I had one of those wooden ducks as a toddler, it now sits in the LEGO museum. My dad worked as a model builder at the themepark in Billund and overheard someone mentioning that it was the only piece they missed in the collection and my dad told them I had one at home. I got paid in LEGO sets, I dont know how much it was worth but I got a lot of LEGO. I'm sure they made a very good deal but I was more than happy with my payment.
I loved the Exxon station, it was always getting robbed, someone drove away with the nozzle still attached dragging the pump or the sign getting ran into knocking it down… very realistic play.
I remember when the Lego space collections started coming out in the 80's, those were my absolute favorites. I was (and still am) a total space nerd, so that was right up my alley.
@@dieseldust27 I watched the video and heard my Great Grandfathers' name thinking it was just a coincidence, then I saw an old photo of him as a child. He died before I was born, so I never met him.
My favorite Lego sets are the medieval castle and knights sets. I received my first one in the early 90s. I also love the Chima sets & cartoons. In addition, I love the Lord of The Rings Saurman's throne room & the Star Wars ANH Escape Pod sets.
Shoot I’m surprised you didn’t mention Bionicle! After the hard times in the 90s and all of the money spent on licensing, Bionicle basically kept the company afloat in the early 2000s. Without that line, some say that Lego wouldn’t be around today.
Yeah Bionicle was a sweet line, I remember getting the comics with Lego Magazine as a kid. You go in expecting cool robot fights and get mind shattering deepest lore philosophical ramblings.
When I was a kid I had one Lego toy (didn't know it was called Lego ) I don't know how I got it but I grew very fond of it I played with it every time I even send it school. I lost it one day at school and I can say it's one of the saddest days in my life. I'm 24 now and I still miss it. But I don't think Lego toys are here in Ghana 🇬🇭
The worlds most durable toy! And consistent, a brick from the 80’s fits a brick made 40 years later, people save these for generations! Probably the single mostly important toy ever! Also the bane of parents feet!
you guys could get an advanced set like the taj mahal and build that together and have it displayed somewhere in your house as a bday gift or Christmas gift or something. or for no occasion just because you want to build another set with your son.
Lego is one of the best toys ever invented. Since you can build what you want, play with it then tear it down and build something else. It never got old.
Lego also taught me many swear words when I was a kid due to various relatives stepping on them! I used to set lego booby traps around the house! 😂 I used to love lego, still do but it's super expensive nowadays.
For over 40 years we’ve always kept a set of LEGOs at our home in order to provide entertainment for our young guests. Thankfully they’ve never gone out of style. I do however prefer Duplo’s since they’re easier to pick up.
It's nearly impossible for me to choose my favorite sets, but my favorite themes were Spyrius, Space Police 2 (the green and black ships), the sheer variety of Knights themes and Aquanauts/Aquasharks.
I'm 51 and I've been building stuff with LEGO's since before there were warnings about LEGO's being a choking hazard. I'm still building sets. Recently finished the 2022 McLaren Formula One car, the Bugatti Chiron and I'm currently working on the remote control 6x6 Volvo articulated dump truck. After that I have the Porsche 911 RSR, the remote control Top Gear car and a large Klaas tractor to build.
My children were still young when Lego began making the kits that made one toy. It was counter- productive. They no longer were using their creativity and once done, the toy the created became an unsteady dust collector. I hope the movies will spark some interest in the original Lego’s!
I was playing with Lego back in the 70s and me and my three brothers would all get sets for Christmas and birthdays so between us we had tons of the stuff. We used to have competitions to see who could make the most survivable smash-up derby cars. My own kids played with Lego in the '00s and I agree with the people who say the new sets stifle creativity. They should make sets that are just blocks as well as the sets that build specific models.
As a kid my neighbor friend had a great lego collection and lot of star wars sets, we built and had fun with Legos for days on end. Sometimes we built the star wars sets and played with them alone and sometimes we made our own random creations. Lot of fun.
Great episode, Lego has such a strong place in my childhood! I loved the Volvo BM dump truck that would move forwards and backwards, it blew my mind as a youngster and their space series of Lego sets were superb. Happy memories! Took my kids to Legoland in Denmark, it was fantastic!
