Lego *IS* imagination

What a wonderful idea for walls

http://www.thefwa.com/adworld/adlego0606.html
I used to love Legos as a kid.  I still buy sets now and again but fairly rarely.  Most of the new sets have peices that seem so specialized that I miss the imanginative part of building from my youth.

That's not to say I don't have an occasional lust for some of the MindStorm line or the Star Wars stuff; I have a wife and a budget you know. 

But I saw the ads at this site and remembered teh joy af taking square blocks and building a round world;  Farms and cities, homes and offices, castles and canyons.

These adverts won't work well as walls as they are . . they are wonderful but not to any usable scale.

Do they inspire you? If you have Google SketchUp you can download some Lego pieces  here.  Anyone want to take a shot and coming up with something?
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Legos are the ultimate Transformers... you can change them from anything to anything.  I'm 44 and still over over 5,000 of them!

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65 and have all the train sets and Star Wars AT-something-or-others all over. Not to mention Lego Belvilles and Technics and wrist watches, too! Oh, yeah, and lego candy bricks from the bins at the market!
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joy af taking square blocks and building a round world


Seen this??

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One word....

Meccano ....

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Meccano is supreme! When I was a kid, the only place you could find it here was F.A.O. Schwartz in NYC. Had Erector brand m'self.