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Batima
Belgian construction toy and pioneer of the stud-based interlocking brick
Batima was a Belgian construction toy invented in the early 1920s by Louis Cousin. The bricks, made from the casein plastic Galalith, are considered one of the earliest stud-based building brick systems and a direct predecessor of modern interlocking bricks such as Kiddicraft and Lego.2 It ceased to exist in 1955.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Batima was a Belgian construction toy invented in the early 1920s by Louis Cousin. The bricks, made from the casein plastic Galalith, are considered one of the earliest stud-based building brick systems and a direct predecessor of modern interlocking bricks such as Kiddicraft and Lego.2
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- 1WikidataBatima on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBatima on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsBatima photo by Les Meloures at lb.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 lu