Lego profits skyrocket as it sends toys into space

Toymaker, whose products are accompanying the first Danish man in space, says profits rose by 27% in the first six months of the year

As Lego toys were blasted into the cosmos to accompany Denmark's first man in space, the plastic bricks maker reported a surge in its first-half profits.

The Danish company said operating profit for the six months to the end of June rose 27% from a year earlier to 4.6bn kroner (455m). Excluding currency movements, revenue rose 18% to 14.1bn kroner.