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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 | '''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 into 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 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 this means after leaving XYZ and before joining Technic or means using experience from XYZ and Technic unclear (as is which Dacta sets are being referred to – sites such as [[Brickset]] claim Dacta dates back to 1960, though how many of these these sets have been retroactively labelled Dacta is uncertain). | |||
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 | |||
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Revision as of 06:15, 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 into 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 this means after leaving XYZ and before joining Technic or means using experience from XYZ and Technic unclear (as is which Dacta sets are being referred to – sites such as Brickset claim Dacta dates back to 1960, though how many of these these sets have been retroactively labelled Dacta 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.
