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Back in my day... These gray brick seperators cost us like, $1.99!! Now, they just give them away for free!! SMH (lemmy.world)
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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Back in my day, we used our teeth.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I mean we still can. I remember some bricks being chewed up like a dog went at it. But, nope, it was just wee little me.

[–] tiny_mouse@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The real question is… what did y’all call them? My family’s nickname was:

Brick-unstick

[–] statler_waldorf@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

Ever since the Yellow Submarine set, we call them the Yoko Ono, because it can break up the Beatles.

[–] remon@ani.social 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But even 20+ years ago one was included in pretty much every medium sized set, so there wasn't really a need to buy them individually.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I never got one in a single set as a kid.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Even with the old Sandcrawler set you didn't get a separator. Not once in all my years buying sets in the early-mid 2000s was there a brick separator included. You had to buy that shit separately, and the stores I went to never had them in person, so it was like something you had to order online.

Now, they give them to you with pretty much any set of over 1,000 pieces or so.