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The constraints of a medium are often the appeal. Not to mention, a quick glance over Gilbert stuff and it strikes me as utterly charmless. The global and unive

• skookumchuck 8y ago
  > utterly charmless Really? I find them utterly beguiling :-) http://www.girdersandgears.com/models/hs-stabilstreetcar.html http://www.girdersandgears.com/models/hs-stabilstreetcar.htm... http://www.girdersandgears.com/erector-zeppelin.html http://www.girdersandgears.com/erector-zeppelin.html > global ... appeal of Lego Oh, I know. It just falls flat with me. I'd happily decorate my office with Gilbert constructions like the pictures linked, but never Lego ones.
  • icebraining 8y ago
    Oh, man, a 28! I used to take that tram to school. I'm not trying to "show you wrong" or anything like that (unlike the idiots who downvoted you I have no problem with your preference for Erector), but curiously, the real thing is colorful (and mostly made of wood, not metal): https://oranatravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tram-28-lisbon-cathedral.jpg https://oranatravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tram-28-l...
    • skookumchuck 8y ago
      I love clanky, rattling, screeching, grinding old streetcars, too! > idiots who downvoted you No problem with that, I knew I'd be stepping in it to post my distaste for Legos. I've put together many Lego sets over the years for others who were a bit too young for them, and found them tedious and the results something I'd prefer to discard. A spaceship that looks like a stack of bricks is not appealing, and they'd just fall apart when the kids would try to play with them.
      • Bendingo 8y ago
        > they'd just fall apart Agree. I had Meccano sets as a kid - best toy/kit ever! Wish I still had them.