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On 12/2/2013 7:53 AM, Bill wrote:
I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs Yeah, and my all time favorites, Tinker Toys and the Erector Sets |
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Bill wrote:
I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs What's the name of this group? Why buy them? Make them! -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeros after @ |
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On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 09:11:11 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
Yeah, and my all time favorites, Tinker Toys and the Erector Sets Yup. Mine was Meccano. They stopped making it for a long while (I think) but now it's in the present day technology version. http://www.meccano.com/ |
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Gave the oldest granddaughter a set for Christmas when she was six. She spent hours building with it. She was sometimes so engrossed in her designing that she didn't notice me on the floor taking pictures at her eye level - I think I hit the bullseye with that gift ;-)
Another year each granddaughter got a kit of kid-sized tools and a birdhouse to build. Can't guarantee that they'll grow up to be builders/makers, but they have a good start. wrote: I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs -- Android Usenet Reader http://android.newsgroupstats.hk |
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Leon wrote:
On 12/2/2013 7:53 AM, Bill wrote: I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs Yeah, and my all time favorites, Tinker Toys and the Erector Sets Yes, I liked the errection set. -- GW Ross I plan on living forever. So far, so good. |
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On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 09:11:11 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote: On 12/2/2013 7:53 AM, Bill wrote: I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs Yeah, and my all time favorites, Tinker Toys and the Erector Sets Agreed but Legos pretty much killed them. It's pretty easy to see why. |
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On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 11:59:53 -0500, "G. Ross"
wrote: Leon wrote: On 12/2/2013 7:53 AM, Bill wrote: I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs Yeah, and my all time favorites, Tinker Toys and the Erector Sets Yes, I liked the errection set. That came ten years later. |
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On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:38:02 -0500, Bill
wrote: On 12/2/2013 12:43 PM, wrote: On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 09:11:11 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote: On 12/2/2013 7:53 AM, Bill wrote: I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs Yeah, and my all time favorites, Tinker Toys and the Erector Sets Agreed but Legos pretty much killed them. It's pretty easy to see why. Tinker Toys-NO, Erector Sets-YES, Lincoln Logs-YES, Legos--BOO! ; ) I always thought Lincoln Logs were boring. We had blocks that used to be radio crystal cases (about 1-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 3/4") in WWII. I We must have had 10,000 of them that my father got from scrap. My brother built a "model" of the Empire State Building that was about 9' tall. Great fun. I had the most fun with the Tinker Toys. I had a bunch of them, too. I had a small Erector set but they were too expensive. Legos came too late. Well, they weren't for my son. "Lego my Legos" ;-) |
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I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs ... Made in China .. Lee Valley sells a Made in USA version. http://www.leevalley.com/en/gifts/pa...35&cat=4,55972 John T. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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"notyoung" wrote in message ... Gave the oldest granddaughter a set for Christmas when she was six. She spent hours building with it. She was sometimes so engrossed in her designing that she didn't notice me on the floor taking pictures at her eye level - I think I hit the bullseye with that gift ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Well, let's see the pictures! You can't tease us with a cute description, then not follow through! -- Jim in NC --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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On 12/2/2013 8:53 AM, Bill wrote:
I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs I don't know where you live but "Bed Bath and Beyond" had them last year. I don't know about this year as Thanksgiving is just over and I have not started Christmas Shopping yet |
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I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs Gave the oldest granddaughter a set for Christmas when she was six. She spent hours building with it. She was sometimes so engrossed in her designing that she didn't notice me on the floor taking pictures at her eye level - I think I hit the bullseye with that gift ;-) Another year each granddaughter got a kit of kid-sized tools and a birdhouse to build. Can't guarantee that they'll grow up to be builders/makers, but they have a good start. Gifts that bring you together to play - priceless ! regardless of the material outcome One of our favs - with our kids - was a wooden train set - (Scandanavian ? ) where the train cars had magnets on each end and the all-wood track pieces fit together in a round-tongue-hole ... we expanded the set, each year at Christmas - and it all neatly packed away in a vintage Thrift Store valice ? mini suitcase .. .... getting everything into the case became a fun game eventually ! John T. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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snipped Yeah, and my all time favorites, Tinker Toys and the Erector Sets Agreed but Legos pretty much killed them. It's pretty easy to see why. Tinker Toys-NO, Erector Sets-YES, Lincoln Logs-YES, Legos--BOO! ; ) I always thought Lincoln Logs were boring. We had blocks that used to be radio crystal cases (about 1-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 3/4") in WWII. I We must have had 10,000 of them that my father got from scrap. My brother built a "model" of the Empire State Building that was about 9' tall. Great fun. I had the most fun with the Tinker Toys. I had a bunch of them, too. I had a small Erector set but they were too expensive. Legos came too late. Well, they weren't for my son. "Lego my Legos" ;-) I seem to remember the meccano/erector sets were - - quite expensive - back in the day.. ... then when shopping for my kids - Lego seemed expensive ! ... but it was still there, under the tree, at Christmas. .... but I do get a little peeved at Chinese Lincoln Logs ! John T. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:38:02 -0500, Bill wrote:
