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I come from the generation of Mini bricks (I think they were rubber), Mechano and Lincoln Logs
 
Were mini bricks those building blocks with grooves on three sides and pointy knows on the fourth side? The points were little pyramids with a short stem. The grooves were triangular and the points slid through them.
 
jimkenney12 said:
Were mini bricks those building blocks with grooves on three sides and pointy knows on the fourth side? The points were little pyramids with a short stem. The grooves were triangular and the points slid through them.
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Mimi bricks were red rubber and had two round knobs on the top. I can't remember exactly how they fit together. I recall that they stuck together more easily if you wet them but I wasn't supposed to put them in my mouth.

Ours came in a sturdy yellow box. It had a green rubber roof as part of the set.
 
Somewhat on topic, I have actually been to Billund, Denmark, where Lego started. My wife had a conference in Copenhagen while my son was still fairly young, so after we finished seeing that city, we took a train to Billund and spent two days and a night at Legoland. Nice theme park if a bit small next to something like Disney. Lots of interesting Lego "sculptures" for lack of a better name and some cool rides, too. I imagine the one in California would have to be bigger to compete in that market.
 
One of the homes we bought included all of the furnishings in it, the family didnt want to clear it out. It was filled with lots of interesting things. One of those things was a HUGE bucket of large legos, I still have it and have brought it out for the grandkids many times.
 
My granddaughter has a huge bin of Legos that she inherited from her dad and her uncle.

My daughter and son-in-law have been having fun sorting it all out. The little one enjoys playing with the accessories while they do this.
 
Dad actually built us a nice multi-compartment box out of particle board for storing our Lego collection. That way we could sort by size and shape.
 
I also had most of a set of Tinker Toys, that had passed through several sets of hands by the time I got them. Legos are definitely more durable than Tinker toys.
 
Redbaron said:
Yes, and if I recall, some green paper blades (maybe for building windmills and such)
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Yep. I think they might have been plastic by my time, but I think you're right. We had some, though I don't think I used it as much as some other building toys.
 
When my ex and I separated, I had to pay him out ( house was almost paid off down to $20 000, so he got a lot of money). Besides stopping work and living on it, he also bought our son large lego sets every time he had him over. When he moved away, we ended up with hundreds of dollars worth of lego- but none of it was kept in the sets, it was all mixed together. I spend a whole winter, trying to put the sets together. Some of it we sold. We still have a large tote full of lego for future grand children. ( end of the story was, that my ex had spend all the money in less than a year). It was a relief that he moved away, parenting a pre-teen on my own was a lot easier.
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
When my ex and I separated, I had to pay him out ( house was almost paid off down to $20 000, so he got a lot of money). Besides stopping work and living on it, he also bought our son large lego sets every time he had him over. When he moved away, we ended up with hundreds of dollars worth of lego- but none of it was kept in the sets, it was all mixed together. I spend a whole winter, trying to put the sets together. Some of it we sold. We still have a large tote full of lego for future grand children. ( end of the story was, that my ex had spend all the money in less than a year). It was a relief that he moved away, parenting a pre-teen on my own was a lot easier.
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These tales of sorting out the LEGOs always make me wonder. Wouldn't it be more creative just to build stuff from scratch?

Apparently there are places to order replacement parts for even the old kits. This is talked about a lot on the Reddit subs re: decluttering and minimalism.
 
I also had, in 1963?? , a set of Flinstone building blocks.

Here's a link to a page on them
flintstones.fandom.com

Building Boulders

Building Boulders (known as Kenner's Flintstones Building Boulders, Kenner's Flintstones Interlocking Building Boulders and Flintstones Building Boulders) were giant Lego-like building blocks that were made by the former sponsor, Kenner from the 1960's and based on the original series, The...
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They were made of styrofoam, so you can imagine the squeak and squeal as you assembled them. Plus all the little bits of styrofoam left all over.
 
paradox3 said:
These tales of sorting out the LEGOs always make me wonder. Wouldn't it be more creative just to build stuff from scratch?
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First, you get more money for complete sets than for lego by the pound.
Secondly, there are two kinds of people- the ones that like to complete something by instructions and liking the challenge to “do it right”- and then the others who don’t like to follow instructions. There is no right or wrong either way, both are asking for different skills.
I am thinking, doing puzzles also falls into the instruction category.
 
I still have my Cuddly Cathy doll from the 50's. Not to be confused with Chatty Cathy.

Cuddly Cathy was sold in supermarkets. She has molded hair and came wearing a yellow sunsuit. There was furniture too but I never had any of it

My doll is still in great shape except for her eyes. They have become kind of cloudy looking and one is not focused properly. Sadly my granddaughter finds her creepy because of the eyes.
 
paradox3 said:
I still have my Cuddly Cathy doll from the 50's. Not to be confused with Chatty Cathy.

Cuddly Cathy was sold in supermarkets. She has molded hair and came wearing a yellow sunsuit. There was furniture too but I never had any of it

My doll is still in great shape except for her eyes. They have become kind of cloudy looking and one is not focused properly. Sadly my granddaughter finds her creepy because of the eyes.
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Get her sunglasses….
 
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