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'''XYZ''' was a "secret" department at [[the LEGO Group]] created with the intention of developing "big new projects," akin to [[Futura]]. It is known to have existed from at least 1979 through the middle of the 1980s.<ref name="Careers">Staff (22 April 2021). [https://www.lego.com/sv-se/careers/stories/two-lego-icons-say-goodbye-after-90-years "Two LEGO icons say goodbye after 90 years of combined experience"]. Career Stories. ''Lego.com''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230925142142/https://www.lego.com/sv-se/careers/stories/two-lego-icons-say-goodbye-after-90-years Archived] from the original on 25 September 2023.</ref> | '''XYZ''' was a "secret" department at [[the LEGO Group]] created with the intention of developing "big new projects," akin to [[Futura]]. It is known to have existed from at least 1979 through the middle of the 1980s.<ref name="Careers">Staff (22 April 2021). [https://www.lego.com/sv-se/careers/stories/two-lego-icons-say-goodbye-after-90-years "Two LEGO icons say goodbye after 90 years of combined experience"]. Career Stories. ''Lego.com''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230925142142/https://www.lego.com/sv-se/careers/stories/two-lego-icons-say-goodbye-after-90-years Archived] from the original on 25 September 2023.</ref> | ||
The only currently known employee to work at | The only currently known employee to work at XYZ is [[Sten Schmidt]], who was assigned to it when he joined the LEGO Group in 1979. Schmidt was moved to working on [[LEGO Technic]] in the mid-1980s, where he invented the Technic beam element based on [[Jan Ryaa|Jan Ryaa's]] Technic brick.<ref name="Careers"/> Schmidt is claimed by the LEGO website to have developed the first [[LEGO Dacta]] sets "in between XYZ and Technic";<ref name="Careers"/> whether he did this at XYZ or afterward is unclear (as is which Dacta sets are being referred to – sites such as [[Brickset]] claim Dacta dates back to 1960, though whether this is retroactive is uncertain). | ||
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Revision as of 04:23, 29 September 2023
XYZ was a "secret" department at the LEGO Group created with the intention of developing "big new projects," akin to Futura. It is known to have existed from at least 1979 through the middle of the 1980s.[1]
The only currently known employee to work at XYZ is Sten Schmidt, who was assigned to it when he joined the LEGO Group in 1979. Schmidt was moved to working on LEGO Technic in the mid-1980s, where he invented the Technic beam element based on Jan Ryaa's Technic brick.[1] Schmidt is claimed by the LEGO website to have developed the first LEGO Dacta sets "in between XYZ and Technic";[1] whether he did this at XYZ or afterward is unclear (as is which Dacta sets are being referred to – sites such as Brickset claim Dacta dates back to 1960, though whether this is retroactive is uncertain).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Staff (22 April 2021). "Two LEGO icons say goodbye after 90 years of combined experience". Career Stories. Lego.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023.
