Modulex is a Danish company that makes signs[1], and a former product line produced by the Danish toy group LEGO, introduced in 1963. The theme was a very atypical one in that it was aimed at architects who could use the bricks to visualize their projects. The blocks have the same shape as traditional Lego blocks, but are somewhat smaller, and they are not compatible with regular Lego blocks.
Originally the kits were launched as M20 as the bricks were made for building 1:20[2] scale models. The blocks were 5:5:5, where normal Lego blocks were 5:5:6, and the Modulex blocks were 0.5x0.5 cm wide. The boards were only available in 1x12 or 1x16, as these boards were made to be cut or cut to the length that was needed, and it was also planned that you could glue the blocks together.
The blocks came in the colors brown, ocher yellow, terracotta, blue green, sand color and olive green. This differed from the normal Lego bricks, which came in a much brighter color; red, yellow, green, blue, black, gray and transparent. The sand colored modulex color has been introduced in Lego bricks as Tan. The other colors are to a greater or lesser extent produced in modern times in Lego, but in slightly different shades.
History
editThey were produced because Godtfred Kirk Christiansen wanted to make a model of the house he was about to build in the early 1960s, but with the ordinary Lego blocks he could not get the scale to fit. The Modulex blocks were therefore manufactured especially for Kirk Christiansen, who subsequently believed that there was a market[3] for these bricks. They were sold exclusively in boxes by color.
In 1965 it was established as its own company and the top of the blocks now received an "M".[4]
In 2015, Modulex A/S sold the rights to the bricks and the remaining molds to Anders Kirk Johansen (Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen's nephew, who is not part of the Lego group), who had created a new company called Modulex Bricks A/S. Some test blocks were produced, but in January 2015 were bought by the Lego company, which closed production.[5][6][7] [[Category:1963 establishments]] [[Category:Manufacturing companies of Denmark]] [[Category:Lego themes]]
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