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Look what Eli built...
« on: Jan 20th, 2008, 1:25pm » |
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He is just IN LOVE with lincoln logs! Wants to build himself a lincoln log house when he gets older too. We took him to see a log home last week and he FREAKED!
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Re: Look what Eli built...
« Reply #1 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 2:08pm » |
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Eli ?????????? Like the , well you know.
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« Reply #2 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 2:11pm » |
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on Jan 20th, 2008, 2:08pm, zwibbs/Scott wrote:| Eli ?????????? Like the , well you know. |
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WATCH it there Scotty boy!!!
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« Reply #3 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 2:53pm » |
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Eli Manning---QB for the Giants.
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Re: Look what Eli built...
« Reply #4 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 3:02pm » |
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My son used to love those and some of our grandsons play with them.
Eli has a pretty good eye for detail.
Don't ever get rid of them, Mel. Somday you'll pull them out for grandchildren!
I'm so sorry I let the kids Legos and Lincoln Logs go when they stopped playing with them. Would love to have them back now.
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Re: Look what Eli built...
« Reply #5 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 3:04pm » |
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Mel:
Those were one of my favourites when I was about his age. Sat for hours building stuff with them.
Maybe he will become mechanically inclined if he shows interest in building with them.
Lincoln logs have been around for at least 40-45 years now.
Surprising how much entertainment they bring to kids.
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« Reply #6 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 3:29pm » |
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Kewl Melly! God I used to love Lincoln logs when I was a kid! That was 50 years ago and they are truely a timeless toy for kids.
That was the entertainment back then. No TV, no game boys nuffink but trees to climb, muck to wallo in looking for critters and on the rainy days lincoln logs, picupsticks and the like.
Thanks for posting Mel!
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Re: Look what Eli built...
« Reply #7 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 3:32pm » |
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you make the absolute adorable kids... I can't wait to see the new one... I can see that Eli is a future contractor and he is proud of his work... keep up the good work ELI!!!!
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Re: Look what Eli built...
« Reply #8 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 3:39pm » |
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on Jan 20th, 2008, 3:04pm, Groov wrote:Lincoln logs have been around for at least 40-45 years now.
Surprising how much entertainment they bring to kids.
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Probably longer 'cause I had'm too. Went great with a set of civil war blue and grey army men. Ongoing battles for days. 
The roof in them days were stamped green cardboard bent in half.
Nice job, Eli!
Melly, he needs more, more! A Lincoln Log town, buggies, wagons, horses, boundary disputes, Hatfield-McCoy feuds, the railroad takes his land, he starts a Jesse James gang, holds up trains, robs banks, a posse chase, jail, the breakout, meet up at the east leg of the kitchen table, holed up in the mountains on the sofa pillow, turns himself in, reprieved to clean up Dodge City, retires, builds ranch.
Or he could just build the ranch.
Yep, good healthy fun.
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Re: Look what Eli built...
« Reply #9 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 3:45pm » |
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We dont have Lincoln logs here in Australia, wonder why? It looks like fun !
We have leggos and wooden blocks but it lookes like the little ones can build serious looking houses/buildings with the logs.
Good on you Eli ! 
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on Jan 20th, 2008, 3:39pm, Kevin_M wrote:
Probably longer 'cause I had'm too. Went great with a set of civil war blue and grey army men. Ongoing battles for days.
The roof in them days were stamped green cardboard bent in half.
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Jeez Kevin, Bent cardboard! I think my set had the logs for the roof. There were end pieces for the gables that were wood. I think I inherited my set from my brother who is 12 years older than me.
Come to think of it I had a record player that had a actual needle that ran in the grooves of the 78 RPM records stamped from bacolite (sp?) LOL.
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Re: Look what Eli built...
« Reply #11 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 4:48pm » |
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Thought it'd bring back some nostalgia for some, lol.
Eli builds with them every single freaking day. It'll be interesting to see what he chooses as a career, but he's been building with these things ever since he got his first set 2 years ago. There was a stretch of summer where they sat on the top shelf in his closet though because I couldn't handle picking them up anymore!!
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Re: Look what Eli built...
« Reply #12 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 5:27pm » |
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on Jan 20th, 2008, 3:04pm, Groov wrote:| Lincoln logs have been around for at least 40-45 years now. |
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Sure have. I got mine more than 50 years ago. I'm just glad they still exist. It's comforting.
Cute picture Mel.
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« Reply #13 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 5:36pm » |
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A kid will learn more with a can of Lincoln Logs than they do their first two years of college.
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Re: Look what Eli built...
« Reply #14 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 6:10pm » |
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on Jan 20th, 2008, 4:30pm, Paul98 wrote:| I think my set had the logs for the roof. |
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You are right, Paul. I remember longer logs now but I think I tried to use them for building bigger houses, or maybe there were green wooden roof slats or something.
I also had a huge barrel of Block City, about 900 pieces, cinder block type interlocking house building. I'd use the roof from that set for both sets. They didn't last long and tore at the hinge easily, always taped.
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« Reply #15 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 6:38pm » |
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He looks gay.....LOL
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« Reply #16 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 6:48pm » |
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Wow y'all...now here is something I would never have guessed:
"Lincoln Logs were invented some time between 1916 and 1917 (the official Lincoln Logs website indicates 1916) by John Lloyd Wright, a son of the notable architect Frank Lloyd Wright."
Had no idea they were that old.
I think you have a point Brew. I had Legos and played for hours on end building stuff.
Legos were invented in 1947
Mr. Ole Kirk Christiansen was a carpenter who lived in Bilund, Denmark, and that is also where the company first began.
I would have guessed later cause they were made of plastic. Not too common for toys in 1947...but I wasn't around then......wadday say Paul ?? 
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« Reply #17 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 6:59pm » |
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Lincoln logs don't hurt your bare feet nearly as much as those frickin' sharp cornered Legos.
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on Jan 20th, 2008, 6:38pm, Jonny wrote:| He looks gay.....LOL |
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on Jan 20th, 2008, 6:59pm, Mosaicwench wrote:Lincoln logs don't hurt your bare feet nearly as much as those frickin' sharp cornered Legos.
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Ah ha Pat, I see you have experienced the " 1 a.m. go to get a drink of water...OUCH DAMMIT" nightmare
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« Reply #20 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 8:19pm » |
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He's a cute little fella Mel
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Ah ha Pat, I see you have experienced the " 1 a.m. go to get a drink of water...OUCH DAMMIT" nightmare |
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My comments are a LOT "bluer" than that!!!
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« Reply #22 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 9:45pm » |
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Mel,
Lincoln Logs were so much fun. Loved them!!
I'm not sure if these are still around or not but these were fun, too.
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on Jan 20th, 2008, 8:19pm, Groov wrote:| He's a cute little fella Mel |
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Aww, thanks so much Dave!
Cyn- ah yes, the Erector Set. Is it just me or does the name make you laugh now that we're older?? LOL
The parts didn't have as pretty of colors as Legos did, so I was a Lego girl myself. Built houses constantly with sectioned rooms, beds, sink, stove, fridge, TV's, etc. Oh, and decks! Had to make the decks because only "wealthy" people had a deck. 
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« Reply #24 on: Jan 20th, 2008, 10:38pm » |
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Yup, I have to admit it....erector set did set off a little smirk on my face, too.
I also remembered experimenting with my brother's chemistry set. Mom used to freak out at the little explosions, smoke and smells that we used to "create".
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