As someone who has loved Lego for nearly six decades I reckon the most fun comes from the original basic bricks, and making your own models…the wholly shaped pieces of today do make great accurate models, but the challenge of trying to work out how to make something specific has gone. i feel It’s much more fun trying to make, say, Darth Vader’s helmet with regular pieces then with loads of special bits – which then can’t be used for much else except that model.
I found some old (>25 years) Lego sets when cleaning out my shed. Truthfully, they look more interesting than most of the ones I see today. They’ll be donated them to the local Boys and Girls Club.
I never had Legos, but back then it was wooden Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs, metal Erector sets, or plastic American Brick sets, which were sort of like Legos.
Parents would have parties. We kids would be sent to the back of the house to play with LEGOS. Adults would end up with the LEGOS in the kitchen. Building huge castles and other things. The creativity was pretty awesome. One such project the had rigged lights to various rooms. No small feat since LEDS were not around yet!
I had plastic locking blocks before l=Legos came around. They were red plastic and had a brick pattern embossed in the sides and all you could build with them were houses. Had working window inserts. People think stepping on a Lego is waker-upper, ought to try one of those as they were like 3/8" high.
We had white building blocks. Came with windows and doors and some green flat caps. Great for building houses but you had to either leave the top open or make a roof out of cardboard. Also Lincoln Logs.
I’ve had lego as a kid in 1960s and although like the comic states the bricks were a lot more limited, I still made some impressive items. I built a good aircraft carrier on one instance. I was so proud of that at my age then. Used up all the bricks I had and had to pull it apart a few day later as it was taking up too much room at 1.5 metres long.
I had Lego’s, Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys. Been building barns since before I had horses : D Fun was def a different thing in my day. It was easy, consistent and readily available. Not always cheap but … available if one’s imagination was active.
No son, that was when kids actually had a brain and created something from their own mind. Today the corporations tell you what to build with the Legos. It actually is kind of sad.
The “build this” Lego® kits are to creative play what video games are to attention spans. It was much better when it was just a “build what you can imagine” set of blocks.
No, I built a lot of stuff before sets shrunk the user’s imaginations. But I do like the Millennium Falcon set I got for Xmas 2021. And the older bricks used to construct the diorama for it.
Nope, no Legos. Just Tinkertoys, Lincoln Logs, Building Blocks, and something I don’t remember the name of that consisted of plastic blocks, hollow on the bottom and with round pegs on the top that fit into hollow sockets on the underside. They were used to make buildings. There were even windows and doors, and roofing pieces. Okay, now that’s going to bug me until I remember what they were called. I remember making things that looked vaguely like airplanes, but they weren’t very convincing.
Crow Eatery about 1 year ago
I built cars and slid them around.
catchup about 1 year ago
As someone who has loved Lego for nearly six decades I reckon the most fun comes from the original basic bricks, and making your own models…the wholly shaped pieces of today do make great accurate models, but the challenge of trying to work out how to make something specific has gone. i feel It’s much more fun trying to make, say, Darth Vader’s helmet with regular pieces then with loads of special bits – which then can’t be used for much else except that model.
cmxx about 1 year ago
I’m so old my Legos weren’t Legos. They were some other brand, and they were made out of wood. They were stained red, with a few yellow ones.
rasputin's horoscope about 1 year ago
I found some old (>25 years) Lego sets when cleaning out my shed. Truthfully, they look more interesting than most of the ones I see today. They’ll be donated them to the local Boys and Girls Club.
Ratkin Premium Member about 1 year ago
It was erector sets for me. I remember making a windmill with cardboard vanes.
charliefarmrhere about 1 year ago
I never had Legos, but back then it was wooden Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs, metal Erector sets, or plastic American Brick sets, which were sort of like Legos.
Wilde Bill about 1 year ago
“Oh, there was plenty of fun to be had. You’ll find out when you’re older.”
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 1 year ago
Not if you like tall skinny buildings.
iggyman about 1 year ago
I never had Legos, but I had girder and panel building sets which I loved, and Erector Sets as well!
AB9SS about 1 year ago
Yep, no kits. Just a lot of imagination.
