LEGO.com: Difference between revisions

From Research Realm
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 7: Line 7:
| commercial = Yes
| commercial = Yes
| type = Online retail, entertainment
| type = Online retail, entertainment
| owner = LEGO Juris A/S
| owner = LEGO Juris A/S<ref name="whois"/>
| country_of_origin = Denmark
| country_of_origin = Denmark
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1996|03|22}}<ref name="press_8">{{cite web |url=http://www.lego.com/press/press_8.html |title=Press Info: <nowiki>http://www.LEGO.com</nowiki> | website=LEGO World Wide Web |date=March 29, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970110041240/http://www.lego.com/press/press_8.html |archive-date=10 January 1997 }}</ref>
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1996|03|22}}<ref name="press_8">{{cite web |url=http://www.lego.com/press/press_8.html |title=Press Info: <nowiki>http://www.LEGO.com</nowiki> | website=LEGO World Wide Web |date=March 29, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970110041240/http://www.lego.com/press/press_8.html |archive-date=10 January 1997 }}</ref>
Line 18: Line 18:
LEGO.com, then called the LEGO World Wide Web Site, went online on 22 March 1996 at 18:45:50 [[Wikipedia:Central European Time|CET]]. Its launch was announced on 29 March 1996 after a week of system testing and user feedback. It was created largely in response to LEGO fan sites ("LEGO homepages") and the [[Wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]] [[Wikipedia:Usenet newsgroup|newsgroup]] [[rec.toys.lego]].<ref name="press_8"/>
LEGO.com, then called the LEGO World Wide Web Site, went online on 22 March 1996 at 18:45:50 [[Wikipedia:Central European Time|CET]]. Its launch was announced on 29 March 1996 after a week of system testing and user feedback. It was created largely in response to LEGO fan sites ("LEGO homepages") and the [[Wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]] [[Wikipedia:Usenet newsgroup|newsgroup]] [[rec.toys.lego]].<ref name="press_8"/>


The lego.com domain was registered on 22 August 1995 by LEGO Juris A/S.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whois.com/whois/lego.com |title=Whois lego.com |website=Whois.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507152316/https://www.whois.com/whois/lego.com |archive-date=2024-05-07 |access-date=7 May 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The lego.com domain was registered on 22 August 1995 by LEGO Juris A/S.<ref name="whois"/>


<gallery mode=packed heights=140>
<gallery mode=packed heights=140>
Line 33: Line 33:


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="whois">{{cite web |url=https://www.whois.com/whois/lego.com |title=Whois lego.com |website=Whois.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507152316/https://www.whois.com/whois/lego.com |archive-date=2024-05-07 |access-date=7 May 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}


[[Category:1996 establishments]]
[[Category:1996 establishments]]
[[Category:LEGO.com| ]]
[[Category:LEGO.com| ]]
[[Category:LEGO websites| ]]
[[Category:LEGO websites| ]]

Revision as of 23:34, 13 June 2024

LEGO.com
Screenshot
The LEGO Shop US homepage
LEGO Shop US homepage in June 2024
Type of site
Online retail, entertainment
Available in24 languages
List of languages
  • Chinese (simplified and traditional)
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Estonian
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian (formerly)
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
Country of originDenmark
OwnerLEGO Juris A/S[1]
URLwww.lego.com
CommercialYes
Launched22 March 1996; 28 years ago (1996-03-22)[2]

LEGO.com is an online store and entertainment website that serves as the official website of the LEGO Group.

History

LEGO.com, then called the LEGO World Wide Web Site, went online on 22 March 1996 at 18:45:50 CET. Its launch was announced on 29 March 1996 after a week of system testing and user feedback. It was created largely in response to LEGO fan sites ("LEGO homepages") and the Usenet newsgroup rec.toys.lego.[2]

The lego.com domain was registered on 22 August 1995 by LEGO Juris A/S.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Whois lego.com". Whois.com. Archived from the original on 2024-05-07. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Press Info: http://www.LEGO.com". LEGO World Wide Web. March 29, 1996. Archived from the original on 10 January 1997.