Wooden Toys

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Wooden Toys
Years:

1932-1970

A wooden truck from 19321958

Wooden Toys is the name of the first theme of LEGO toys created. The first toy was created in 1932 and was exclusive to the shop owned by LEGO Creator, Ole Kirk Christiansen.

History and Sets[edit | edit source]

Beginnings of The LEGO Group[edit | edit source]

The LEGO Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934, his company came to be called LEGO,[1] and expanded to producing plastic toys in 1940. In 1949, LEGO began producing the now famous interlocking bricks, calling them automatic binding bricks. These bricks were based largely on the design of Kiddicraft Self-Locking Bricks, which were then released in the United Kingdom in 1947.

A profile of a LEGO duck

Products[edit | edit source]

A wooden LEGO duck

One of the first and best known products released by LEGO in the 1930's was the Wooden Duck. The duck was later remade in LEGO bricks as 2011 LEGO Duck. Another well known wood toy is Teddy Bill. However, there were many others.

Teddy Bill's truck
Horse and cart
File:LEGO Wooden Toys Museum.jpg
Wooden Toys in a museum

These sets ended production in the 1960's.

End of Wood Toy manufacturing[edit | edit source]

As the plastic toys started gaining popularity in the mid-1950’s, the production of wooden toys was scaled back. The few wood and plastic toys that remained were marketed under the name Bilofix in 1959 and all non-system toys were finally discontinued in 1960. On 4 February 1960, the LEGO department for wooden toy production was struck by lightning and burned down for the third time. After much consideration, it was decided to discontinue production of wooden toys and to concentrate solely on plastic toys. As a result, two of the brothers, Karl Georg and Gerhardt, decided to leave the LEGO company and start their own separate business, called BILOfix. LEGO had produced at least several hundred different wooden toys and plastic toys designs since 1932. In their 28 years of production, none of the wooden toys were ever sold outside of Denmark.

Legacy[edit | edit source]

At the time, the distinguishing feature of the wooden toys was their high quality. The LEGO Duck specifically is a longtime symbol of the LEGO company's early years and what it represented.

Many of these toys and products can be found still in good quality in museums, particularly those in Denmark.

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List of Wooden Toys[edit | edit source]

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Image # Set Pieces Figures Price Released
Woodtruck6.jpg 662/1  Wooden Truck 6         1950 
Kip.jpg Chicken  (Høne)        
Kuikens.jpg Chicken  (ælling)        
Tekkel.jpg Dog  (Hund)        
Wood 1945 autopistB.jpg Halvautomatisk  Legetöjspistol       Wooden: 1945
Plastic: 1949 
No image BILOfix  ILOfix          
Pullgoat.jpg LEGO  "Clumsy Hans"       1936 
50px LEGO  Cat (Large)       1935 
26.) Pulltoy CAT.jpg LEGO  Cat (Medium)       1935 
SmallCat.jpg LEGO  Cat (Small)       1935 
1940CoveredTruck.jpg LEGO  Covered Truck        
Wooden-duck.jpg LEGO  Duck       1935 
Cart.jpg LEGO  Metal Buggy        
1946Monkey.jpg LEGO  Monkey       1946 
1940Truck.jpg LEGO  Plank-side Truck       1940 
Horsecarriage2.jpg LEGO  Pony and Trap         1937 
1947Rooster.jpg LEGO  Rooster       1947 
No image LEGO  Tractor          
1935Train.jpg Wooden  Train       1935 
Bike-2.jpg Metal  Bike with Rubber Wheels        
Teddybill.jpg Teddy  In A Cart       1950-1954 
Terrier2.jpg Terrier  (Hund)       1947 
Wood- Wooden Abacus.jpg Wooden  Abacus        
COW big.jpg Wooden  Cow        
Wooden lego croc.jpg Wooden  Crocodile        
No image Wooden  Duck          
Wooden lego elephant.jpg Wooden  Elephant        
Milchkutsche.jpg Wooden  Horse with milkcart       1953 
Fyrfryyu.jpg Wooden  LEGO Cat        
Lam.jpg Wooden  Lamb        
Wooden lemming.jpg Wooden  Lemming        
Varken.jpg Wooden  Pig        
WoodenPluto.jpg Wooden  Pluto        
Woodsoldier.jpg Wooden  Ringfigure          
Woodtruck.jpg Wooden  Truck 1       1954 
Woodtruck2.jpg Wooden  Truck 2        
No image Wooden  Truck 3          
Woodtruck4.jpg Wooden  Truck 4          
No image Wooden  Truck 5          
Woodtruck7.jpg Wooden  Truck 7         1937 
Woodtruck8.jpg Wooden  Truck 8         1950 
Woodtruck9.jpg Wooden  Truck 9         1932 
Wooden-wagen.jpg Wooden  Truck Bus          
Cadilac.jpg Yellow  Chevrolet "Bel Air"       February 1957 
LEGO Yo-Yo.png Yo-Yo  o-Yo       1932 
500 LEGO Klodser - Original Edition.jpg 500  LEGO Klodser         1948 

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