Copyright © 2013 by David C. Robertson
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Photos on itr1.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 2.3, 4.1, 6.3, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 10.1, and 10.2 are courtesy of the LEGO Group, copyright © 2013. Photos on 2.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, and 6.4 are courtesy of the author. The photo on 7.5 is courtesy of Adam Reed Tucker.
Insert photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, and 21, 22, 23 are courtesy of the LEGO Group, copyright © 2013. Photo 6 is courtesy of Qube Software; photo 12 is courtesy of Christian Faber; photo 15 is courtesy of Søren Lund; photo 16 is courtesy of Adam Reed Tucker; and photos 18, 19, 20 are courtesy of the author.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Robertson, David C. (David Chandler)
Brick by brick / David C. Robertson with Bill Breen.—First edition.
pages cm
1. LEGO koncernen (Denmark) 2. Toy industry—Denmark—Management.
3. LEGO toys—History. I. Breen, Bill. II. Title.
HD9993.T694L447 2013
338.7′688725—dc23 2013004798
eISBN: 978-0-307-95162-5
Jacket design by Michael Nagin
LEGO artist: Nathan Sawaya
Jacket photographs: Frank Longhitano
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