The business was not profitable because of the Great Depression.
On 10 August 1932, Christiansen's shop started making wooden toys such as piggy banks, pull toys, cars and trucks, and houses.
It was these miniature models of stepladders and ironing boards that inspired him to begin producing toys. He began producing miniature versions of his products as design aids. When the Great Depression hit, he had fewer customers and had to focus on smaller projects. Christiansen constructed a larger workshop and worked towards expanding his business even further. The workshop burned down in 1924 when a fire ignited some wood shavings. : 8 The shop mostly helped construct houses and furniture and had a small staff of apprentices. In 1916, Kristiansen purchased a woodworking shop in Billund, which had been in business since 1895. The Lego Group began in the carpentry workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen in Billund, Denmark. The LEGO colosseum measures over 10.5” (27cm) high, 20.5” (52cm) wide and 23.5” (59cm) deep making this a spectacular centerpiece for any LEGO brick collection.Hilary Fisher Page's Interlocking Building Cubes of 1939 hopefully, people will be inspired to learn more about the original through the experience of building the LEGO model.’ the cross-section is therefore far steeper than on the real structure. to achieve that, the model is constructed using an effect of vertical exaggeration. ‘I felt that the LEGO model should display a special architectural feature of the original – the rows of columns flanking the arches in different styles. ‘one of the biggest challenges and one of the most important things was to convey the colosseum’s monumentality in the LEGO form,’ comments rok zgalin kobe, designer of the set. both challenging and breathtaking, the set is so accurate that it showcases both sides of the building - the southern side which has been destroyed by various earthquakes and natural disasters, or the more complete northern wall. the model also features a recreation of the three distinct stories on the colosseum, each one being adorned with doric, ionic and corinthian columns.Īs for the building experience, it has been crafted to match the same process as the original, with the ‘wooden’ LEGO arena being the last build to be placed on the model, as it has been in the 1990s. for example, the set includes the 80 ‘ribs’ in the spectator stands, the exact same number as the original, while three different types of colored bricks replicate the aging of the almost 2,000-year-old landmark. featuring many true-to-life details, builders can accurately bring this famous building to reality. the LEGO colosseum is scheduled to launch on the 27th of november, aka black friday.īoth LEGO and history aficionados are in for a ride with the LEGO colosseum set. made up of 9,036 pieces and taking the title from the 7,541-piece millennium falcon star wars kit, this set has been expertly designed to imitate the majestic architecture of the original roman amphitheater. LEGO has unveiled its largest set created to date - the roman colosseum.
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