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Re: Old question for LEGO Direct
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 15 Feb 2001 21:41:41 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote:
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> Thanks Tomas,
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> If memory serves me correctly LEGO Chairman Kjeld Kirk Kristiensen (KKK) helped
> start up the USA/LEGO in Enfield. That was before he became Chairman. Is his
> father GKC still alive. I thought not, but at the moment I'm not sure. I know
> that his grandfather Ole Kirk died in 1958, but I cannot remember when (or if)
> GKC has passed on (maybe I better read my Ultimate LEGO Book again).
Gary,
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen died on July 13, 1995.
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> And as to the 1973 date, oh well. I realize that most AFOLs weren't around
> before 1973, but there are enough old timers around that remember the Samsonite
> years. When I first started with LEGO (got my first set from relatives in
> Germany in 1960), the Town Plan system was king with all those metal wheeled
> cars, a large street layout board, and NO Minifigs!
I think LEGO should use the earlier Samsonite date too...it is
misleading to claim a date of 1973 when the LEGO brand was established
many years before (and besides, it just doesn't feel right that LEGO
claims it's younger than me in the U.S. :) ).
--
Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
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| Thanks Tomas, If memory serves me correctly LEGO Chairman Kjeld Kirk Kristiensen (KKK) helped start up the USA/LEGO in Enfield. That was before he became Chairman. Is his father GKC still alive. I thought not, but at the moment I'm not sure. I know (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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