only the best is good enough.
The 1958 tube system made bricks lock with precision. Minifigures (1978) and licensed themes later made LEGO a media company that still sells plastic.
Filed notes
- Stud-and-tube clutch
- System of Play compatibility across decades
Units. Hundreds of billions of individual bricks
SIC
3944
Games, Toys, and Children's Vehicles
NAICS
339930
Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing
