K'NEX v. Legos

Lego, duh (though not as a countable noun obv).

no Construx no cred

legos will win for being classic, but k'nex are underrated imo

erector set denied btw

Two different kinds of toys for two different kinds of building.

I mean, you might as well throw Capsela on this list, too

Lego ftw.

My son bought a Meccano set last week. Lots of tiny wee screws and fiddly bits, total pain in the arse to put together but nice models.

My other son has Lego and Bendaroos on his Christmas list - no idea if Bendaroos are any good but the new Lego Games series is nice (you build a board game before playing it, giving it more of a life than the standard kits).

capsula was dope

Playmobil. Fuck the rest

^^ crazy talk, not even in the same toy genre!

this, on the other hand:

no Construx no cred

these were a legitimate competitor for my playtime when I was 6-7 years old.

Lego, clearly. Although this appears to be where that misplaced American S that should be on the end of 'maths' turned up.

K'NEX v. Logos

legos. i saw tinkertoys in a store yesterday, that was some old timey crystal radio shit there.

my kid was obsessed with bendaroos for weeks before obtaining them. they occupied about 10 minutes of his attention upon playing with them.

millsner, i was kidding. never really into building, i lack the skillzors. :-)

Aren't Benderoos just expensive pipe cleaners?

is anyone actually going to vote k'nex

Capsela was awesome but mad expensive IIRC

anyone remember tente?

spanish, lego-ish blocks that were a bit more fiddly than the real thing. some nice parts for making vehicles. i had a few when i was younger, but never enough to make anything really impressive.

The spaced themed Tente sets were available in the UK in the 80's, but they took third place after Megablox.

Lincoln Logs

Also, voted Lego b/c of their supreme design skills, and I still want this shirt:

http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/clothing/bodycolor:navy/product:tshirt/size:large/style:mens/view:preview/534765-12-space-lego.jpg

I had about 5 or 6 Tente blocks mixed in with my bucket of Legos and I was always frustrated that they weren't compatible with anything else.

if you don't vote for lego in this you are either a retard or a contrarian ass motherfucker

I had about 5 or 6 Tente blocks mixed in with my bucket of Legos and I was always frustrated that they weren't compatible with anything else.

Lego are the microsoft of the building brick world

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4651/tumblrkpkw3avukb1qzk2up.jpg

Did anyone else have Zaks growing up? They were fun!

I had those, too! Holy shit, completely forgot about them.

I had a problem with some of the connecting teeth breaking from fatigue.

(xxpost) Sticklebricks are crap - the fingers always break off, you only ever see them in playgroups, then they have dried matter stuck on them, just totally gross and bleurgh.

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* Construction set

1

* 1:48 scale

A

* Anchor Stone Blocks
* Automoblox

B

* Bayko
* Built to Rule

C

* COKO (toys)
* Capsela
* Chaos Machine
* Cleversticks
* Cobi (building blocks)
* Conrad (company)
* Construx

E

* Erector Set
* EXÍN Castles

F

* Fischertechnik
* Flair Leisure Products
* Froebel Gifts

G

* GIK
* Geomag
* Girder and Panel building sets

J

* Jovo

K

* K'NEX
* K'NEX Pieces
* KEVA planks
* Kapla
* Kiddicraft
* Konstruk-Tubes

L

* Lego
* Lincoln Logs
* Loc Blocs

M

* MEGA Brands
* Märklin
* Magnetix
* Meccano
* Mega Bloks Pyrates
* Merkur (toy)
* Minibrix

N

* NGD Studios
* NZG

P

* Philiform
* Playskool Pipeworks

P cont.

* Pontiki
* Programmable Cricket

R

* Rasti
* Robotix (toys)
* Rokenbok

S

* Skyline (construction set)
* Steel Tec
* Stickle bricks
* Super City (toy)

T

* Tente (Toys)
* Tinkertoy
* Tog'l
* Toobers & Zots
* Toy block
* Trix (construction sets)

U

* Unit block

Z

* Zaks
* Zome
* Zoomorphs

ocd time:

http://www.thisoldtoy.com/fisher-price/dept-7-playsets/f-construx/a-construx-index.html

^^^ I remember that the TV ads were offputtingly macho.
Robotix was in a similar macho sensibility. More like Shitbotix actually, as the parts were held together by friction, and eventually wouldn't stay together.

been playing with mega bloks this afternoon, with my godson. He was only really interesting in the large bag they came in, whereas I decided to make the tallest tower known to man

can yr legos do this:

http://pennportal.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/knex.jpg

my childhood basically consisted of reenacting episodes of "The Real World" with Mortal Kombat action figures and K'NEX/Lincoln Log villages

(xpost) but think about how much Lego you could buy for $500.

dumb q: can you buy generic lego sets? or is it all spaceships and stuff now?

You can still buy them, but only online or from a very large toy store.

I loved Construx because it had all those glow-in-the-dark pieces and sets that looked like weird
space modules

http://www.thisoldtoy.com/fisher-price/dept-7-playsets/f-construx/1-pics/Instructions/fpt6543-mn6025-booklet.jpg

We were also really into Omagles. Had furniture built out of them. Also made forts and pretend boats (for simulating Indiana Jones)

http://www.thetoyguy.com/toyreviews/art/omagles.jpg

generic lego are best purchased either thru bulk on ebay or craigslist or stuff like Bricklink.

CL ads have stuff like:

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/tag/1505200097.html

62 lbs of legos - 2 big contaiers - $275 (vancouver, wa)

Date: 2009-12-11, 7:51AM PST
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I have 2 big plastic totes full of lego's. I weighed them at 62 lbs total. There could be a few mega blocks in them, but is certainly mostly lego.

There are quite a few nice sets that I bought the kids over the years, but they are not seperated into sets now.

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legos dude! k'nex are some weak sauce

can yr k'nex do this?

http://www.splitreflection.com/img/strx/ATATScale.JPG

uh, probably...

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Oh my god, fucking for real, assholes?

Who are the six crazy people?

there are six communists on ILX

Actually there are 47 blind sheep and 6 people who really know what's going on.

Lego = RATM, K'Nex = Joe