<Tr> <Th> Availability </Th> <Td> 1949--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Lego (Danish: (ˈleːɡo); stylized as LEGO) 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 accompanying an array of gears, figurines called minifigures, and various other parts . Lego pieces can be assembled and connected in many ways, to construct objects; vehicles, buildings, and working robots . Anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and the pieces used to make other objects . </P> <P> The Lego Group began manufacturing the interlocking toy bricks in 1949 . Since then a global Lego subculture has developed . Supporting movies, games, competitions, and six Legoland amusement parks have been developed under the brand . As of July 2015, 600 billion Lego parts had been produced . </P>

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