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Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 10 Sep 2012, 10:16 ]
Post subject:  80 years of Lego
Author:  ells551 [ 10 Sep 2012, 13:01 ]
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I think lego has gone a bit iffy now, because all i see when i go in the shops is pre made models like ones for a battleship or something, i never get to see just bricks so that you could build whatever you want, kinda sucks really.
Author:  [SpA]iHasFire [ 10 Sep 2012, 13:14 ]
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ells551 wrote:
I think lego has gone a bit iffy now, because all i see when i go in the shops is pre made models like ones for a battleship or something, i never get to see just bricks so that you could build whatever you want, kinda sucks really.
I think it's because the premade things cost more because they have all those detail pieces. Most kids today don't have that big of a imagination, they just play on their ipad/itouches.
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 10 Sep 2012, 14:09 ]
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Basically what ihasfire said. I use to spend ages with my lego/knex/znap when I was a kid I hated anything premade, but I guess now the market has shifted to less imaginative consumers who aren't into toys as much and rather just quickly complete a finished piece and shelf it. Seriously, so many kids getting phones, laptops and consoles thesedays it's saddening. I remember when I got a massive box of hand me down incomplete sets of lego, pieces of airports, star wars, navy and medieval etc. I loved making my own wierd dystopia where humans would fight the machines. When you pulled the heads of older legomen the stumps sort of looked like a robot heads 8)
Author:  [SpA]Frimple [ 10 Sep 2012, 14:51 ]
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Models are a lot easier to market, they've always been a big part of lego's strategy but, a big bucket of lego is a thing you only buy once. You can buy a whole bunch of different sets.

I can't really complain about the sets, the architecture series is really cool.
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 10 Sep 2012, 14:59 ]
Post subject:  Re: 80 years of Lego
Didn't Lego always come in sets?

From what I can remember you bought houses, boats, etc etc. And in the end you threw the whole lot together and build something new...
Author:  [SpA]iHasFire [ 10 Sep 2012, 15:02 ]
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[SpA]SaintK wrote:
Didn't Lego always come in sets?

From what I can remember you bought houses, boats, etc etc. And in the end you threw the whole lot together and build something new...
Well when I bought legos (around 2002-03 ish) I remember buying just a bucket with all these different sized and shaped pieces. It came with a few wheels and some other stuff like chairs. However the next couple of years after that I remember buying some star war ship and building it with my cousin. It was a amazing finished product but making your own stuff was just more fun in my mind.
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 10 Sep 2012, 15:05 ]
Post subject:  Re: 80 years of Lego
ihasfire wrote:
[SpA]SaintK wrote:
Didn't Lego always come in sets?

From what I can remember you bought houses, boats, etc etc. And in the end you threw the whole lot together and build something new...
Well when I bought legos (around 2002-03 ish) I remember buying just a bucket with all these different sized and shaped pieces. It came with a few wheels and some other stuff like chairs. However the next couple of years after that I remember buying some star war ship and building it with my cousin. It was a amazing finished product but making your own stuff was just more fun in my mind.
Aha, my "Lego period" was from '86-'94 ish.
Author:  [SpA]Dolf [ 10 Sep 2012, 15:19 ]
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Just one of the many sets I could find right on their website...
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 10 Sep 2012, 15:23 ]
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Samiak_ wrote:
Just one of the many sets I could find right on their website...
Heh, most of those colors didn't even exist when I had Lego :mrgreen:
Author:  [SpA]Dolf [ 10 Sep 2012, 15:26 ]
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[SpA]SaintK wrote:
Samiak_ wrote:
Just one of the many sets I could find right on their website...
Heh, most of those colors didn't even exist when I had Lego :mrgreen:
Lol, yeah, I can remember only having white, red, blue, black and yellow bricks, where the most common ones were white and red. I might still have a few kilos left in a warehouse somewhere.
Author:  [SpA]heldplayer [ 10 Sep 2012, 17:30 ]
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It was a miracle if you'd find any black to make something with! They were so scarce!

And I also played with other things you could make whatever you wanted to make with it. Like flat squares with 2 connection types so they can connect properly. I used to make swords out of those!

Then my cat laid birth to her 3 kittens in my box of them :-14
Author:  [SpA]JediLardMaster [ 19 Sep 2012, 21:46 ]
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Well my Lego period was 1974-78.

Funny thing is my mum kept my lego and I recently got it back and washed it all in the washing machine and it looks new and my 5 year old daughter is now playing with it.
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 19 Sep 2012, 22:17 ]
Post subject:  Re: 80 years of Lego
[SpA]JediLardMaster wrote:
Well my Lego period was 1974-78.

Funny thing is my mum kept my lego and I recently got it back and washed it all in the washing machine and it looks new and my 5 year old daughter is now playing with it.
That's awesome! :5:
Author:  annarack [ 25 Sep 2012, 22:27 ]
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Lego :26
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