Comments on: The Early History of LEGO

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:45:38 +0000

LEGO bricks or toys are awesome, but I hate the new sets where every piece is a weird shape made specifically to build a robot or whatever. Why bother with LEGO (bricks or toys) when you could just buy an identical, premade robot? I’ll stick to standard square/rectangle incarnations, thank you.

posted by adrienne on 8-21-2008 at 12:03 am
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I’m with adrienne on this one. It’s so much more fun when you see what you can create with only the basic blocks.

posted by nutmeag on 8-21-2008 at 7:18 am

I AGREE WITH THESE TWO, LEGO RULES

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:57 +0000

You want to get lawyers contacting you about brand names in a hurry? Just refer to something as being similar to “a Zamboni” in an article and you’ll quickly be informed that the Zamboni is a brand name for an “ice conditioning machine” and should not be referred to that way.

By: The Count

The Count — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:56:40 +0000

The admonition against calling the pieces “LEGOS” vs “LEGO bricks or toys” is simply about the LEGO trademark and potential brand name dilution. They are simply trying to keep the name from becoming a generic description of a building block toy.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:16:55 +0000

During the World War years toys were made primarily of wood or pasteboard because of the unavailibility of metals due to the ‘war effort’. For Christmas 1942 at the age of seven I was the lucky recipient of a small set of “American Bricks” – the wooden version. Because of my love for this toy, the following Christmas I got a much, much larger set to augment my original small set. These may well have been the forerunner of Legos as they were similar to the size of the Legos.
There are actually old sets available on eBay – mostly as a later plastic version but still some in the original wood configuration. I’ve been tempted by nostalgia.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:17:15 +0000

I have been getting Lego sets for my birthdays, special occasions and Christmas. I find that my older sets hold up better when played with. The newer and bigger sets tend to fall apart when moved. And Lego makes a fortune with the Star Wars sets! Because my parents really like SW and now my brother and I do too!

By: SoloMom

SoloMom — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:31:20 +0000

OMG! I can’t believe it! I just looked at my son’s birthday present, NXT 2.0. And it did say components made in Denmark, China… Argh! I actually paid over $300 for something made in China. Shame on Lego! I will have to be more careful when I buy Lego next time.

By: pf

pf — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:11:46 +0000

Lego parts made in China? Wow!

By: pf

pf — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:54:26 +0000

I hate it that Lego parts are now made in China. It is a matter of time before some parts get recalled. It will be a major headache to locate all the pieces that get recalled since we have so many sets and they are scattered all over!

By: kandice

kandice — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:34:16 +0000

i LOVE legos! they are awsome. i like the littel people. but i wish that they would make more girl loego people tho. o well…..

By: SkyGirl

SkyGirl — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:31:50 +0000

I think all building toys are great. Whenever you hear the history of an inovative person, they will always mention a building toy that fueled thier imagination.
Note to all parents buy these toys for your kids now, we need all the crative people we can get.