Childhood memories of LEGO and (Toys).

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Who loves LEGO? I know I do, even today.
Though now it's more painful when I step on the giant mess of pieces all over the place. As a kid I always remember playing for hours alone and with friends building anything and everything. Though never with the kids that had mega blocks since they never actually fit together properly and hold.

Seriously though who lies to themselves and buys their kids Mega Blocks...
I'm not surprised by a French company that builds a product that crumbles under pressure but why lie to your kids and tell them mega blocks is exactly like LEGO when it's not. Kids know better.

So what does everyone remember from their childhood LEGO wise, or even toy wise?
 
silence said:
Who loves LEGO? I know I do, even today.
Though now it's more painful when I step on the giant mess of pieces all over the place. As a kid I always remember playing for hours alone and with friends building anything and everything. Though never with the kids that had mega blocks since they never actually fit together properly and hold.

Seriously though who lies to themselves and buys their kids Mega Blocks...
I'm not surprised by a French company that builds a product that crumbles under pressure but why lie to your kids and tell them mega blocks is exactly like LEGO when it's not. Kids know better.

So what does everyone remember from their childhood LEGO wise, or even toy wise?
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My brother and I had an entire cooler full of the stuff.

My boyfriend's son has a bunch and I play LEGO every chance I get!
 
My fondest lego memories are building "indestructible" vehicular creations and launching them into each other on my buddies' expensive dining room table.

Seeing who's vehicle lasts longest while launching them into each other - classic. Friend's Mom bitching at us for 10 minutes straight about how we ruined her priceless antique dining room table - priceless.
 
Lego sucks today. It's all kits that make things. Limits creativity.

So much better when we were younger.
 
I remember when I was a kid my dad would take me to expositions and stuff in Montreal and because Lego was huge back then, they always had monster-sized creations of popular icons of that time. I have a picture of me somewhere with a Super Mario made of Lego that is as tall as my dad. It was so epic.

Recently I visited the Lego attraction place in Niagara Falls and they have a wickedly huge city built out of Lego.
Although you can't touch, there are so many details to look for and I spent over an hour admiring the art.
Along the way there are signs that say "find ____" which makes it really fun, especially when it's a tiny little parrot or a bat lol.
 
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Shameless Plug for my buddy's lego skills
 
Myztyk said:
Lego sucks today. It's all kits that make things. Limits creativity.

So much better when we were younger.
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+1 I had a giant tupperware tub (laundry basket size) full of legos and not one instruction book, It was all creativity.
 
Rode down into Manhatten a few weeks ago.....and saw FAO SCWARZ.....

and LEGO PPL

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I remember watching a movie with this keyboard.....saw it in person...
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Used to love that.
No I've graduated, I take my bike/car as a giant real size lego :D
 
silence said:
Who loves LEGO? I know I do, even today.
Though now it's more painful when I step on the giant mess of pieces all over the place. As a kid I always remember playing for hours alone and with friends building anything and everything. Though never with the kids that had mega blocks since they never actually fit together properly and hold.

Seriously though who lies to themselves and buys their kids Mega Blocks...
I'm not surprised by a French company that builds a product that crumbles under pressure but why lie to your kids and tell them mega blocks is exactly like LEGO when it's not. Kids know better.

So what does everyone remember from their childhood LEGO wise, or even toy wise?
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LEGO still has a huge following with amazing custom creations

http://www.classic-castle.com/

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showforum=33
 
Used to have tons of it, including the plastic rails, flanged wheels, and battery-powered units you could use to create full scale train layouts. We had one big room that was pretty much dedicated to doing Lego street and railroad layouts so we could create things and just leave it up while we went on to the next Lego Project. The price was pretty cheap if you bought it in Europe and if you stayed away from the specialty pieces that seem to be a staple of today's Lego.

Funny thing back then. Playtime required more engagement than seems to be the case today. I was reading an article bemoaning the perception that today's kids seem to have trouble with visualization and construction skills - apparently even handling a hammer seems to pose a challenge to so many.
 
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Xhumeka said:
My fondest lego memories are building "indestructible" vehicular creations and launching them into each other on my buddies' expensive dining room table.
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I thought I was the only one :D

yay Lego!
 
I had (and still do have) one of those massive 70L tupperware tubs of Leggo. I have another one of those tubs and a half full of hotwheels and matchbox cars, no cheap stuff.
Have another big bin with pretty much every single Ninja Turtle character, including a set of the original hard plastic ninja turtles and the second generation that had a rubbery skin and more movement.
Also had a bunch of Meccano (the metal pieces with holes in them and an assortment of spacers, nuts and bults etc.)
Also have a box full of something I can't remember the name of, was basically plastic c-channel that used connectors with 6 different attachment points to connect them together. They made great nascar tracks for my cars!

With all of that type of stuff, it's no wonder I turned out to be naturally mechanical and good at spacial visualization... Sucks that almost all lego is kits now, I would like to see just a great big tub of blocks and flat pieces sold again.
 
rmemedic said:
Also had a bunch of Meccano (the metal pieces with holes in them and an assortment of spacers, nuts and bults etc.)

Also have a box full of something I can't remember the name of, was basically plastic c-channel that used connectors with 6 different attachment points to connect them together. They made great nascar tracks for my cars!
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Meccano was great stuff. The little nuts and bolts tended to get all over the place though.

I think I used to have a decent set of the other you mentioned, Kenner building kits you could use to make buildings and bridges and stuff. There's a web page where you can still go to to get Kenner bits and pieces. http://girderandpanel.mygamesonline.org/kenner/parts.html
 
rmemedic said:
i had (and still do have) one of those massive 70l tupperware tubs of leggo. I have another one of those tubs and a half full of hotwheels and matchbox cars, no cheap stuff.
Have another big bin with pretty much every single ninja turtle character, including a set of the original hard plastic ninja turtles and the second generation that had a rubbery skin and more movement.
Also had a bunch of meccano (the metal pieces with holes in them and an assortment of spacers, nuts and bults etc.)
also have a box full of something i can't remember the name of, was basically plastic c-channel that used connectors with 6 different attachment points to connect them together. They made great nascar tracks for my cars!

With all of that type of stuff, it's no wonder i turned out to be naturally mechanical and good at spacial visualization... Sucks that almost all lego is kits now, i would like to see just a great big tub of blocks and flat pieces sold again.
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D!nky cars!!!!!!
 
Lego is great but the big kits are gone because of politics. Lego took the licence to make it back from sampsonite because they were selling the giant kits and that was against what lego wanted, they wanted it only to be sold in the little packs that make something. The giant boxer were only ever availible in North America.
 
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