Comments on: Lego City http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/ Simple Living... Frugality... Gardening... Cooking From Scratch... Knifty Knitter Projects.. And More. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:11:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Aibal Couture http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/comment-page-1/#comment-11988 Aibal Couture Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:42:42 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/#comment-11988 My brother and I grew up playing with Lego. My parents always said it was the best thing they ever bought us. Indeed, we probably spent more time building with it than watching TV and playing with other toys combined. I think the best type of Lego is the generic kind that allows you to build anything your imagination can dream of. Buying Lego for your kids is a great investment! My brother and I grew up playing with Lego. My parents always said it was the best thing they ever bought us. Indeed, we probably spent more time building with it than watching TV and playing with other toys combined.
I think the best type of Lego is the generic kind that allows you to build anything your imagination can dream of. Buying Lego for your kids is a great investment!

]]> By: lightening http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/comment-page-1/#comment-10425 lightening Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:55:24 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/#comment-10425 Stuffy - Thanks for the links. You're always full of useful information. :) Jeanie - it is great for gifts isn't it as even if you double up on something, it doesn't really matter. Ian - yes, it's not cheap. But it really does last, unlike many toys these days. Katy - yes, the kits have their good and bad points don't they. Kate - we have a MASSIVE box of duplo. So much I'm not sure what we'll do with it now that we're starting on the Lego. Think I might take it to the shack as the kids are likely to play with it more there (and it's a nice safe toy they can still play with if younger cousins are around - unlike the smaller lego). River - I think I'm going to have to invest in some containers. Good idea about the ice cream containers though. I do need something for the kits. Jodi - I haven't seen the Indiana Jones stuff. Sounds like fun. Yeah, under the bed could be a good option. Easy to pull out and put away that way (and might stop the accumulation of other rubbish under there!). Gnometree - Those clip top boxes sound like a good idea. Will have to keep my eyes open for those. I have to admit, I haven't seen Lego with motors. My brothers had quite a bit but I don't think they ever had any motors with theirs. Lynette - you did write an essay didn't you! ;) Don't worry, I've been known to write long comments on blogs myself. All comments long and short are most welcome. LOVE the idea of a folder for the instructions. I'm going to do that - just found a couple in the matchbox car drawer today. The sheet is a good idea as well. Thanks for your thoughts. Jason - I think we might have some of the space lego as well although I'm not sure Farmboys mother has passed on all of his lego. I should ask him about that as I know she kept it all. Frogdancer - *snort* Your comment had me rolling around on the floor laughing. I'd have thought you were too frugal to vacuum up the Lego! :) Lynette - That place looks great. We will have to visit it sometime. Thanks. River - I wanted to buy a similar thing to this but Farmboy wouldn't let me - reckons we'd have nowhere to store it. :( As for making one....LOL...I don't think I'd ever get around to it either. Shelly - She's a crack up isn't she? :) Stuffy - Thanks for the links. You’re always full of useful information. :)

Jeanie - it is great for gifts isn’t it as even if you double up on something, it doesn’t really matter.

Ian - yes, it’s not cheap. But it really does last, unlike many toys these days.

Katy - yes, the kits have their good and bad points don’t they.

Kate - we have a MASSIVE box of duplo. So much I’m not sure what we’ll do with it now that we’re starting on the Lego. Think I might take it to the shack as the kids are likely to play with it more there (and it’s a nice safe toy they can still play with if younger cousins are around - unlike the smaller lego).

River - I think I’m going to have to invest in some containers. Good idea about the ice cream containers though. I do need something for the kits.

Jodi - I haven’t seen the Indiana Jones stuff. Sounds like fun. Yeah, under the bed could be a good option. Easy to pull out and put away that way (and might stop the accumulation of other rubbish under there!).

Gnometree - Those clip top boxes sound like a good idea. Will have to keep my eyes open for those. I have to admit, I haven’t seen Lego with motors. My brothers had quite a bit but I don’t think they ever had any motors with theirs.

Lynette - you did write an essay didn’t you! ;) Don’t worry, I’ve been known to write long comments on blogs myself. All comments long and short are most welcome. LOVE the idea of a folder for the instructions. I’m going to do that - just found a couple in the matchbox car drawer today. The sheet is a good idea as well. Thanks for your thoughts.

Jason - I think we might have some of the space lego as well although I’m not sure Farmboys mother has passed on all of his lego. I should ask him about that as I know she kept it all.

Frogdancer - *snort* Your comment had me rolling around on the floor laughing. I’d have thought you were too frugal to vacuum up the Lego! :)

Lynette - That place looks great. We will have to visit it sometime. Thanks.

River - I wanted to buy a similar thing to this but Farmboy wouldn’t let me - reckons we’d have nowhere to store it. :( As for making one….LOL…I don’t think I’d ever get around to it either.

