The Lego Group world's largest toy company by revenue, with sales amounting to US$2.1 billion, surpassing Mattel, which had US$1.9 billion in sales. On 11 August 2017, Lego announced that Niels B. Christiansen would become the new CEO, effective 1 October of the same year. The history of Lego spans nearly 100 years, beginning with the creation of small wooden playthings during the early 20th century. Manufacturing of plastic Lego bricks began in Denmark in 1947, but since has grown to include factories throughout the world. In 1961, Lego was managed by Samsonite until 1972 in the United States and 1986 in Canada.
A Lego Brickumentary annoying as stepping on a stray LEGO brick with your socks off." A Lego Brickumentary A Lego Brickumentary (also known as Beyond the Brick: A Lego Brickumentary) is a 2014 Danish-American documentary film co-directed by Kief Davidson and Daniel Junge, focused on the Danish construction toy Lego. The film was released on July 31, 2014. A LEGO Brickumentary offers a look at the global appeal of the LEGO building-block toy. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 53% rating based on 43 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a 53 out of 100