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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

C is for Christmas Exhibition - 2 of 5 - Hillary Page's Lego!

So we're on to the original Kiddibricks clones, they sat on their laurels for a long time, but since the 1990's have been pushed to extend their colours, shapes and themes by their various rivals, not least - Mega Blocks.

They have also shown themselves to be both extremely litigious and secretive, and Lego seems to account for about 1-in5 of all the visible polymer items in the ocean!

Belleville; Blue Truck; Character Options; Christmas Exhibition; Construction Set; Construction Toy; Extremely Litigious; Hillary Page's Lego; K'nex; Kiddibricks Clones; Land Rover; Lego Bricks; Lego Construction Toy; Lego News; Limitations Of Lego; Lion; Little Locomotive; Mega Blocks; Mini Cooper; Polymer In The Ocean; Secretive Lego; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Technical Lego;
Licensing; everything's licensing and a lack of imagination in the industry leads to a lack of imagination in the kids, there are kids who only want what's in the box made-up to what's on the box-lid and who will burst into tears if something falls off!

Belleville; Blue Truck; Character Options; Christmas Exhibition; Construction Set; Construction Toy; Extremely Litigious; Hillary Page's Lego; K'nex; Kiddibricks Clones; Land Rover; Lego Bricks; Lego Construction Toy; Lego News; Limitations Of Lego; Lion; Little Locomotive; Mega Blocks; Mini Cooper; Polymer In The Ocean; Secretive Lego; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Technical Lego;
The lion is a more traditional piece; the blue truck is technical Lego.

Belleville; Blue Truck; Character Options; Christmas Exhibition; Construction Set; Construction Toy; Extremely Litigious; Hillary Page's Lego; K'nex; Kiddibricks Clones; Land Rover; Lego Bricks; Lego Construction Toy; Lego News; Limitations Of Lego; Lion; Little Locomotive; Mega Blocks; Mini Cooper; Polymer In The Ocean; Secretive Lego; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Technical Lego;
The new 'Belleville' (?) is clearly an answer to Character Options more realistic figures, while the two louvered slope 'elements' on the front of the little locomotive are a lift from Mega Blocks who had similar bricks first!

Belleville; Blue Truck; Character Options; Christmas Exhibition; Construction Set; Construction Toy; Extremely Litigious; Hillary Page's Lego; K'nex; Kiddibricks Clones; Land Rover; Lego Bricks; Lego Construction Toy; Lego News; Limitations Of Lego; Lion; Little Locomotive; Mega Blocks; Mini Cooper; Polymer In The Ocean; Secretive Lego; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Technical Lego;
The thing which looked like a Land Rover a minute ago is a new shape 'Mini Cooper' illustrating the limitations of Lego for all but the most dedicated adult offal's (or whatever they call themselves...awfulls?), something K'nex might escape now they are brickifying their - previously - tubular system? Mega Blocks were first with dinosaurs as well but in more realistic and muted colours.

Belleville; Blue Truck; Character Options; Christmas Exhibition; Construction Set; Construction Toy; Extremely Litigious; Hillary Page's Lego; K'nex; Kiddibricks Clones; Land Rover; Lego Bricks; Lego Construction Toy; Lego News; Limitations Of Lego; Lion; Little Locomotive; Mega Blocks; Mini Cooper; Polymer In The Ocean; Secretive Lego; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Technical Lego;
Another angle . . .

Belleville; Blue Truck; Character Options; Christmas Exhibition; Construction Set; Construction Toy; Extremely Litigious; Hillary Page's Lego; K'nex; Kiddibricks Clones; Land Rover; Lego Bricks; Lego Construction Toy; Lego News; Limitations Of Lego; Lion; Little Locomotive; Mega Blocks; Mini Cooper; Polymer In The Ocean; Secretive Lego; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Technical Lego;
. . . and back up the other end! 

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