Lego The Wooden Duck Limited Edition - 40501 Blauw

Exclusieve LEGO® set uit het Legohouse in Billund Denemarken. Nummer 1 uit een nieuwe serie limited editions. De "Wooden Duck" houten eend is een van de vele houten speelgoedproducten uit de geschiedenis van LEGO®.

Maar niet zo maar 1, dit is de wooden duck uit het legendarische verhaal waarin Ole Kirk Kristiansen zijn zoon Godtfred leerde dat alleen het allerbeste goed genoeg is. Deze klassieker is alleen in het Legohouse® in Billund verkrijgbaar als exclusieve LEGO® set. Een bijzondere en unieke set speciaal voor de echte LEGO® verzamelaar.

Nieuw, ongeopend met sealing.

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The story behind the LEGO® duck

More than 100 years ago, 24-year-old Master Carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen buys a wood workshop in the tiny town of Billund, Denmark. From the very first toys coming out of Ole Kirk’s workshop, the dedication to quality and functionality is obvious. The design and the carving, sanding, and painting of each piece of toy is done to perfection because Ole Kirk is convinced that children deserve toys of high quality, made of the finest materials, so that they will last for many years of play.

In an interview from 1982, Ole Kirk’s son, Godtfred Kirk, shares the following story about his father’s focus on quality:

Working in his father’s workshop as a boy, Godtfred Kirk is laying the finishing touches on a consignment of wooden LEGO ducks. This means applying coats of varnish, and finally bringing the boxes with the finished toy ducks to the train station for dispatch. Back at the workshop, Godtfred proudly announces to his father that he has done something really clever and saved the company money.

“How did you manage that?” asks Ole Kirk.

“I gave the ducks just two coats of varnish, not three as we usually do,” is Godtfred Kirk’s answer.

Back comes his father’s prompt response

“You will immediately fetch those ducks back, give them the last coat of varnish, pack them and return them to the station! And yo