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.
Lego Alpha Team (video game) the working title "Lego Logic" and the team's name was "TILT" (Trans-International Lego Team), as it was developed before the toy line was named and shipped. Lego Alpha Team (video game) Lego Alpha Team is a 2000 puzzle video game developed by Digital Domain and published by Lego Media in September 2000 for Microsoft Windows. A Game Boy Color adaption of the game was developed by Climax Studios and published in November 2000. It was originally known by its working title Lego Action Team. The game follows Agent Dash, who has to rescue the other Alpha Team members from Ogel