Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.

3 of 206 comments (clear)

  1. Before the idiotic "legos" starts appearing... by ratbag · · Score: 4, Informative

    See Question 18 of http://ericharshbarger.org/lego/faq.html. A pre-emptive strike.

  2. Re:Technic's! by hcdejong · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Technic range is still going strong, with (still) a good mixture of custom elements and lots of generic bricks and beams.

  3. Re:too many custom parts. by sarabob · · Score: 4, Informative
    Sorry, but I call bullshit on that one.

    There's been something of a renaissance in the last few years, what with the modular Cafe Corner (which has a whole blog devoted to it) and the creator houses. Not to mention lego's official 3d modeller which links in to their ordering system - design a model and they'll ship you all the parts for it in a custom box with a picture of your model on the front.