Do comic books count as toys? I’ve recently gotten into reading Dick Tracy comics. It’s strange that most people don’t consider comic reading as reading yet the literary works of most of these characters go back decades and make more sense than most young adult novels.
I wouldn’t call them toys, but I can definitely see why someone would treat them that way. It’s definitely a slippery slope because comics and their audiences have drastically changed over their existence, but I would consider comics to be just a different literary art style that deserves the same amount of care and attention as other books.
You’d be surprised how common it is for woodworking shops like that to burn down. A good buddy of mine has had his custom furniture business burn down three times in about 10 years. There are many likely culprits but one of the most overlooked and easiest forms of ignition is varnish soaked rags…….which can spontaneously combust hours after the shop has closed because they generate a lot of heat when curing.
I had no idea that Lego was in such dire straits before the movie came out. It's nice to see that the company turned around and everything is awesome. And "Lego, You Are Dead To Me"?! That's a little much, Molly...
I know that a short video couldn't possibly include all the facts in Lego history, but several really important features you could address in the future are: 1 some other important building sets and their timelines compared to Lego, such as Lincoln Logs, Erector sets and a block set I had as a child in the forties with red bricks, white trim bricks, windows, doors, etc. for making and designing houses. 2. the use of tiny Lego bricks in the field of architecture 3. The astoundingly large population of AFOLs (Adult Fans of Lego), which have international chapters which must be approved by Lego, and account for countless purchases, conventions, displays, etc. Many AFOLs have basements, etc. full of Lego parts in drawers and bins, which they use to make MOCs (my own creation) for those conventions and displays. It would be great to see an ACTUAL timeline of Lego history along with other building sets history.
When I was about 10 or 11, I had this SpongeBob SquarePants lego set, the whole complete set was sold in separate little sets obviously. The one I had was a really big model of SpongeBob SquarePants and a big model of his Pineapple house. And I thought that was the coolest thing ever at that age. But I also remember when I was really little, I had some of my brother’s old legos and they were the ones that encouraged you to learn how to build whatever you wanted and they were the “reusable” kind. And those will always be my favorite. Over the SpongeBob model, over the Star Wars models I had, etc etc. you’ve gotta be creative and it’s sad to see all these companies that used to be so cool selling out and just making whatever for profit, rather than coming up with these unique, fun, creative sets they used to come up with. It’s sad..
The issue I have with the Lego company is more the modern sets. They are too specific, and yes I know they are themed in most cases, but the creative options with some of the more modern kits (meaning kits made since about 2000-2010 or so) are too limiting. I remember growing up and all we had were the square and rectangular legos. I also felt that the Lego Technic brand was also unique and very interesting, but it seems that Lego gave into big marketing and when they started licensing things like Star Wars and other popular kids movies and TV shows, thats when the true "original" Lego died. Yes you can still buy a bucket of generic legos (the original square and rectangular ones) but I feel that while the kits may have been successful, they limited the creativity in away too because the bricks were too specific, like a windshield for an airplane or a car.
Been a huge lego technic fan since the early 90s when at age 7 my aunt bought me a little technic race car that had steerable front wheels. After that I WAS HOOKED!. Eventually having around 40k pieces full of pneumatics & lots of gears (all sorts of pieces) allowing to build cranes over 10ft tall. Lego technic taught me ALOT!
great video, i work together with Lego, so i went to the LEGO House before it was opened, and was talking with there Marketing manager, he was telling me that one of the biggest things that saved Lego was actually the sale of the Legoland parks.
I had my Legos, and Mom had the Sunset book California is Earthquake Country, so I loved to build 19th Century commercial buildings, and strike them with earthquakes. As I grew older they gave me some Techmics sets, but I really wanted basic red blocks, and arches, to cap off pilasters of those buildings I liked. My sister was into the idea of nursing at an early age, so I had a self designed hospital I would make for her at times. I shared "my/our Legos, but was also possessive of them until I wasn't, when I went college? I kept them in a big 4 gallon tin drum that had caramel popcorn initially. I like to design & build stuff today.
