Lego - Fun to share, great to stare

[Daddydoink]

Well, since @Anonymous put a spotlight on my one hobby that doesn't require electricity (with exception of the train tracks, which is for another post) and gets me hopping about (in excitement or pain)*, I've decided to start a little Lego topic here for us all to post photos of our creations - from the instructions or from our own minds... actually, thinking about it, perhaps we need to start a poster-exclusion list now - I've read the rumours thread, you know.  

So, welcome to the Lego Topic - a place for the creative person in all of us to look, to enjoy, to share, to dribble over**, to contribute, to suggest, to.... something or other... just make sure you clean up after yourself.

More info

*I need to order some thick slippers for Christmas, I think. Or, you know, clean up after myself.

**Of course dribbling is allowed - this isn't a branch of Dixons, you know.

Lego Table V2 (yes, there was a Version 1)

[Anonymous]

Luv it

Lego has come a long way since I last looked, & you have encouraged me to buy myself a set for Christmas

[Daddydoink]

Glad I encouraged haha! Next on the list will be to build up the street and some stalls...

[Anonymous]

I'm curious @Daddydoink this Lego 'environment' you build including trains / trams / buildings / etc

Do you build from a pattern ie instruction book ..... or ..... do you buy your bricks say from an online source & make the builds up 'from your head' ?

[Daddydoink]

Its all from my head usually, although if I want to achieve a particular idea I might use another build as inspiration. I will do a post at some point about the buildings and how you can just lift them off...

[Toby]

Great to see @Daddydoink, the last photo is my favourite  

Have you seen the brick separator tool for those thin pieces, its quite a cool tool!

[Daddydoink]

Its a very useful tool - I have several. I'm off to London today, so might pop into the Lego store in Westfield... I know I need more bricks, windows and flat plates - am pondering if I should get more chairs...

[Anonymous]

Cool! Show us what you end up buying 🙂

[Daddydoink]

Well, I did buy a lot of stuff that day - most of it for Christmas gifts if I am honest.  However, I spent £6.50 on a tub of bits including bricks for walls, windows, flat bits for floors, some wedges for street edges and a better dashboard for the bus.

I've got the lego advent calendar going now as well and a bit of a snow scene being built - I'll try to take some photos later...

[Anonymous]

Luv the idea of a Lego Advent Calendar @Daddydoink ... ... ... & ... ... ... looking forward to pics of it & the snow scene 

Happy Lego Time 

[jonsie]

History of Lego

The name 'LEGO' is an abbreviation of the two Danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well".

The LEGO Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen. The company has passed from father to son and is now owned by Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, a grandchild of the founder.

In 1932, Ole Kirk's shop started making wooden toys such as piggy banks, pull toys, cars and trucks and houses. The business was not profitable because of the Great Depression. Farmers in the area sometimes traded food in exchange for his toys; Ole Kirk continued producing practical furniture in addition to toys to stay in business. In the mid-1930s, the yo-yo toy fad gave him a brief period of increased activity until it suddenly collapsed. To reduce waste, Ole Kirk used the leftover yo-yo parts as wheels for toy trucks. His son Godtfred began working for him, taking an active role in the company.

In 1934, Ole Kirk held a contest among his staff to name the company, offering a bottle of homemade wine as a prize. Christiansen was considering two names himself, "Legio" (with the implication of a "Legion of toys") and "Lego", a self-made contraction from the Danish phrase leg godt, meaning "play well." Later the Lego Group discovered that "Lego" can be loosely interpreted as "I put together" or "I assemble" in Latin. Ole Kirk selected his own name, Lego, and the company began using it on their products.