Your Favorite Building "Blocks"

[rbattelle]

I was getting a little nostalgic earlier for building "blocks", and got to wondering what others played with as a kid.

I was a "Construx" guy. I swear it was all I played with.

Ryan

 

[Alphacowboy]

Lego guy here... miss them tremndously! :-laf I have thought about buying some, but the new sets completely have no imagination to them... nothing like the old school stuff. Might have to looking to buying some stuff from e-bay or something. Legos were the bomb!

 

[obert]

I had about a million pieces of Lego. Also had my dad's old lincoln log set from the 50's.

 

[PToombs]

When I was little I had Lincoln logs. Most of them are in the buckets 4 feet from me. Correction, I looked at the bucket, American Logs.



I voted for the Erector set though. When I got that, at 11 or 12, I was hooked. I wore out 3 motor units. 1 I pulled the motor itself out and used it for a gear reduction unit. That set is right here in sight also. When the 5 year old gets the right age, and respect for good toys, he gets it.

 

[PC12Driver]

I had a bunch of legos as a kid. I agree, some of the imagination is lost in some of the new kits. But on the other hand, they didn't have this kit either.

 

[JGrefenstette]

I used to combine lincoln log sets and makes mountain top fortresses. me and my brothers would see who could make the biggest baddest cabin. i love the lincoln logs.

 

[CumminsBu]

Dirt, Snow, Lego, Knexs, and Erector Set.

My kids have Legos.

 

[nickleinonen]

lego was what me and my friends played with. . i had a bunch of the construx stuff too. . i probably have all of them still around in the basement somewhere...

 

[Woodenhead]

My brother and I played with Lego for years. Then we started building Lego houses with fire crackers built into the house. They kept getting bigger with more fire crackers tied together on a long wick. Take em outside, light em off, find the parts and do it all over again . That Lego is tough stuff, my little cousins are playing with the stuff now 20+ years later.



The wife got me a big tub of tinker toys for Christmas last year and a tub of lincoln logs the year before . I'll keep em for my son just in case they don't have anymore normal toys in a few years. Ya never know, it might be all video games and toxic chinese crap in a few years.



Mike

 

[DodgeWarlock]

The first blocks I had were scrap on a construction site in a 5 gallon bucket. Then came Tinker Toys and Lincoln logs. Then some blocks that looked like Legos(but did not fit) and built military vessels with helicopters. Then I got Legos and my world changed. I never quite playing with Legos. Even now I play with my kids. :-laf

 

[Dl5treez]

Tinker toys... . I still know how to build a bad-*** rail dragster out of 'em. :-laf

 

[JR2]

I voted for Lincoln Logs, they rule. I also have tons of Legos, I have a duffel bag full in my closet, just waiting for my little guys to get old enough not to eat them. Most of them are 15-30 years old... so old school legos. You know, no funny shapes, just blocks.

 

[obert]

... just waiting for my little guys to get old enough not to eat them... .

:-laf:-laf I know what ya mean!



Man, I forgot about the tinker-toys! they come before lincoln logs. My bro and i had one hell of a set, you could build evrything! It was in an old cardboard can with a tin lid, it, too might have been something from Dad's era.

 

[JFlagg]

I voted for Legos too, but I also had an Erector set and Lincoln logs... . And I agree those Legos are tough, they could take a direct hit from my Daisy BB gun with barely a dent, lol.



And a tip from my Dad: make sure those things are cleaned up before the kids go to bed, stepping on Legos barefoot in the dark hurts like a SOB.

 

[nickleinonen]

And a tip from my Dad: make sure those things are cleaned up before the kids go to bed, stepping on Legos barefoot in the dark hurts like a SOB.

i remember doing that... :{

 

[Dieselnut59]

I loved the Erector Set. Lots of tiny screws, was made of galvanized metal with sharp edges. Would kill most of the wussified children coming up these days! They might get "hurt" and in this coddle from cradle to grave society, we can't have any of that! Gotta take the risk factor out of everything, ya know!?

 

[obert]

I loved the Erector Set. Lots of tiny screws, was made of galvanized metal with sharp edges. Would kill most of the wussified children coming up these days! They might get "hurt" and in this coddle from cradle to grave society, we can't have any of that! Gotta take the risk factor out of everything, ya know!?

:-laf

Not my kids. My son is no stranger to a good ol' fashioned scraped knee, or worse. We rotate Urgent Care offices, though, dont want them calling childrens' services...



Wife is p #@$%! isssed about possible (probable?) mandates for Chicken pox vaccine, and recomendation of flu vacc. for kids.



FWIW: My kids couldnt vote this poll :{ Son (4yrs) has "classic" tinker toy and lincoln logs, does little with them. Spends all day driving trucks around the living room.



Daughter is 4 mo. , she just poops and sleeps.

 

[Missouri Mule]

I have 5 brothers (one Sister) so we had plenty of Lincoln logs and Legos. We would see who could build the highest structure without it falling over (the goal was to reach the ceiling).

 

[DJW]

I used to play with a neighbors kids building blocks, (we were too poor to buy them, and I and he were too old to eat them) now whenever I see a Frank Lloyd Wright building I can see what inspired the maker. Or the other way round?

 

[AMink]

I loved Legos, but Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys were a close second and third. My older son likes the Lego Bionicles and Star Wars stuff, but never liked the ones that are "just blocks"! I will admit some of the new Lego sets are amazing, but some are just way too expensive!