XYZ
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 XYS 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.
