Lego (/ˈlɛɡoʊ/) is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colourful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and connected in many ways, to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings, and working robots. Anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and the pieces used to make other objects. Lego began manufacturing interlocking toy bricks in 1949. Since then a global Lego subculture has developed, supporting movies, games, competitions, and six themed amusement parks under the Legoland brand. As of 2013, around 560 billion Lego parts have been produced. In February 2015, Lego replaced Ferrari as Brand Finance's "World's most powerful brand". The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891 – 1958), a carpenter from Billund, De...