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For the last time, I'm not buying you Legos, we have American Plastic Bricks at home (hexbear.net)
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[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gotta love that knock off ass name lol

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Apparently these actually pre-dated Lego.

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah, Elgo had their stuff in 1941 (based on a wooden version made by Halsam in the 1930s called "American Bricks") while Lego started selling theirs in 1949.

Apparently they were shit, though. Boomers who had them complained they were hard to take apart.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nintendo also made their own version back when they were a toy company which I hear were difficult to pull apart too

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

You think there were kids in the 1890s who were so obsessed with Hanafuda some parents rolled their eyes and said “you and your nintendos”

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What kind of Eldritch pact did the Danes make to figure out plastic toy bricks that don't suck

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They promised to never invade Ireland again

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A pact with the Americans. I'm pretty sure it was some kind of Marshall aid programme that allowed the small provincial wooden toy maker to buy a modern plastic injection moulding machine after WWII.