03-20-2005, 09:31 PM
DeeBye,Mar 19 2005, 10:59 PM Wrote:There can be no debate that Lego is the best toy any child will ever own. It was for me.At this point in time, there may be no debate. However the Lego you are referring to is a bastardization of the true Lego blocks of my childhood. Now they've got all the custom pieces that go in each set. In my day, Lego blocks were just that, blocks. You had squares and rectangles in thick or thin and various colors. The closest they came to custom pieces were the door and window blocks. You had to use your imagination to build the things you wanted to instead of putting together the 3D puzzles much of the Lego series is today.
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The toy set that trumped Lego, in my day, was the Erector Set. They had nuts and bolts and girders and pulleys and motors. I built cars and cranes and ferris wheels and...
Oh, and looking around because of this thread, I found this site that you may want to visit (if it isn't already your homepage :P ) YoungBuilder.com.
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"I reject your reality and substitute my own."
"You don't know how strong you can be until strong is the only option."
"Think deeply, speak gently, love much, laugh loudly, give freely, be kind."
"Talk, Laugh, Love."