Tonight I have built..........

[RobJShe]

This Lego fire station complete with fire engines:



My little boy who is 3 and a half has discovered that "proper" Lego is better than his Duplo, because in a flurry of bricks Daddy can rustle up most things. When Daddy said he had a Lego fire station he wanted me to build it so having gone through a mass of random bricks to find the right bits, and instructions found on the internet I have come up with the goods.

[f1nn]

Jesus, that has brought backsome memories!

That was one of the first sets I was ever given, what, maybe 25 years ago!!!!

[Alfahorn]

That's cool.

Anyone who doesn't think Lego is cool is GAY!

[SS HSV]

Lego IS gay..

Meccano is for real men

and I'm not talking about the plastic stuff either

[Munter]

You just "happened" to find your lego did you. After all this time.

I put it to the court that the accused does in fact still play with his lego and that his child is just an excuse....

How do you plead?

[Captain Volvo]

I remember when you needed imagination to have Lego. Stuff didn't look like it should and a "car" was made of square bricks with some wheels on - Take the wheels off and add a roof and it became a house etc....

And I'm only 37.

[RobJShe]

Guilty as charged M`Lud

[SS2.]

Captain Volvo said:

I remember when you needed imagination to have Lego. Stuff didn't look like it should and a "car" was made of square bricks with some wheels on - Take the wheels off and add a roof and it became a house etc....

Old school..

[Ordinary Bloke]

Captain Volvo said:

I remember when you needed imagination to have Lego. Stuff didn't look like it should and a "car" was made of square bricks with some wheels on - Take the wheels off and add a roof and it became a house etc....

And I'm only 37.

The only non-brick-like bits were wheels. Usually missing a tyre or railway wheels. Lego pieces were white, red or blue. No lego people or trees'n'sh1t in my day laddie...

Edited by Ordinary Bloke on Friday 1st August 21:26

[Busamav]

when i were lad the were no lego , just "betta bilda" blocks , red white or black

Edited by Busamav on Friday 1st August 21:30

[Astacus]

Captain Volvo said:

I remember when you needed imagination to have Lego. Stuff didn't look like it should and a "car" was made of square bricks with some wheels on - Take the wheels off and add a roof and it became a house etc....

And I'm only 37.

Oh yes

[Ordinary Bloke]

Busamav said:

when i were lad the were no lego , just "better builer" blocks , red white or black

I bet they were made out of bakelite, weren't they? Between the wars?

[Busamav]

not quite that old , but they were very brittle plastic


just googled it , it was Betta Bilda

Edited by Busamav on Friday 1st August 21:32

[matc]

I won that fire engine in a competition on ceefax!! It was one of the 1st sight & sound sets in the UK......... on of the happiest days of my life

[Red Firecracker]

Those trees hurt like a bugger if you step on them in bare feet though

[B17NNS]

Anyone else used to be into Linka?

You got a pack of rubber moulds that you poured plaster of paris into and then built houses, stations all sorts.

Oooh, just found a linky http://www.linkaworld.com/

Edited by B17NNS on Friday 1st August 21:37

[Negative Creep]

What really annoys me about Lego is that they didn't release Lego Star Wars until I was a teenager. As everyone here will know, making an X Wing or Tie fighter with regular Lego is impossible. Still, never too old to start, I just need a kid so I have an excuse..............

[Goochie]

f1nn said:

Jesus, that has brought backsome memories!

That was one of the first sets I was ever given, what, maybe 25 years ago!!!!

Same here!!

[HRG]

Astacus said:

Captain Volvo said:

I remember when you needed imagination to have Lego. Stuff didn't look like it should and a "car" was made of square bricks with some wheels on - Take the wheels off and add a roof and it became a house etc....

And I'm only 37.

Oh yes

If you wanted a Lego person you had to make them from... Lego

[Deltaf01]

You needed "instructions" to build that?