Documentary The Secret World of Lego is a fascinating insight into how the world-famous bricks are made.
The Danish village of Billund is the birthplace of Lego and where one of the company’s Lego brick factories are based.
Along with factories in China, Mexico and the Czech Republic, Lego produces over 1 billion bricks a week.
And of course the process is a well-oiled machine:
1. The bricks start out as granulated plastic which is then heated up, injected into moulds, then cooled.
2. Each mould has 12-16 needles with colour in it which is pushed through into the brick.