If anyone is wondering about LEGO being made in China and the safety of lead in toys (a big issue this Christmas!) LEGO now has an official statement:
-John.Product safety and product quality are factors of the utmost concern for the LEGO Group and have been so during our entire 75 year history. In order to ensure product safety, we make sure that safety is in the design. This means that our product safety experts are involved in the designing process. The majority of all LEGO bricks are still produced in Denmark and more than 50% of all LEGO owned mould machines are located in Billund, Denmark. The rest of the LEGO owned mould machines are placed at external suppliers in Hungary and Mexico.The final packaging of LEGO products is conducted in Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic or Mexico. At the moment the LEGO Company purchases only approx. 3% of the entire element volume in China. E.g. some electronic elements, most parts which are individually packaged in plastic bags and textiles are purchased in China. Our products are tested both by ourselves and our suppliers, and in some cases also by external auditors (this applies to China). We use very special raw materials and we thoroughly control that the received materials are in accordance with our specifications. Due to legislation in EU we have to state on the box in which countries the individual parts contained in the box are manufactured. LEGO Community Development Team – 30.01.2008