Shelly - She’s a crack up isn’t she? :)

]]> By: shelly http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/comment-page-1/#comment-10413 shelly Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:08:08 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/#comment-10413 My friend had a tone of lego when I was a kid. I was always facinated by the astronauts with the tiny helmets. Frogdancers comment was funny. Lego sure is expensive to buy now though, thats for sure. Kids love it. My friend had a tone of lego when I was a kid. I was always facinated by the astronauts with the tiny helmets. Frogdancers comment was funny. Lego sure is expensive to buy now though, thats for sure. Kids love it.

]]> By: river http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/comment-page-1/#comment-10412 river Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:07:10 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/#comment-10412 My mum solved the cleaning up issue by using two double bedsheets sewn together to make a giant mat with a drawstring type arrangement around the edge. All bits had to be kept on the mat which wasn't hard as it was almost room sized. When the kids were finished playing the edges of the mat were lifted so that all bits fell to the middle then the drawstring was pulled tight. The whole bundle was then stored in an old baby bath. I wanted her to make me one too but she said I could make my own. I never did. My mum solved the cleaning up issue by using two double bedsheets sewn together to make a giant mat with a drawstring type arrangement around the edge. All bits had to be kept on the mat which wasn’t hard as it was almost room sized. When the kids were finished playing the edges of the mat were lifted so that all bits fell to the middle then the drawstring was pulled tight. The whole bundle was then stored in an old baby bath. I wanted her to make me one too but she said I could make my own. I never did.

]]> By: Lynette http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/comment-page-1/#comment-10410 Lynette Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:01:52 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/#comment-10410 A great spot to take your kiddies is the Lego Man in Tanunda. It only cost us a few dollars entry and his is sure a lego eccentric . one of a kind but very knowledgeable and apparently know world wide! The Lego Man - Angaston http://www.southaustralia.com/9000671.aspx A great spot to take your kiddies is the Lego Man in Tanunda. It only cost us a few dollars entry and his is sure a lego eccentric . one of a kind but very knowledgeable and apparently know world wide!

The Lego Man - Angaston

http://www.southaustralia.com/9000671.aspx

]]> By: Frogdancer http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/comment-page-1/#comment-10408 Frogdancer Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:46:44 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/#comment-10408 I found that storing Lego in the vacuum cleaner and then in the Big Rubbish Bin was an excellent way to keep the house looking uncluttered. I found that storing Lego in the vacuum cleaner and then in the Big Rubbish Bin was an excellent way to keep the house looking uncluttered.

]]> By: Jason http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/comment-page-1/#comment-10407 Jason Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:35:27 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/#comment-10407 I used to love space lego when I was young - I had a huge collection of it (I worked out once that new all the sets I had were worth $300+ - and this was 1980s prices :-) ). I'd carry large tubs of it around to a friends house in the holidays, and we'd spend all day making various things. My two prides of joy was a large-ish space ship, and one of the "moon base" sets. Neither of them were the largest kits available (no way my parents could afford them), but I loved them all the same. Later on I got into Technic, but I never really had the same passion for it as my space lego. I ended up selling all my lego (space and regular) to my cousins. No idea what they did with it after they got older. I used to love space lego when I was young - I had a huge collection of it (I worked out once that new all the sets I had were worth $300+ - and this was 1980s prices :-) ). I’d carry large tubs of it around to a friends house in the holidays, and we’d spend all day making various things. My two prides of joy was a large-ish space ship, and one of the “moon base” sets. Neither of them were the largest kits available (no way my parents could afford them), but I loved them all the same.

Later on I got into Technic, but I never really had the same passion for it as my space lego.

I ended up selling all my lego (space and regular) to my cousins. No idea what they did with it after they got older.

]]> By: Lynette http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/comment-page-1/#comment-10404 Lynette Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:33:16 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/#comment-10404 We too have lego dating back at least 3 decades to when my hubby spent his hard saved pocket money at the local outlet in Clare.... and since then we have added more as son 1 loved lego and was more creative than son 2 is although he too has some of his own..... We now have that and much more safely tucked away under a bed in a wheeled storage keeper or 2! I find its the flat roads and boards that are hardest to store and also the platforms for the castles etc.. At times, the kids sorted it out into colour coded pots but this only lasts so long and is great when rebuilding a specific piece but not so good for the creative make your own exhibition. I used to put down a plain colour flat sheet for them to build on and at the end of the play session i would simply get them to take off the half built creations and pull the sheet up into a pile ready for play the next day...... it saved on pieces going everywhere and also patience. We did keep the boxes for a while but certainly have all the instruction sheets stored safely away in a folder with clear pages..... To help the kids I used to allocate them our formal lounge for the school holidyas and it would be filled with lego displays and the latest craze has been using the camera/video to make little videos using lego men as stunts etc.. its fab when its really hot or wet ... even the 13 yo gets into that.. they wanted to post some on Youtube but maybe later....(there are fantastic Lego videoclipson the web) If your kids rebuild and find they have lost pieces, you can buy spare parts if you care to... A friend of ours used to remake the models he wanted to sell and bag up and sell at the school boot sale.. if I didnt get in beforehand and buy them for little gifts... a great idea though. I dont think I will ever sell our Lego collection - I can see it as one of those items that is passed down generations as this one has already. If i wanted to I would need to seek permission from at least 4 shareholders! Blocks were always my fav toys as a child...vs dolls..... they give so much scope and stretch ones braincells.... kids get such a sense of achievement and often suprise themselves and us what they make..... even big kids and dads can get down on the carpet and have a wonderful relaxing time with the kids.. I recently heard of a 30+ guy who bought some more for himself and he and his pregnant wife spent the Christmas holidays making Lego sets together... never too old or too young. Better go b4 I fill up the blog. We too have lego dating back at least 3 decades to when my hubby spent his hard saved pocket money at the local outlet in Clare…. and since then we have added more as son 1 loved lego and was more creative than son 2 is although he too has some of his own…..

