Lego

[Peter T]

As anyone still got a set, from when there was a kid. It was my coolest toy from the 80's

[Chris H]

I have a couple of bits.

I gave my wee cousin a washing bin full of it, weight about 50kg's, had the flat road sections and technics etc.

Worst thing I ever did was give it away.

Chets got a technics F1 car he got about 2 years ago.

[Arj256]

I still have all mine and the technics stuff, dunno why though lol.
Was good fun when i was young, the technics was cool with the battery powered motor, remember making a cable car powered by that motor going between washing lines lol.

[The T.I.B.]

Yep, growing up with 4 younger brothers meant i had loads of the stuff, and a good excuse for using it until the age of... well, i'm not gonna say!

I had loads, all seperated into trays for different colours. One thing i remember making was a proper 4 speed gearbox including reverse, with gearstick. Had to use the cogs with the curled teeth since you can't get lego synchromesh gears


Lego these days i believe has clever computer control stuff, unfortunately also you want anything, there's already an injeciton moulded part for it. in my day we had to make stuff out of proper blocks!
You know you can use an internet program to build a model on the screen, and then they'll send you a bag of the exact bits you need to make your model. What a marketing strategy!

[bbracer16valver]

mad i was thinking about lego last night lol i had a big pirate chest thing full of the stuff gave it all away years ago

[JB]

Originally Posted by The T.I.B.

Yep, growing up with 4 younger brothers meant i had loads of the stuff, and a good excuse for using it until the age of... well, i'm not gonna say!

I had loads, all seperated into trays for different colours. One thing i remember making was a proper 4 speed gearbox including reverse, with gearstick. Had to use the cogs with the curled teeth since you can't get lego synchromesh gears


Lego these days i believe has clever computer control stuff, unfortunately also you want anything, there's already an injeciton moulded part for it. in my day we had to make stuff out of proper blocks!
You know you can use an internet program to build a model on the screen, and then they'll send you a bag of the exact bits you need to make your model. What a marketing strategy!

same here...good old simple blocks....made you use your imagination..

although that web based building thing sounds very neat! might have to try that out!

[colm]

Originally Posted by The T.I.B.

You know you can use an internet program to build a model on the screen, and then they'll send you a bag of the exact bits you need to make your model. What a marketing strategy!

Got an address?? I'd be very interested.

[The T.I.B.]

i can ask, i know people who know...

[Neal]

surely if it's a commercial thing by LEGO that you can buy a bag of bits from, then it's not going to be hidden?

lego.com might be a good place to start looking...

http://ldd.lego.com/