In January 2004 the Lego Company reported a deficit of Dkr1.4bn (£144m), which caused speculation that the owners of the Lego Company would be forced to sell to an American company. After re-evaluating its priorities and cutting expenses by selling their amusement parks and cutting a Lego line aimed at girls, Lego reported a net profit increase of 32% (DKr1.35bn), marking it as a company doing well during the global recession of the time

In 2006 a new Lego Mindstorms kit called MINDSTORMS was released. It is more advanced than the previous and has a new array of sensors. They include improved...