Top 11 things to do with lego in 1975 ish

 

Top 11 things to do with lego in 1975 ish as a kid

1) use blocks to look like the logo on the box

There is no end to lego...an omen for afols

2 take large red spoke wheels put on a green baseplate as a car

3 tow the blue car around living room (and untangle the string)

4 substitute the biplane yellow struts with minifigure heads and figure out why they are thin vs. fat

 

5 use hinge bricks and wind strings up and down

6 build and use forklift to launch bricks by using spring action of the forklift

7 put every black 2x2 with wheels on to a 2x8 beam

8 stack the blocks as high as possible 

9 losing small pieces in shaggy carpet of 70s

10 trying to fit legos neatly back into the nifty comparments

11 perseverate on why you need and could build better with a motor

Ahh the good old days!  Actually launching bricks from the forklifts spring action never gets old.

Where to get ideas for MOCS part 2

 I forgot to put some other places that give ideas for mocs (I had done another post recently on this topic, so I'm making this part 2!)

1) Board game boxes (box art)

At target there are board games with good art and ideas.  Last year there was a Pan Am board game with a really neat car idea 

The Hasbro u build connect 4 above kept appearing at thrift stores.  I was able to build a great collection of the blue beams.  They have good clutch power and are good for making a model base or I'm hoping to make a neoclassic space building..even though the blue is lighter than I would prefer

2) Similar building sets..(non Lego)

3) puzzles/box art for puzzles

4) paintings

In being out to furniture stores, hotels, nursing homes, there are multiple paintings I've seen with potential ideas in them

This painting is taken from a model seen at Hobby Lobby.  It's a good view of a cockpit from the side.

 

5) toy aisles...hard to do with TRU (toys r us) gone!

 

I like the style of levels/different rooms and levels!

I think the use of small wheels on the giant truck is a good concept

6) kids books..mainly seek and find or encyclopedia 

Below is a pull out poster from an encyclopedia..love the bus and tanker truck!

7) seek and find computer games subway airport

8) cross section books

These give great ideas on the inner structure of objects...i.e. for the Titanic released by Lego

My favorite cross section came from a book when I was young...it is from Richard Scarry's book "What do people do all day"

9) The Nasa channel 

10) model train or airport layouts

11) Towers or unique structures in area

12) Encyclopedias or children encyclopedias...often in thrift store books i.e. trains, aviation

13) seasonal displays or inventory 

Every year, Menards has cool o scale buildings...my favorite is a salt factory and power plant.  Love the colors and rails!

14) model toy catalogs 

15) Playmobil 

I like their airport sets for the open parts in the back i.e. hospital and the airport designs

I love the observation deck idea!

So all of these pictures show my favorite places to get ideas!

And be a kid again!!!