Tinker Toys-NO, Erector Sets-YES, Lincoln Logs-YES, Legos--BOO! ; ) I remember liking Lincoln Logs at an earlier age, then Tinker Toys, and then Erector Sets. As I grew I wanted something more difficult. Now I have a whole woodworking shop. And when I want something more difficult than that I go play with computers and electronics. My latest toy is an Arduino Mega micro-controller. The possibilities can be imagined when you know that people use them in robots :-). -- This message was for rec.woodworking - if it appears in homeownershub they ripped it off. |
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On 12/2/2013 6:53 AM, Bill wrote:
I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs Nice memories, but $48 (w/shipping) for 86 pieces? You're gonna spend $200 to get a decent size set! |
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On 12/2/2013 3:03 PM, wrote:
I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs ... Made in China .. Lee Valley sells a Made in USA version. http://www.leevalley.com/en/gifts/pa...35&cat=4,55972 John T. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- And it's 250 pieces for roughly the same price as the 86 piece set. |
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: On 12/2/2013 6:53 AM, Bill wrote: I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs Nice memories, but $48 (w/shipping) for 86 pieces? You're gonna spend $200 to get a decent size set! I wonder how hard it would be to make decent lincoln logs. It doesn't look hard, but sometimes that's where I get into trouble. :-) It looks easy enough: Cut a dado in the end of a piece of cedar (I'm thinking cedar because it's soft and doesn't splinter too bad and I've got some) and cut into square strips. I guess the trick comes in removing 1/2 of the board thickness, or just a few thousanths over so the pieces will interlock. Octagonal ones can be made either with a router (a 3/4x3/4 strip is kinda thin) or hand plane (my choice.) How did the lincoln logs do roofs? Puckdropper -- Make it to fit, don't make it fit. |
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On 03 Dec 2013 13:23:03 GMT, Puckdropper
I wonder how hard it would be to make decent lincoln logs. It doesn't look hard, but sometimes that's where I get into trouble. :-) Figure in the cost of some decent wood that won't warp or split, the time it will take design the log variations you want, the time to make each log, at infinitum. Unless you're going to get a decent amount of pleasure out of making all these similar type logs *and* you've got a child that will get pleasure out of using them, you have to wonder if it will just be to be less aggravating to buy a set. |
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On 12/2/2013 7:43 AM, willshak wrote:
Bill wrote: I was just thinking about these yesterday. Glad they are still making 'em! ; ) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S6EHFQ/ref=gs_htljs What's the name of this group? Why buy them? Make them! You reminded me of a time when I was eight yo or so (~1947) and living in Yankton, SD. My buds and I were heavy into war games (at that age, war is an adventure, not a do and/or die situation). There was an abandoned farm behind our house with a barn full of all sorts of neat stuff including boards of varying size. Building tanks and fighter planes was easy; a couple of boards nailed together with more nails for guns and rockets. I decided I needed an aircraft carrier. A bit more complicated but once a deck board of sufficient length and width was liberated and nailed to some hull boards, voila. Had lots of winter time battles in the basement of our house. A long time ago in a place far, far away. mahalo, jo4hn |
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On 03 Dec 2013 13:23:03 GMT, Puckdropper I wonder how hard it would be to make decent lincoln logs. It doesn't look hard, but sometimes that's where I get into trouble. :-) Figure in the cost of some decent wood that won't warp or split, the time it will take design the log variations you want, the time to make each log, at infinitum. Unless you're going to get a decent amount of pleasure out of making all these similar type logs *and* you've got a child that will get pleasure out of using them, you have to wonder if it will just be to be less aggravating to buy a set. In my case, I had my 1962 vintage Lincoln logs in storage and when it was time for my kids to use them I fulfilled my own childhood fantasy of having 100s more of them by making 100s more of them. ;~) John |
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On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 09:51:10 -0500, "John Grossbohlin"
In my case, I had my 1962 vintage Lincoln logs in storage and when it was time for my kids to use them I fulfilled my own childhood fantasy of having 100s more of them by making 100s more of them. ;~) I was a Meccano kid. I remember when one of the kids living across the street showed me his new Lincoln logs. I played with them for a bit and then went back to my Meccano. ;~) |
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On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:47:56 -0500, Keith Nuttle wrote:
The reward of doing it your self, is a consideration, but when considering how I could use the time in other ways usually it is not practical to make things my self. Are you sure you're in the right group? :-) -- This message was for rec.woodworking - if it appears in homeownershub they ripped it off. |
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On 12/3/2013 1:09 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:47:56 -0500, Keith Nuttle wrote: The reward of doing it your self, is a consideration, but when considering how I could use the time in other ways usually it is not practical to make things my self. Are you sure you're in the right group? :-) I am in the right group, there are other things that there is no way to go but convert some decent boards to sawdust. |
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On 12/3/13 11:34 AM, Mike Marlow wrote:
wrote: I was a Meccano kid. I remember when one of the kids living across the street showed me his new Lincoln logs. I played with them for a bit and then went back to my Meccano. ;~) Well now - that certainly explains a lot... One should also consider what you would rather step on when traipsing into the kitchen at 0' dark thirty, a lincoln log or a lego.... -BR |
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On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 08:13:34 -0700, Brewster wrote:
On 12/3/13 11:34 AM, Mike Marlow wrote: wrote: I was a Meccano kid. I remember when one of the kids living across the street showed me his new Lincoln logs. I played with them for a bit and then went back to my Meccano. ;~) Well now - that certainly explains a lot... One should also consider what you would rather step on when traipsing into the kitchen at 0' dark thirty, a lincoln log or a lego.... Legos - ouch! Lincoln Logs - visions of any number of '60s kids cartoons come flooding back ;-) |
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