My favorite lego sets were lego galaxy squad. My brothers and I played with our lego ships for years, and created our own ship designs from the pieces. Really fun and good memories
me, hearing the narrator make the "never managed to connect" comment at about 9:49: wince-of-appreciation-at-the-pun emoji me, a microsecond later: "even the narrator reacted to what he just said."
My siblings and I collected legos in the 1990s and 2000s, we had a small storage bin of them. We have given the lego to many younger cousins over the years, with the promise that they would pass it on to younger family members next. My first cousin's 2 girls play with it, I think my sister might take it next for her son in a few years. I'm happy our legos are still being played with, it's always been fun to play with my younger cousins with it.
I was born in 1942 in America. I don't remember Legos growing up. My favorite building toy was Lincoln Logs. They were limited because of there design, but with a child's imagination, I could entertain myself on a rainy or snowy day. In those days we really didn't play with toys. Instead, we kids of the neighborhood played outside until it got dark and it was time for bed. No one had money for toys, so we made out own out of whatever we could find. Because of my experience in using your imagination to make up games and toys, I am concerned about today's youth. Spending hours in front of a screen that provides every thing for you playing would take away the imagination of play. Bones don't grow stronger without physical activity , to name just one physical and medical problems from sitting for hours staring at a screen.
hearing about the factory fires reminded me of a scene in _MPatHG_, paraphrased here: "I built a castle. It sank into the swamp. I built another castle. _It_ sank into the swamp."
Very interesting. I also agree with the mother tbh. I love buyin the lego themed sets. But once I make them, I never wanna take them apart. Which has kinda killed the original joy of Lego. When I was a kid just randomly building with all my pieces. Now I just buy a set, build it and display it. Sometimes play with it a bit. Definitely lost of the soul of endless possibilities and become more of a one time use for the most of it's enjoyment
I grew up with a Lego Bucket that I don't know where the bricks came from (probably bought for my older sister as I don't remember receiving any) and played with them the old-fashioned way (no sets or instructions). But I always wanted more specialty pieces like windows or wheels!
The OG founder, going through many complications and hardships, knew he had a destiny: To DESTROY COMPLETELY the soft feet and toes of every parent in the world!!! I still remember my parents walking like cats on pillows to avoid our room full of Lego parts. My brother would build, I would brake the sets and scatter the fragments, and our parents would pay the heavy cost, haha!
I used to love the Lego Belville sets as the figures were like mini dolls and could do anything also I used to mix them with playmobile but one thing I doubt lego will never event a painless brick when you stand on it
I am sad this video didn't mention that Nintendo used to make and sell a LEGO ripoff called N&B Blocks back in the early 1960's and actually used the "System of Toy" concept since a few of their other toy products are compatible with the N&B Blocks...
@@awesomelife3710 YES!! Thank you for the reminder ❤ Honorable mention to: Etch-a-sketch, Wheel-O, Slinky, Light Brite, Spirograph, EasyBake Oven, Creepy Crawlers & Fun Flowers & Incredible Edibles. I think I covered my toy box's inventory...
I think I had a Lego set with a hospital…. Late 70’s early 80’s. I also had Lincoln Logs! I’d make all kinds of homes and buildings. As a parent I always stepped on the damn legos along with My Little Pet Shop parts.
BILOfix was a top notch toy, in my opinion. I still use it to this day for fast prototyping of an idea. I must add that the feel of the beechwood struts is like silk under your fingertips. The system also comprised of plastic gears (including bevel gears) and chains. A quality toy that is no longer😘
I don't have a favorite per say.... But, I have all the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit sets, including the minis, but the Titanic I bought for my son, now is proudly displayed on a shelf in the bathroom. I think we have 3 5 gallon buckets, total of Legos, and my brother has about 8 buckets. Seriously, we just know we have buckets and about a fourth of them are from the mid 80's.
I got that pirate ship as a kid in the late 80's, I was too young to build it so mom did it for me, she hated every minute of it, it may have lasted me 3 days tops as I was a very destructive child lol.
I'm enjoying the Lego video games, currently in Skywalker Saga and loved the Harry Potter and Jurassic World ones. Hubby likes the Marvel ones. They're awesome games.