We now have that and much more safely tucked away under a bed in a wheeled storage keeper or 2! I find its the flat roads and boards that are hardest to store and also the platforms for the castles etc..

At times, the kids sorted it out into colour coded pots but this only lasts so long and is great when rebuilding a specific piece but not so good for the creative make your own exhibition.

I used to put down a plain colour flat sheet for them to build on and at the end of the play session i would simply get them to take off the half built creations and pull the sheet up into a pile ready for play the next day…… it saved on pieces going everywhere and also patience.

We did keep the boxes for a while but certainly have all the instruction sheets stored safely away in a folder with clear pages…..

To help the kids I used to allocate them our formal lounge for the school holidyas and it would be filled with lego displays and the latest craze has been using the camera/video to make little videos using lego men as stunts etc.. its fab when its really hot or wet … even the 13 yo gets into that.. they wanted to post some on Youtube but maybe later….(there are fantastic Lego videoclipson the web)

If your kids rebuild and find they have lost pieces, you can buy spare parts if you care to…

A friend of ours used to remake the models he wanted to sell and bag up and sell at the school boot sale.. if I didnt get in beforehand and buy them for little gifts… a great idea though.

I dont think I will ever sell our Lego collection - I can see it as one of those items that is passed down generations as this one has already. If i wanted to I would need to seek permission from at least 4 shareholders!

Blocks were always my fav toys as a child…vs dolls….. they give so much scope and stretch ones braincells…. kids get such a sense of achievement and often suprise themselves and us what they make….. even big kids and dads can get down on the carpet and have a wonderful relaxing time with the kids.. I recently heard of a 30+ guy who bought some more for himself and he and his pregnant wife spent the Christmas holidays making Lego sets together… never too old or too young.

Better go b4 I fill up the blog.

]]> By: Gnometree http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/comment-page-1/#comment-10403 Gnometree Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:38:06 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/#comment-10403 The kids lego is in a big tub all mixed together, but it just the generic blocks. ACW's lego, however, is all the "LegoTechnic" stuff with kits that just aren't available anymore. Cogs and wheels and motors (Yes motors!) and tracks, just like trailer boys. He is pretty fussy about his lego (boys never grow up). He has it all sorted by size in little sistema clip top boxes and has written on the top what is in it eg 8x2x2 or 2x2x2 (length x width x height - the standard bricks are the 8x2x2). The cogs are in a little box, the wheels in another etc. All these lettle boxes are in a big plastic tub stored where the kids can't get it and it only comes out for them to play with under his supervision (rolls eyes). But I guess it is HIS lego..... The kids lego is in a big tub all mixed together, but it just the generic blocks. ACW’s lego, however, is all the “LegoTechnic” stuff with kits that just aren’t available anymore. Cogs and wheels and motors (Yes motors!) and tracks, just like trailer boys. He is pretty fussy about his lego (boys never grow up). He has it all sorted by size in little sistema clip top boxes and has written on the top what is in it eg 8×2x2 or 2×2x2 (length x width x height - the standard bricks are the 8×2x2). The cogs are in a little box, the wheels in another etc. All these lettle boxes are in a big plastic tub stored where the kids can’t get it and it only comes out for them to play with under his supervision (rolls eyes). But I guess it is HIS lego…..

]]> By: Jodi http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/comment-page-1/#comment-10402 Jodi Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:21:09 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/12/lego-city/#comment-10402 We love it! I tell you what, the Indianna Jones Lego is awesome! I got some for Christmas (who could resisit a wee lego-man Indianna Jones!) Then H bought himself some as well. It took us ages to build it all and the detail is awesome. H has a box full of bits and some of D's old old old stuff. The creations they come up with are amazing. Storage - I have a plastic tub with wheels that lives under the bed, and the bits came in a plastic tub. It's the playing with it on the carpet and not quite cleaning it up properly that's the issue here! We love it! I tell you what, the Indianna Jones Lego is awesome! I got some for Christmas (who could resisit a wee lego-man Indianna Jones!) Then H bought himself some as well. It took us ages to build it all and the detail is awesome.

H has a box full of bits and some of D’s old old old stuff. The creations they come up with are amazing.

Storage - I have a plastic tub with wheels that lives under the bed, and the bits came in a plastic tub. It’s the playing with it on the carpet and not quite cleaning it up properly that’s the issue here!

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