BenGMan about 1 year ago
Skinny fan.
hariseldon59 about 1 year ago
Every generation thinks it invented entertainment.
Clover81 about 1 year ago
Well, Hammie, fun back then was for more creative people.
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 1 year ago
No.
TMMILLER Premium Member about 1 year ago
Parents would have parties. We kids would be sent to the back of the house to play with LEGOS. Adults would end up with the LEGOS in the kitchen. Building huge castles and other things. The creativity was pretty awesome. One such project the had rigged lights to various rooms. No small feat since LEDS were not around yet!
ctolson about 1 year ago
I had plastic locking blocks before l=Legos came around. They were red plastic and had a brick pattern embossed in the sides and all you could build with them were houses. Had working window inserts. People think stepping on a Lego is waker-upper, ought to try one of those as they were like 3/8" high.
boydjb47 about 1 year ago
We had white building blocks. Came with windows and doors and some green flat caps. Great for building houses but you had to either leave the top open or make a roof out of cardboard. Also Lincoln Logs.
MRC112 about 1 year ago
I’ve had lego as a kid in 1960s and although like the comic states the bricks were a lot more limited, I still made some impressive items. I built a good aircraft carrier on one instance. I was so proud of that at my age then. Used up all the bricks I had and had to pull it apart a few day later as it was taking up too much room at 1.5 metres long.
morningglory73 Premium Member about 1 year ago
When my kids were little they built all kinds of things with Legos. Amazing things trouble was the legos were all over the place.
Brian Fink about 1 year ago
My original Legos were a monthly box of maybe 20-30 bricks shipped from Denmark.
DawnQuinn1 about 1 year ago
Lincoln Logs
pheets about 1 year ago
I had Lego’s, Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys. Been building barns since before I had horses : D Fun was def a different thing in my day. It was easy, consistent and readily available. Not always cheap but … available if one’s imagination was active.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 1 year ago
No son, that was when kids actually had a brain and created something from their own mind. Today the corporations tell you what to build with the Legos. It actually is kind of sad.
Cozmik Cowboy about 1 year ago
The “build this” Lego® kits are to creative play what video games are to attention spans. It was much better when it was just a “build what you can imagine” set of blocks.
prrdh about 1 year ago
Once I built a tower to the sun
Brick and rivet and lime
Once I built a tower, now it’s done
Brother can you spare a dime?
zodismoon about 1 year ago
I liked building three story houses with Legos!
raybarb44 about 1 year ago
Fun is an evolving concept as you will discover later my son…..
The Quiet One about 1 year ago
We made our own fun.
Teto85 Premium Member about 1 year ago
No, I built a lot of stuff before sets shrunk the user’s imaginations. But I do like the Millennium Falcon set I got for Xmas 2021. And the older bricks used to construct the diorama for it.
dv1093 about 1 year ago
Let’s be honest – Legos are priced out of reason.
charliefarmrhere about 1 year ago
Some boys back then I have heard were so poor, that their parent cut a hole in their pocket, so they would have something to play with.
erin.adamic Premium Member about 1 year ago
Seriously, how old are these parents supposed to be???
Curiosity Premium Member about 1 year ago
Nope, no Legos. Just Tinkertoys, Lincoln Logs, Building Blocks, and something I don’t remember the name of that consisted of plastic blocks, hollow on the bottom and with round pegs on the top that fit into hollow sockets on the underside. They were used to make buildings. There were even windows and doors, and roofing pieces. Okay, now that’s going to bug me until I remember what they were called. I remember making things that looked vaguely like airplanes, but they weren’t very convincing.
Zen-of-Zinfandel about 1 year ago
I wonder if Darryl had the original Mr. Potato Head.
StarBeak about 1 year ago
“Back in my day we didn’t have “Legos”. We had twigs found in the yard, we used that to build." =3
pbr50138 about 1 year ago
The closest thing to Legos that I had were Lincoln Logs. They smelled good.
calliarcale about 1 year ago
I built a lot of spaceships. ;-)
ToneeRhianRose 9 months ago
Haha! (^▽^)