[rescue] Any cool toys?

[Larry Snyder]

What I remember from the late 50's were Lincoln logs and American bricks.
The bricks sound like what you're describing.
-ls-

Chad Fernandez <fernande at internet1.net> wrote:
> I don't remember mine being textured.  They may have been, However.  Do
> you remember who intricate the doors and windows were... they looked
> very real to me.  I think you are correct about them preceding Lego.  I
> think I even read that on the web somewhere, maybe an auction.
> 
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
> 
> Mark Seamans wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > I didn't have Lincoln logs..... I had American Logs.  I also had Plastic
> > > Bricks at my Great Grandmothers house.  I don't remember there exact
> >    ^^^^^
> > I had those.  They were orange-ish/red and were textured to look like
> > real bricks.  They were made from a thin plastic and were a bit brittle;
> > to the point that they cracked sometimes.  I *think* they pre-ceded
> > Lego.  I liked them better because the houses they built looked more
> > like real brick houses than Lego's did.  Of course Lego expanded to the
> > point that you could do more stuff so it became much more popular.
> > 
> > > name, but they were an older competitor of Lego, and were American
> > > made.  I've seen them on Ebay.
> > >
> > 
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> > Mark Seamans
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