You are what you played with.

Rope-Pusher · Post by **Rope-Pusher** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 10:53 am

10 Engineering Toys From Your Youth

I played with all 10 items on this Slide Show:

http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?se ... e_number=1

theholycow · Post by **theholycow** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:00 am

My nephew's 3rd birthday is coming up. Thank you for the shopping list.

Actually I already gave him Lincoln Logs last Christmas. He understands the idea but isn't any good at building yet.

I had some of that stuff, and some similar but more modern stuff.

noob5,000,000 · Post by **noob5,000,000** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 4:13 pm

If I still had all of my Legos, I'd be playing with them right now

. I knew a kid who had an Erector set, I was mad jelly.

Rope-Pusher · Post by **Rope-Pusher** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 4:26 pm

noob5,000,000 wrote:If I still had all of my Legos, I'd be playing with them right now . I knew a kid who had an Erector set, I was mad jelly.

Legos used to be more generic - now, a given Lego set builds a distinct object. Less creativity.

theholycow · Post by **theholycow** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:52 pm

Rope-Pusher wrote:Legos used to be more generic - now, a given Lego set builds a distinct object. Less creativity.

Only if you assemble it in the least imaginative way. Lego are still Lego, if you don't follow the directions they still work the same as they did before -- except you have a much better variety of specialized pieces.

Rope-Pusher · Post by **Rope-Pusher** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:10 pm

theholycow wrote:
Rope-Pusher wrote:Legos used to be more generic - now, a given Lego set builds a distinct object. Less creativity.
Only if you assemble it in the least imaginative way. Lego are still Lego, if you don't follow the directions they still work the same as they did before -- except you have a much better variety of specialized pieces.

No Kid ever begged for the Pirate Ship kit so he could make an Army Tank from it.

theholycow · Post by **theholycow** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:30 pm

Rope-Pusher wrote:No Kid ever begged for the Pirate Ship kit so he could make an Army Tank from it.

Doesn't matter. So he builds the pirate ship. Does he set sail and spend the rest of his life on it? No. Does he shellac it and put it in a trophy case? No. He builds it, displays it for a while, then tears it down and builds other stuff. Not to mention, he might just ask for a Lego set, not specifying which one, because he just wants Lego with which to build what he sees in his mind.

Sure, people are building what's pictured on the box, but that's not preempting them from building what they imagine. The kid who begs for the Pirate Ship kit wasn't imagining anything before, but he'll have the materials when he DOES think of something else to build.

Rope-Pusher · Post by **Rope-Pusher** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:26 pm

theholycow wrote:
Rope-Pusher wrote:No Kid ever begged for the Pirate Ship kit so he could make an Army Tank from it.
Doesn't matter. So he builds the pirate ship. Does he set sail and spend the rest of his life on it? No. Does he shellac it and put it in a trophy case?

No Shellac, but it stays a pirate ship up on a shelf.

noob5,000,000 · Post by **noob5,000,000** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:05 pm

I have noticed Legos becoming more 'specific'. Rather then using basic bricks to construct a component, many newer kits have specially molded single pieces that serve one purpose.

Rope-Pusher · Post by **Rope-Pusher** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:23 pm

The Legos handed down to me from an older cousin were just blocks of plastic, a set of blueprints and a whittling knife.

potownrob · Post by **potownrob** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:59 am

now THAT's my kind of eggo

that's right

Rope-Pusher · Post by **Rope-Pusher** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:28 am

potownrob wrote:

that's right

Your pic looks more like an Iggle.

THIS is a Falcon:

Tups · Post by **Tups** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 4:12 pm

I have this on my shelf and a box of assorted LEGOs in the storage room waiting for my future kid (or just me):

Also, if I'm what I played with, does that make me a dick?

theholycow · Post by **theholycow** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:28 pm

Tups wrote:Also, if I'm what I played with, does that make me a dick?

Rope-Pusher · Post by **Rope-Pusher** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 11:20 pm

Tups wrote:Also, if I'm what I played with, does that make me a dick?

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