S3E3 - Extra Pieces: Celebrating 90 Years of Play

Extra Pieces - LEGO® Conversations & Perspectives

Episode Notes

Welcome to a special LEGO 90th Anniversary episode of Extra Pieces! It's 10 August, and The LEGO Group celebrates an incredible milestone - a 90th birthday!

From humble beginnings making wooden toys, to the great leap forward to ABS plastic, and now, a cultural phenomenon that has redefined how fans young, old and everyone in between play.

In this episode we discuss LEGO's remarkable staying power, some memorable sets, and how it's changed through the years.

Counting down to the 90th anniversary, Richard has been recounting a decade by decade summary of the company's history:

• http://ramblingbrick.com/2022/08/01/counting-down-to-90-years-of-play-1930s/
• http://ramblingbrick.com/2022/08/03/counting-down-to-90-years-of-play-1942-1952
• http://ramblingbrick.com/2022/08/03/countdown-to-90-years-of-play-part-3-1952-1961/
• http://ramblingbrick.com/2022/08/05/counting-down-to-90-years-part-4-1962-1971/
• http://ramblingbrick.com/2022/08/06/countdown-to-90-years-of-play-part-5-1972-1981/
• http://ramblingbrick.com/2022/08/06/counting-down-to-90-years-of-play-part-6-1982-1991/
• http://ramblingbrick.com/2022/08/07/counting-down-to-90-years-of-play-part-7-1992-2001/
• http://ramblingbrick.com/2022/08/08/counting-down-to-90-years-of-play-2002-2011/
• http://ramblingbrick.com/2022/08/10/counting-down-to-90-years-of-play-part-9-2012-2021/

Learn more about The LEGO Group's history: https://www.lego.com/en-au/aboutus/lego-group/the-lego-group-history/

Richard and Jay will also be attending the Skaerbaek Fan Weekend in Denmark in September, as well as making a trip to LEGO HQ in Billund for fan media days! If you're at Skaerbaek, let us know so we can say g'day!

We hope you enjoyed this 90th Anniversary episode of Extra Pieces! Thanks for listening.

We are still taking questions for a Q&A episode - reach out to us on Twitter or Instagram (@extrapiecespod)

Play Well!