Toys of the Eighties, BLOCKS!
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The eighties should be known as the Decade of Blocks (or what are today known as 'Construction Sets' ... whatever). Legos, Duplos, Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, Bristle Blocks, Magnetic Blocks, K'Nex, Popoids, Erector Sets, soft blocks (for babies), Busy Blocks (also for babies - each block contained a different activity), gigantic cardboard building blocks that looked like bricks (you had to assemble each block yourself!!!), cheap hollow plastic building blocks available in dollar/drug stores, nesting blocks, puzzle blocks (make six different pictures by using the six sides of the block set), Travel blocks (you could play different road games & activities using various sides of the blocks), Fisher Price toddler block sets (each block had a hole in it, and you could connect with long plastic rods), WAFFLE BLOCKS (L'il Tikes), Mind Bender blocks with little puzzles inside ... can you think of anything else???
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Does anyone knows, where to get edublocks that we've played with in the years 80's 90's.
Please email me : cbothmab74@gmail.com
I am looking for some blocks from the 80's that were about 3 inches square with two connectors on the top like legos. They were not legos or duolos. They came in a red or dark orange cardboard box originally, they were plastic but soft, almost like they had some kind of felt on the outside and came in yellow, orange, green and blue, possibly came in pink to in the set, I don't really remember. If anyone knows the name of these or where to get them I would greatly appreciate any information.
Thanks!
hsu_1128@yahoo.com
Yeah, Jen, I'm looking for info on the same blocks! They were about 3"x3" from the side and about 1" deep I'd say. And the edges were rounded so you could connect them together in a wall and the wall would bend into a tube. Let me know if you figure anything out. uhr@inbox.com
Justin, it sounds like you are referring to Better Blocks. Retro junk's website has a couple of the old Better Blocks commercials, if you need a visual.
Sara, no I had forgotten about Better Blocks, but that's not what Jen and I are thinking of. The Better Blocks are the same size as Legos, but the ones we're thinking of are a bit bigger than Legos and all of them have only two pegs as Jen describes. Thanks though.
Does anyone remember the blocks that had the locking mechanism, they were about the size of legos, but had the white plastic locking thing on the inside and came with a green plastic screwdriver (flat head) to turn the mechanism on the blocks and lock them together. I was thinking lock blocks, but I can't find anything on them.
Dylan, I have your same problem. I have googled everything, im glad there is someone else in this world that remembers these, but...still I don't remember what they are called!!!!
I am trying to find the name of this block-like building toy. They were transparent colored plastic shapes - flat, with one slot on each side. They connected by inserting one slot into another slot. Similar to the modern Dado Squares, except smaller, clear, and more shapes. Anyone know what these were called?
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