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Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
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Date: 
Tue, 2 Nov 1999 18:42:43 GMT
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Timothy Carl Buchheim wrote:

> Gary Istok wrote:
> 
> 
> > I agree, how Ameri-centric of them.  I saw the show, and thought for sure that
> > LEGO would be #1.  Play-doo beat out LEGO, get real.  Lincoln Logs beat out
> > LEGO?  Yeah, when was the last time Lincoln Logs could build any thing except
> > a Log Cabin?
> 
> hmm.. we need horizontal log bricks so we can build log cabins..
> shouldn't be too hard to make, and they'd be useful for all sorts of
> things (unlike lincoln logs)
> 
> i had lincoln logs and tinker toys when i was young, but you don't see
> me using them now..   On the other hand, I can see myself getting out my
> erector sets to build something.
> 
> --
> Tim Buchheim

Tim,  I agree.  Erector set, is definitely worth the top 10 list.  It could be what
inspired the LEGO Technic System.

Gary Istok



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(...) sure that (...) beat out (...) thing except (...) my (...) could be what (...) Well, Gary and Tim... I gotta step in and disagree with you on something here. As the son of a life-long Meccano collector your comments on Erector sets make me (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) hmm.. we need horizontal log bricks so we can build log cabins.. shouldn't be too hard to make, and they'd be useful for all sorts of things (unlike lincoln logs) i had lincoln logs and tinker toys when i was young, but you don't see me using (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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