My Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of Legos

Being a child of the 80's and 90's, there were many, many great toys to chose from. You had your WWF wrestling figures, GI Joe, Captain Power, you know you remember Captain Power, but the ones there was on set of toys that I could never let go of.

Legos. Where to begin? I was 4 when I got my first Lego set, it was a simple plastic box full of them! All shapes and sizes, I instantly started to make planes out of them. I used to do a mean F-16 out of those Legos after I saw the movie Iron Eagle. I used to do a mean F-16 out of those Legos after I saw the movie Iron Eagle. These planes I made had had all types of bombs and missiles loaded on it, all I needed was a long "beam" piece or a few little yellow stub pieces and I had everything from the Sidewinder to a 500lb bomb loaded and ready to go! All that was needed were a few of my green Army men figures some houses made from a deck of cards and I was blowing things up left and right. Unfortunately if I was doing that now, I would probably be put on some medication or sent to a counselor, but back then it was free rain to actually be a kid without someone thinking something was clinically wrong with you!

Now, as far as actual kits went, I was not much for them. I loved being able to create my own masterpiece toys and destroy them how I saw fit! I used to have a space man who would fly around in a one man, Buck Rodgers type space ship, but that was the extent of my Lego kits. I preferred making a whole Army of Johnny 5's! You, know from Short Circuit!?! "Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too? Classic! I made a whole fleet of these babies with their own attached death rays to their shoulders just like in the movie where I would send them to destroy my sisters My Little Pony or Barbie collections!

The greatest times I had with Legos did not involve me building them at all. It was going to KB Toys and looking at the 7ft tall Statue of Liberty, or Death Star made of Legos! Those things were awesome! I had no idea if they were shipped to them that way or if they actually spent the time to build them in the store, but I always wanted one! I used to think that there was nothing you could not make out of a Lego, and each year around Christmas time the stores would be full of these giant replicas!

If I could go back I probably would have spent more time with my Legos, but like I said earlier, there were so many great toys in the 80's I was bouncing between them every day! I hope Lego is still around when I have a family of my own, no way will they ever touch Mega Blocks!

By the way, if you go to Google right now, they spelled out Google in Legos! I love it!