Subject:
|
Re: A quick LEGO History
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.general
|
Date:
|
Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:36:43 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
7298 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
<SNIPPAGE>
> Aside-- the wikipedia timeline seems to have it wrong. I've changed the timeline
> over there at least once, and some things seem to have been changed again, some
> incorrectly. It currently says:
>
> "1932 - Ole Kirk Christiansen, opens his shop in the village of Billund,
> Denmark."
>
> "1965 - Lego Samsonite is discontinued."
>
> See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_timeline
>
> DaveE
Dave, I see that Wikipedia is using the Official LEGO Timeline dates.
Well there's a problem with doing that.... about 20-30% of the time those dates
are wrong!
I wonder what KKK (who is THEE most knowledgeable LEGO historian) thinks when he
looks at that timeline.... :(
The Billund Archives are not in the best of condition. A few errors, but lots
of ambiguity. I have been given a few tidbits of data from the archives that I
have ignored, because I found absolute proof to the contrary.
Compare the official TLG start dates for LEGO countries, compared to what I use
in the LEGO CD (these are the dates for the first brick sales, not sales office
openings):
Denmark - 1949
Norway - 1953
Sweden - 1955 (although they tried some sales in 1950)
Germany - 1956 (althouth they did some test sales in northern Germany in 1955)
Switzerland -1957
Austria - 1957
Netherlands -1957
Belgium - 1957
Portugal - 1957
Italy - 1958
France - 1959
Finland - 1959
Britain - 1960
USA - 1961
Canada - 1962 (although they were producing sets for the USA market in 1961)
Australia - 1962
Spain - 1965
Sometimes the archives confuse first sales with setting up a sales office in a
particular country. The 2 are different, and often not the same year.
Gary Istok
|
|
Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: A quick LEGO History
|
| (...) I have (URL) the issue. If anyone has corrections and can source them, please (URL) make the changes>. Changes will stick a lot better if they are backed up with cites, per Wikipedia's policy on (URL) verifiability>, uncited changes have a (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | Re: A quick LEGO History
|
| (...) was actually looking for an answer to a timeline-related question: What dates did TLG start calling itself TLC and then back again? -Hendo (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: A quick LEGO History
|
| (...) So, out of curiosity, why is this usually called the starting date? I always hear it quoted that Lego started in 1932, but I'm not sure why people quote that rather than 1895 or 1916. From what I know (from 50 Years of Play book): 1895 - (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
|
12 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