I got a bunch of the sets when I was a kid, but they mostly ended up sitting on shelves like my model cars. But I also had a drawer full of loose bricks that had passed from my older brother to me. I didn't have to follow instructions. I could just build whatever I wanted to play with.
"As someone who just finished spending the majority of his life in prison, what happened with Legos? They used to be simple... Something happened out here while I was inside. Harry Potter Legos, Star Wars Legos. Complicated kits. Tiny little blocks🤏 I mean, I'm not saying it's bad, I just want to know what happened." ~Professor Marshall Kane, Greendale Community College
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imagine being a sellout to a pay2win scam game
No, knock it off with ads in videos already pay not to see that 💩
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Why would you support such predatory crap? Please don't let pay-2-win games sponsor your videos. You're too good for that crap.
Guys he has to make money somehow.
Imagine your workshop burning down twice and still pursuing your ventures. This guy knew he had something *gold* 🙌
3 times
Speaking of gold, the minifigure himself.
He was the example of perseverance unlike most people that give up after a simple mistake or because of others' criticism.
@@georgianagheorghe8848 Sticks and stones may break your bones but words will fuck your mind up
As a lego fan and a weird history fan, this is a great crossover!
Yuge
Yaaas!
You ruined it
I’m a Lego, but not a Lego fan. I’m not even related.
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I had one of those wooden ducks as a toddler, it now sits in the LEGO museum.
My dad worked as a model builder at the themepark in Billund and overheard someone mentioning that it was the only piece they missed in the collection and my dad told them I had one at home. I got paid in LEGO sets, I dont know how much it was worth but I got a lot of LEGO. I'm sure they made a very good deal but I was more than happy with my payment.
Wow, you’re part of history 😃
@@loislewis5229 weird history (‾◡◝)
Dude I would've wanted actual money
Wow, all I got from my dad was five across the face.
I loved the Exxon station, it was always getting robbed, someone drove away with the nozzle still attached dragging the pump or the sign getting ran into knocking it down… very realistic play.
I remember when the Lego space collections started coming out in the 80's, those were my absolute favorites. I was (and still am) a total space nerd, so that was right up my alley.
They are re-releasing an old space set right now and it's pretty affordable by Lego standards. Comes out August 1st.
It's amazing after all those troubles, he was still able to make a world famous and beloved toy!
Today I learned that I am a direct descendant of Ole Christiansen. His son Karl is my great grandfather! 😱
How come you only learned that today?
@@dieseldust27 I watched the video and heard my Great Grandfathers' name thinking it was just a coincidence, then I saw an old photo of him as a child. He died before I was born, so I never met him.
@@KC_Eden
Woah congrats dude.
Nice 👌😎👌😎👌😎👌😎👌😎👌😎👌😎👌
@@KC_Eden Nice to know that 😎
been a subscriber for a while now and let me just say how much your appreciated great work friend
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fr this channel is my comfort channel i always watch their latest video to sleep
My favorite Lego sets are the medieval castle and knights sets. I received my first one in the early 90s. I also love the Chima sets & cartoons.
In addition, I love the Lord of The Rings Saurman's throne room & the Star Wars ANH Escape Pod sets.
Shoot I’m surprised you didn’t mention Bionicle! After the hard times in the 90s and all of the money spent on licensing, Bionicle basically kept the company afloat in the early 2000s. Without that line, some say that Lego wouldn’t be around today.
Yeah Bionicle was a sweet line, I remember getting the comics with Lego Magazine as a kid. You go in expecting cool robot fights and get mind shattering deepest lore philosophical ramblings.
Oh yeah that’s right! Forgot about Bionicle! Do you remember K’nex? That was a huge competitor in the 90s, I’m surprised they left that out too.
Yea I'm disappointed that he didn't touch on that. Especially with so many Lego purists always disregarding it.
no one cares about bionicle! that is the hard truth!
@@mikatu this is true, I do not care about bionicle.
