Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?

[Scot LaFaive]

>Anecdotal: my brother and I (born in 1961 and 1966 respectively) owned
>Legos as kids. My >earliest memory of playing with them is c. 1970 when my
>brother and I built 2-storey houses and >stepped pyramids for my toy
>dinosaurs.

So what your saying is it wasn't aliens who built the pyramids but
dinosaurs? That actually makes sense now. They were strong.

Scot


>From: Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM>
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>Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:36:13 -0400
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>Anecdotal: my brother and I (born in 1961 and 1966 respectively)
>owned Legos as kids. My earliest memory of playing with them is c.
>1970 when my brother and I built 2-storey houses and stepped pyramids
>for my toy dinosaurs.
>
>---Amy West
>
> >I was Lego-age in the 50's, and I don't recall having Legos alongside
> >the Lincoln logs that I do remember fondly. But my cousins, who are
> >about 5 years younger than I am, did have Legos. So I would guess that
> >they became widespread in the early 60s. And, indeed, Google turns up
> >the following page
> ><http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/lego.htm>, which says that
> >Legos were introduced to the US in 1962, though they were around earlier
> >in Denmark.
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