Happy Birthday Lego Brick.
The lego brick as we know it is 50 today.
Hands up who had lego as a kid??
Hands up who still has their lego (well my nephews have it now).
It was my favourite toy second only to my Spectrum. I think it teaches some very excellent congative and imaganitive skills. By brother in law recons that every good programmer he knows had a substantial amount of lego as a kid.
In celebration lego has released the 1950's town set. However looking at the box, it is clear that the target audiece for this set is not primarily children. http://shop.lego.com/Product/AssetPopup.aspx?p=10184&AssetType=13
Hands up who had lego as a kid??
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Hands up who still has their lego (well my nephews have it now).
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It was my favourite toy second only to my Spectrum. I think it teaches some very excellent congative and imaganitive skills. By brother in law recons that every good programmer he knows had a substantial amount of lego as a kid.
In celebration lego has released the 1950's town set. However looking at the box, it is clear that the target audiece for this set is not primarily children. http://shop.lego.com/Product/AssetPopup.aspx?p=10184&AssetType=13
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Used to have a crap load of Mechano (sp?) too but that's vanished.
Used my Legos just last year to make a visual map of Barbarian 2.
As a kid I'd usually make buildings or spaceships in particular.
My favourite was my cadillac.
Also why do Americans always refer to Lego as Legos, ie in the plural. ??
In my opinion it doesn't really matter, as long as we all know what we are talking about. Lego is a coined Danish term "leg godt" meaning play well" or "play nicely"
If the name were Plawe or Plani in English I think that many would nonetheless add the plural -s mainly because it sounds grammatically correct.
Thats how its marketed here...
The one that annoys me is they call 'maths', 'math'
Mega Blocks and Best-lock are out there, as are loads of China Exports, which are compatable.
But the fact is there just not good enough. - The tooling is inferer and also the tolerances are not so tight.
Lego may be more expensive, but it is the best.
Holy christ! I had forgotten about them! If memory serves, they were orange, with a white "pop open" lid. They had the little knobbly bits to attach others around the sides only.
I remember there being blue ones too.
I think Lego is crap now, normally when I look at kids toys now I either think cool why didn't I have stuff like that, or ergh! what a tacky piece of crap.
Unfortunately these days Lego falls into the latter catergory, it just looks cheesy now it's too detailed, I think it was it's simplicity that made it so enjoyable (well to me anyway).
Oh! I also remember those sweets that you could get that were like snidey Lego bricks, I think the Blue box was Mint flavoured, but I don't really remember it's been a long, long time :D
For some reason I recall it as originating from Germany? Could be wrong though, what with all the brain-termites I've got.
i was tempeted to buy a lego star wars thing at xmas, glad i didn't. not sure i could play with it with the same eagerness as i would as a kid. unless i had a few drinks.
(I've made a few modifications of my own. She can make the Kessel run in about a million pieces.)
Yes I know what you mean. I like just the plain simple bricks, wheels and windows and doors. Thats all you need. Then when you get a little bit older you can move onto Technic.
For me lego is all about imagination. In no way should large parts of it be ready made as it is now.
The only thing I do like about modern lego is the wide variety of brick colours they have now.
When I was a kid I would play the game rags to riches. I would tip all my lego into one big pile, this was the scrap yard. I would then get one of the lego characters to play the part of the homless tramp that lived on the scrap yard. Out of all that junk his house would evolve from a simple cardboard box to a mansion, as he addedd various extentions and imrpovements from the scrap he found. Silly I know.
What name did you give him? When he was the richest did he become a Legolamaniac?
he didn't know he was born, when i was a kid my lego man had to live in a 2x4 shed. he didn't have hair neither, he only had a flower on his head, or maybe one of those single bricks for special ocasions. in the end his legs went all loose and i had to bury him in the garden next to the action force figures my dad had stepped on.
He was called Lutch if I remember right. Funny name, but there you go.
As to your father: Stressed be his sole.
As to the various toys in the garden: May they rest in pieces.
Afewgoodmen!
Were'nt they called Ipso's - Advert went something like ipso, ipso, Calipso..
Edit - amazingly Just found the Ad on YouTube:-
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Tww7bcIWQ&feature=related
Haa haa neat well done on remembering their name.
Sounds better than the C64 game of the same name........more options LOL
Although the characters in that game looked like they were built out of Lego :D
My favourite: 1909 Rolls-Royce
I had a lego set with a distinctly medieval theme. I remember making a small castle (complete with a portcullis) with knights, archers and footmen. And I agree with whoever it was who said it teaches you to be creative - I had a fantastic time building all sorts of crazy structures with it!
Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.