Re: Lego Makes Top 10 In List of Most Popular Toys for Boys

Yeah, the other day I saw some toy trucks (in my day they would have been
plastic or metal) and the entire chassis was made of molded foam!

They looked like normal toy trucks, except when you grabbed them, they were
squishy on top.  What worthless concept.

My favorite non-Lego toy growing up was a die-cast metal backhoe.  Sure I
pinched my fingers in it's mechanisms a few times, but you could play with
it in the dirt, and it had working steering.

Now I'm sure that the foam trucks are meant for very small children, but
even with reasonable precautions, kids will find a way to hurt themselves on
the most harmless things.  Eventually you have to learn not to be a clumsy
oaf.

Once my little brother hurt himself on a Duplo brick!  He left it on the
floor by his bed, and rolled out in the night and landed on it.  It left a
really cool 8-stud Duplo bruise.  I don't think it left any permanent marks
though.

Anyway, I'll bet you're right about the Bionicle.  I'll probably try to rent
the Xbox game just to see what it's like.  I'd be more interested in a Lego
Racers game or something.  A space themed game would be cool - especially if
it were classic space.


"M3wThr33" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "10. Lego"
> Wow, that's descriptive!
> 10:1 they mean Bionicle.
>
> Did you see the list for the Worst 10 toys? The Ninja Turtles were on
> there. Apparently Mikey's Nunchucks are blunt objects. Wow! Big surprise!
> It's a TOY WEAPON. *sigh*