FischerTechnik is better.
The basic pieces are much more flexible: 
Posted on 01/28/2008 2:28:52 PM PST by Squidpup
On Monday, Lego is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the day it filed its first patent for the iconic plastic brick. Since the beginning, Lego sets have been themed, and the very first theme was space. Not long afterward, Lego added castle and pirate themes. One of the first major elements of the "System of Play" was the Lego Town Plan. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, the company is releasing a new, updated commemorative Town Plan this year. While updated, it includes '50s-era elements like a gas station, car wash, and garage, plus a movie theater and, of course, a town hall.
The original Town Plan box from 1955 featured Lego founder Ole Kirk Christiansen's grandson Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen as a boy. The 2008 Town Plan box once again features him, this time as a grown man.
Over the years, the Lego brick has become one of the most recognized toys in the world, and millions upon millions of people have spent countless hours playing with the bricks and the sets they're part of. But Lego's first supplementary sets came out in 1956, two years prior to the company filing its patent for the now-famous plastic brick. In 1956, the company exported its first products to Germany.
This year, Lego is also celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Minifigure, small figures of people included in many Lego sets today.
Credit: Steve Scott/misbi.com
THAT is a good deal. I saw one bulk sale of 70 pounds of Lego (yes, 70 pounds); it was a combination of about several dozen sets.
I like your idea of buying several complete sets and gifting them over a long period of time; that is efficient! How did you keep them hidden until it was time to wrap them?
In the garage, and a strict rule: If you see your presents, they go back. Actually, they were old enough that after the first few years they did see them and put dibs on this or that set. :D I had 3 boys to give them to.
What was the shipping on the 70 lbs?
*although I am done buying Legos! Some of these sets were discontinued themes, which made them harder to find.
One note: We were a military family and the kids were used to seeing things in boxes in the garage, so it didn’t seem strange to them or attract undue attention.
I think that the shipping was in the neighbourhood of $50. Some of my colleagues at work were tempted to “chip in” for the auction including the shipping.
It’s good that the “mystery” was preserved for a while. :-)
That Lego Castrovalva is amazing.
Duplo are the bigger ones for younger kids.
Mega Bloks is the cheaper one. Ask me, I’ve bought them all. Legos, Mega Bloks, Flexi blocks. Those were the days. :)
Ours were made by Tyco, as I recall, and it seems like they had some sort of other name rather than Mega Bloks, but you could be right! They were mostly compatible, but the bumps were a little shorter, so sometimes they didn’t grip as well. The real ones tended to get used first.
And yeah, now I remember the Duplos! I think we had a set or two of those mixed into the rest...
My 11 year old son went to a Lego Engineering School last year at a local college. They used Lego’s to learn about structures, building, cantilevers etc.
Lego’s are far better than any toy out there, especially for boys (except toy guns). I’m thrilled when I see a hald dozen boys piled around a mountain of Lego’s in the living room.
Have you seen this?
FischerTechnik is better.
The basic pieces are much more flexible:
I missed the anniversary.
I love LEGOs.
Thanks for the ping!
But what did Google do???!!!111one
They celebrated with donuts and kool-aid.
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