When I was a kid I had one Lego toy (didn't know it was called Lego ) I don't know how I got it but I grew very fond of it I played with it every time I even send it school. I lost it one day at school and I can say it's one of the saddest days in my life. I'm 24 now and I still miss it. But I don't think Lego toys are here in Ghana 🇬🇭
How about doing the history of the Etch-a-Sketch please ? 🤔 Love yours vids btw 😁
Tonka Toy Trucks.would be a good one.
The worlds most durable toy! And consistent, a brick from the 80’s fits a brick made 40 years later, people save these for generations! Probably the single mostly important toy ever!
Also the bane of parents feet!
And possibly the only toy you can step on bare foot at night and know exactly what you stepped on.
When my son was young, we built lots of Lego sets and enjoyed it. Now he’s adult those days are gone. I miss building Lego sets with him.
you guys could get an advanced set like the taj mahal and build that together and have it displayed somewhere in your house as a bday gift or Christmas gift or something. or for no occasion just because you want to build another set with your son.
Sorry about this. But, if you missed legos so bad. Go buy for yourself and built them!
@@OwlNightMoon I purchased the Beatles Lego Yellow Submarine a few years ago.
Lego is one of the best toys ever invented. Since you can build what you want, play with it then tear it down and build something else. It never got old.
I dont care how childish it would seem, I still love going to Lego Theme Parks.
Lego also taught me many swear words when I was a kid due to various relatives stepping on them! I used to set lego booby traps around the house! 😂
I used to love lego, still do but it's super expensive nowadays.
The final question in the video is, without doubt, the easiest to answer. The Lego Saturn V rocket set is epically cool and by far my favorite
For over 40 years we’ve always kept a set of LEGOs at our home in order to provide entertainment for our young guests. Thankfully they’ve never gone out of style. I do however prefer Duplo’s since they’re easier to pick up.
Easier to avoid stepping on
It's nearly impossible for me to choose my favorite sets, but my favorite themes were Spyrius, Space Police 2 (the green and black ships), the sheer variety of Knights themes and Aquanauts/Aquasharks.
I'm 51 and I've been building stuff with LEGO's since before there were warnings about LEGO's being a choking hazard. I'm still building sets. Recently finished the 2022 McLaren Formula One car, the Bugatti Chiron and I'm currently working on the remote control 6x6 Volvo articulated dump truck. After that I have the Porsche 911 RSR, the remote control Top Gear car and a large Klaas tractor to build.
I’m a simple man. When Weird History posts, I watch.
The Paradisa Poolside Paradise was bomb. The driveway was perfect for hot wheels.
A neighbor of mine had that one! Despite Paradisa being "the girls Lego" I rather liked its pursuit of leisure pastimes.
My children were still young when Lego began making the kits that made one toy. It was counter- productive. They no longer were using their creativity and once done, the toy the created became an unsteady dust collector. I hope the movies will spark some interest in the original Lego’s!
Loved the Lego city stuff, mainly the fire dept sets growing up :)
I’m so glad I kept all the legos I had as a kid. They are so damn expensive now.
and they're getting more expensive - Lego recently announced an "absolutely necessary" price increase... by up to 25%
Yep.....
Ying Yang, a wholesome toy can feel like it’s murdering your feet when you step on them
Definitely one of the all time best toys and my personal favorite. 👍
now weird history posts again after 2 days
I'm grateful too
I was playing with Lego back in the 70s and me and my three brothers would all get sets for Christmas and birthdays so between us we had tons of the stuff. We used to have competitions to see who could make the most survivable smash-up derby cars. My own kids played with Lego in the '00s and I agree with the people who say the new sets stifle creativity. They should make sets that are just blocks as well as the sets that build specific models.
Yes, Lego’s are multi generational in my family too 😃
If you look at what some creators are building with Legos today on their own, it is truly epic! Creativity is nowadays as amazing as ever.
@@awesomelife3710 You're correct, but those projects aren't being done my kids playing in the basement with a box full of random bricks.
Lego sells sets that are still just bricks and imagination, the Classic theme.
Here's a good idea history of video games do the weird history of Tetris and it's legal issues it's quite a story
I’ve spent just over $5k on the stuff during the past two months, so here’s to helping LEGO keep on keeping on!
