Citations › Citation ID: 50

C50. BOOK: Jens Andersen, The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World’s Imagination (Mariner, 2022), p. 125.

The three tubes ensured that the tubes and studs firmly interlocked when two bricks are combined. It was almost as though the bricks were glued together, but they were still easy to pull apart. Making each stud on the bricks touch at three points gave them the stability and gripping or clutch power they’d been missing for years. At the same time, it proved to be an aesthetically pleasing solution, because the tubes’ round shape harmonized with the round studs on the top of the brick.

"Making each stud on the bricks touch at three points gave them the stability and gripping or clutch power they'd been missing for years."