Lego Instructions from the 70s

[mirth]

Love it




http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Lego-Instructions-From-1970s-36164980

[LongBlade]

No kidding. The only downside was the paucity of specialized parts. I remember when I got my first 45 degree angled blocks for underneath. It was epic. I don't know what I'd do with myself today if I bought a few thousand random blocks and was given a weekend to myself.

[mirth]

When I was a kid, I dreamt of having the custom pieces that are common today. I did a few sketches of parts for Star Wars models. I was always trying to get my hands on the gray and white space pieces so I could build my own approximations of Tie Fighters, X-Wings, etc.

I didn't have a huge collection of legos, but I wish I still had them. They were by far my favorite toys.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I think it's fake.  It's missing some needed apostrophes and the printing looks like an ink jet.

[mirth]

LEGO confirmed the authenticity.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Yeah but they're a bunch of socialist, hippy-dippy, free thinking types.  You can't trust them to remember anything prior to the 5 minutes before their last bong hit.   

[mirth]

They make cool toys.

[LongBlade]

Yeah but they're a bunch of socialist, hippy-dippy, free thinking types.  You can't trust them to remember anything prior to the 5 minutes before their last bong hit.   

That puts us in a conundrum. We don't want to encourage hippy socialist, but as Mirth notes they make good toys.

Why does Life have to be so complicated?   ;)

[OJsDad]

I thought they were Danes.

[Con]

No kidding. The only downside was the paucity of specialized parts. I remember when I got my first 45 degree angled blocks for underneath. It was epic. I don't know what I'd do with myself today if I bought a few thousand random blocks and was given a weekend to myself.

I think you would make a lego sex doll.  I hear it can be painful though

Con

[Gusington]

^HAHAHA

Interesting you guys brought up the specialized pieces...I notice that too in the sets I build with my kids. The sets the have today just blow my mind, they're awesome.

I have never outgrown Lego, btw.

Or kids clothes [necessary short joke inserted]

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Holy crap, Gus is Baby Finster!

[jomni]

At least they didn't have tie ups with movies and cartoons  before.

[bayonetbrant]

At least they didn't have tie ups with movies and cartoons  before.

We made up our own

[Gusington]

Baby Finster has more facial hair.

"Don't you play with the dirty money!"