As a kid my neighbor friend had a great lego collection and lot of star wars sets, we built and had fun with Legos for days on end. Sometimes we built the star wars sets and played with them alone and sometimes we made our own random creations. Lot of fun.
I look forward to everytine they drop a video, great channel
its nuts to hear lego was in the shitter in the 90s when i was a kid it was everywhere and every christmas and birthday i got tons of sets and games
The weird history narrator is one of my favorite voices on RUclips.
Great episode, Lego has such a strong place in my childhood! I loved the Volvo BM dump truck that would move forwards and backwards, it blew my mind as a youngster and their space series of Lego sets were superb. Happy memories!
Took my kids to Legoland in Denmark, it was fantastic!
Do comic books count as toys? I’ve recently gotten into reading Dick Tracy comics. It’s strange that most people don’t consider comic reading as reading yet the literary works of most of these characters go back decades and make more sense than most young adult novels.
There's a movie of Dick Tracy
I wouldn’t call them toys, but I can definitely see why someone would treat them that way. It’s definitely a slippery slope because comics and their audiences have drastically changed over their existence, but I would consider comics to be just a different literary art style that deserves the same amount of care and attention as other books.
You’d be surprised how common it is for woodworking shops like that to burn down. A good buddy of mine has had his custom furniture business burn down three times in about 10 years. There are many likely culprits but one of the most overlooked and easiest forms of ignition is varnish soaked rags…….which can spontaneously combust hours after the shop has closed because they generate a lot of heat when curing.
I had no idea that Lego was in such dire straits before the movie came out. It's nice to see that the company turned around and everything is awesome.
And "Lego, You Are Dead To Me"?! That's a little much, Molly...
_"A man has fallen into the river in LEGO City! Start your new helicopter..."_
I know that a short video couldn't possibly include all the facts in Lego history, but several really important features you could address in the future are: 1 some other important building sets and their timelines compared to Lego, such as Lincoln Logs, Erector sets and a block set I had as a child in the forties with red bricks, white trim bricks, windows, doors, etc. for making and designing houses. 2. the use of tiny Lego bricks in the field of architecture 3. The astoundingly large population of AFOLs (Adult Fans of Lego), which have international chapters which must be approved by Lego, and account for countless purchases, conventions, displays, etc. Many AFOLs have basements, etc. full of Lego parts in drawers and bins, which they use to make MOCs (my own creation) for those conventions and displays.
It would be great to see an ACTUAL timeline of Lego history along with other building sets history.
Aah. Documentary about my favourite hobby
Crochet
Wow. I'm pretty sure my sister and i had that pirate ship as kids... i definitely remember a striped sail like that in our box full of legos
Y’all deserve the sponsee Weird History Quality content every video
When I was about 10 or 11, I had this SpongeBob SquarePants lego set, the whole complete set was sold in separate little sets obviously. The one I had was a really big model of SpongeBob SquarePants and a big model of his Pineapple house. And I thought that was the coolest thing ever at that age. But I also remember when I was really little, I had some of my brother’s old legos and they were the ones that encouraged you to learn how to build whatever you wanted and they were the “reusable” kind. And those will always be my favorite. Over the SpongeBob model, over the Star Wars models I had, etc etc. you’ve gotta be creative and it’s sad to see all these companies that used to be so cool selling out and just making whatever for profit, rather than coming up with these unique, fun, creative sets they used to come up with. It’s sad..
Just imagine where we would be if plastics didn't rule the world
A much better place, methinks.
@@crazypath573 Agreed.
The issue I have with the Lego company is more the modern sets. They are too specific, and yes I know they are themed in most cases, but the creative options with some of the more modern kits (meaning kits made since about 2000-2010 or so) are too limiting. I remember growing up and all we had were the square and rectangular legos. I also felt that the Lego Technic brand was also unique and very interesting, but it seems that Lego gave into big marketing and when they started licensing things like Star Wars and other popular kids movies and TV shows, thats when the true "original" Lego died. Yes you can still buy a bucket of generic legos (the original square and rectangular ones) but I feel that while the kits may have been successful, they limited the creativity in away too because the bricks were too specific, like a windshield for an airplane or a car.
