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01/24/2006 Archived Entry: "Lego from the Sixties"

We had a bunch of Lego when we were growing up in the sixties. In addition to building houses and so on, we'd use them for mazes for our pet mice! Mario Ferrari has some reminiscences and pictures of the bricks, wheels, windows and roofs he had back then. "We had plenty of plates, which in the beginning were mainly grey and white. There were special plates as well for trains and vehicles. Plates were sold as spare parts in almost all sizes and colours (sigh!)."

I find that plates are in short supply in the Lego we buy for our grandson. Competitor Mega Bloks also has this flaw. (Via MAKE)

(tags: Lego, MakeZine, MarioFerrari)

Posted by Tara @ 01/25/2006 05:23 AM PST

I believe there's a Lego store at Bellevue Square mall, where you can buy individual pieces by the cup, which is pretty awesome. Cool Lego Stormtrooper keychains the last time I was there, though after a while in my pocket, all the ink rubbed off. :(

Posted by Timothy McClanahan @ 01/24/2006 09:46 AM PST