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LEGO Brick 50th Anniversary

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-wait-for-them-not-to-be-a-choking-hazard dept.

An anonymous reader writes "'The LEGO brick turns 50 at exactly 1:58pm today. This cool timeline shows these fifty years of building frenzy by happy kids and kids-at-heart, all the milestones from the Legoland themed sets to Technic and Mindstorms NXT, as well as all kind of weird curiosities about the most famous stud-and-tube couple system in the world.'" Of course, it all peaked in 1979 with the space set. These kids these days with their bionacle. bah.

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  1. Re:too many custom parts. by kryten_nl · · Score: 5, Funny

    "LEGO, training future IKEA customers since somewhere-in-the-eighties."

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  2. Timeline is wrong! by cvd6262 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The gray castle pictured as the first (1984) castle set is incorrect.

    It should be this yellow one: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/375_2

    Why do I remember this? Because I was so green with jealously as I watched my older brother assesemble the one he got for his birthday. Oooo, how I hated that castle.

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