# Fun with Lego **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046 "2007-09-04T21:18:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/1 "2007-09-04T21:18:52Z")
You are not allowed to laugh at [this](http://rgh.cc/displayimage.php?pos=-2114) ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/2 "2007-09-04T21:25:58Z")
[QUOTE=PaulParkhead] You are not allowed to laugh at [this](http://rgh.cc/displayimage.php?pos=-2114) [/QUOTE] What’s the punishment for a barely suppressed giggle, then? ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/3 "2007-09-04T21:30:00Z")
[QUOTE=maggenpye] What’s the punishment for a barely suppressed giggle, then? [/QUOTE] Damnation to hell, obviously 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/4 "2007-09-04T21:45:51Z")
[QUOTE=PaulParkhead] Damnation to hell, obviously 😃 [/QUOTE] Then I’m in some seriously deep shit. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/5 "2007-09-04T21:53:25Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Then I’m in some seriously deep shit. [/QUOTE] Aren’t we all, my man, aren’t we all? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/6 "2007-09-04T22:04:21Z")
Do not taunt Happy Lego Hawking. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/7 "2007-09-04T22:41:56Z")
I miss playing with lego. Maybe I’ll buy a set. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/8 "2007-09-04T23:04:59Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] I miss playing with lego. Maybe I’ll buy a set. [/QUOTE] Will you build your very own Isaac Newton? With an apple on his head? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/9 "2007-09-04T23:15:33Z")
No I’ll build my very own Cecil, to have and to hold. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/10 "2007-09-05T03:29:25Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] No I’ll build my very own Cecil, to have and to hold. [/QUOTE] I heard you can only do that with the Prickly Action Playset, with Extra Spikes. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/11 "2007-09-05T03:44:39Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] I heard you can only do that with the Prickly Action Playset, with Extra Spikes. [/QUOTE] There’s a new Lego voicebox available. You build a model, and then it will talk to you. If you ask silly questions it contacts the press and subjects you to public ridicule. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/12 "2007-09-05T03:54:50Z")
[QUOTE=PaulParkhead] There’s a new Lego voicebox available. You build a model, and then it will talk to you. If you ask silly questions it contacts the press and subjects you to public ridicule. [/QUOTE] My Og, it’s like they _know_ Cecil! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/13 "2007-09-05T11:04:04Z")
Legos are the perfect toy. Period. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/14 "2007-09-05T12:51:35Z")
I had a little lego Eisenstein, but every time I looked for it, it changed location. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/15 "2007-09-05T12:52:00Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Legos are the perfect toy [/QUOTE] What are Legos? Some cheap Chinese rip off of Lego? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/16 "2007-09-05T12:54:00Z")
Americans (and/or Canadians) use Legos plural for some reason. There is a rip-off of lego called Megabricks or something like that that’s meant to be rather good. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/17 "2007-09-05T13:37:10Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] What are Legos? Some cheap Chinese rip off of Lego? 😕 [/QUOTE] Yes, to Americans and some others (I’ve heard this in New Zealand and Australia as well, but only among the uneducated ;),) one lego brick equals a “lego”, two or more lego bricks equals some “legos.” ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/18 "2007-09-05T15:50:10Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] Americans (and/or Canadians) use Legos plural for some reason. There is a rip-off of lego called Megabricks or something like that that’s meant to be rather good. [/QUOTE] Megabloks suck. HOWEVER, that being said, they did make several military sets, including tanks, jet aircraft and such that the LEGO folks have always avoided. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/19 "2007-09-05T16:47:09Z")
[http://www.brickmania.com/Gallery2/war/T34/T-34\_Loading.jpg](http://www.brickmania.com/Gallery2/war/T34/T-34_Loading.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046/20 "2007-09-05T16:48:23Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] I had a little lego Eisenstein, but every time I looked for it, it changed location. [/QUOTE] I just now realized that I totally screwed up that joke. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-lego/418046.md?page=2)