It was either change and innovate or bye-bye Lego 🤷🏻♂️
Im danish and Legoland is just amazing, I hope you take youre Kids there one day 😁🇩🇰
Been a huge lego technic fan since the early 90s when at age 7 my aunt bought me a little technic race car that had steerable front wheels. After that I WAS HOOKED!. Eventually having around 40k pieces full of pneumatics & lots of gears (all sorts of pieces) allowing to build cranes over 10ft tall. Lego technic taught me ALOT!
What a wonerful world I came home and there is a new video on my favorite channel ❤️❤️❤️
great video, i work together with Lego, so i went to the LEGO House before it was opened, and was talking with there Marketing manager, he was telling me that one of the biggest things that saved Lego was actually the sale of the Legoland parks.
I had my Legos, and Mom had the Sunset book California is Earthquake Country, so I loved to build 19th Century commercial buildings, and strike them with earthquakes. As I grew older they gave me some Techmics sets, but I really wanted basic red blocks, and arches, to cap off pilasters of those buildings I liked. My sister was into the idea of nursing at an early age, so I had a self designed hospital I would make for her at times. I shared "my/our Legos, but was also possessive of them until I wasn't, when I went college? I kept them in a big 4 gallon tin drum that had caramel popcorn initially. I like to design & build stuff today.
Super soakers!!!!! Would be a awesome toy to do
I love that pronunciation of Billund.
My favorite lego sets were lego galaxy squad. My brothers and I played with our lego ships for years, and created our own ship designs from the pieces. Really fun and good memories
So nice to see something from Denmark (my country) nice documentary love your videos keep up the good work 🤟
me, hearing the narrator make the "never managed to connect" comment at about 9:49: wince-of-appreciation-at-the-pun emoji
me, a microsecond later: "even the narrator reacted to what he just said."
My uncle can speak 4 different languages everytime he steps on a Lego brick 😅
Should have talked more about the history and evolution of the minifigs. They're a large and iconic part of Lego.
“You’ve gotta dance with the person that brought you” 😂
Love ya content mate cheers from Australia
Ohmyglob! So excited for this Lego episode 👏
My siblings and I collected legos in the 1990s and 2000s, we had a small storage bin of them.
We have given the lego to many younger cousins over the years, with the promise that they would pass it on to younger family members next.
My first cousin's 2 girls play with it, I think my sister might take it next for her son in a few years.
I'm happy our legos are still being played with, it's always been fun to play with my younger cousins with it.
As a Lego fan and a history fan this is awesome!
I was born in 1942 in America. I don't remember Legos growing up. My favorite building toy was Lincoln Logs. They were limited because of there design, but with a child's imagination, I could entertain myself on a rainy or snowy day.
In those days we really didn't play with toys. Instead, we kids of the neighborhood played outside until it got dark and it was time for bed. No one had money for toys, so we made out own out of whatever we could find.
Because of my experience in using your imagination to make up games and toys, I am concerned about today's youth. Spending hours in front of a screen that provides every thing for you playing would take away the imagination of play. Bones don't grow stronger without physical activity , to name just one physical and medical problems from sitting for hours staring at a screen.
The narrator is perfect for these (actually interesting) history classes ! Loooove these
hearing about the factory fires reminded me of a scene in _MPatHG_, paraphrased here: "I built a castle. It sank into the swamp. I built another castle. _It_ sank into the swamp."
A+ video!
LOVE IT! LEGOs are such a great toy!
Very interesting. I also agree with the mother tbh. I love buyin the lego themed sets. But once I make them, I never wanna take them apart. Which has kinda killed the original joy of Lego. When I was a kid just randomly building with all my pieces. Now I just buy a set, build it and display it. Sometimes play with it a bit. Definitely lost of the soul of endless possibilities and become more of a one time use for the most of it's enjoyment
oh boy oh boy oh boy
I grew up with a Lego Bucket that I don't know where the bricks came from (probably bought for my older sister as I don't remember receiving any) and played with them the old-fashioned way (no sets or instructions). But I always wanted more specialty pieces like windows or wheels!
The OG founder, going through many complications and hardships, knew he had a destiny:
To DESTROY COMPLETELY the soft feet and toes of every parent in the world!!!
I still remember my parents walking like cats on pillows to avoid our room full of Lego parts. My brother would build, I would brake the sets and scatter the fragments, and our parents would pay the heavy cost, haha!
I used to love the Lego Belville sets as the figures were like mini dolls and could do anything also I used to mix them with playmobile but one thing I doubt lego will never event a painless brick when you stand on it
12:42 Chris Pratt was Emmet Brickowski on The Lego Movie.
Another hit lead by Chris Pratt!
I always enjoyed Playmobil, especially the ghost with the ball and chain.
I am sad this video didn't mention that Nintendo used to make and sell a LEGO ripoff called N&B Blocks back in the early 1960's and actually used the "System of Toy" concept since a few of their other toy products are compatible with the N&B Blocks...
Licensing was the smartest business decision ever. They have everything from models to games to movies. Genius and insanely profitable 📈
Legos, Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Erector Set, Hot Wheels... staples of classic childhood in the 60s
And View-Masters! ❤
@@awesomelife3710 YES!! Thank you for the reminder ❤ Honorable mention to: Etch-a-sketch, Wheel-O, Slinky, Light Brite, Spirograph, EasyBake Oven, Creepy Crawlers & Fun Flowers & Incredible Edibles. I think I covered my toy box's inventory...
Thank you for this video! 😀🌸
EVEEYHTING IS AWESOME!!! Everything is cool when you're part of a team.
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!! When you're living out a dream.
I think I had a Lego set with a hospital…. Late 70’s early 80’s. I also had Lincoln Logs! I’d make all kinds of homes and buildings. As a parent I always stepped on the damn legos along with My Little Pet Shop parts.
The only thing I dislike about current LEGO sets is the overinflated price tags.
BILOfix was a top notch toy, in my opinion. I still use it to this day for fast prototyping of an idea.
I must add that the feel of the beechwood struts is like silk under your fingertips. The system also comprised of plastic gears (including bevel gears) and chains.
A quality toy that is no longer😘
Thats the problem with Lego now, all licensed stuff. We used to have original Lego themes back in the day.
I am stroking the algorithm. I enjoy watching and learning of the wall history, thank you. 😊
I was excited for the Sesame Street set & Muppet minifigures, I hope more will come.
I also love the Stranger Things set, I again hope more come!
I don't have a favorite per say.... But, I have all the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit sets, including the minis, but the Titanic I bought for my son, now is proudly displayed on a shelf in the bathroom. I think we have 3 5 gallon buckets, total of Legos, and my brother has about 8 buckets. Seriously, we just know we have buckets and about a fourth of them are from the mid 80's.
I got that pirate ship as a kid in the late 80's, I was too young to build it so mom did it for me, she hated every minute of it, it may have lasted me 3 days tops as I was a very destructive child lol.
Oof.. I almost stepped on this video. Close call.
I literally found a single lego amongst my things as I listened to this
My latest LEGO set is: The DeLorean
I'm enjoying the Lego video games, currently in Skywalker Saga and loved the Harry Potter and Jurassic World ones. Hubby likes the Marvel ones. They're awesome games.
May they stay around forever!
I got a bunch of the sets when I was a kid, but they mostly ended up sitting on shelves like my model cars. But I also had a drawer full of loose bricks that had passed from my older brother to me. I didn't have to follow instructions. I could just build whatever I wanted to play with.
I'm not much into Legos, but my nephew does. He likes Harry Potter, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Lego City sets.
"As someone who just finished spending the majority of his life in prison, what happened with Legos? They used to be simple... Something happened out here while I was inside. Harry Potter Legos, Star Wars Legos. Complicated kits. Tiny little blocks🤏 I mean, I'm not saying it's bad, I just want to know what happened."
~Professor Marshall Kane, Greendale Community College
The best sets are they one's I couldn't afford as a kid, nor now as an adult with collector prices. (Black Seas Barracuda, The Space Monorails, etc.)
Another great video really would like to see the history of POGS
With a guest appearance by Alf?
@@seatspud AIF😁 got to love the old days