There has always been a wonderful sense of accomplishment when I was a child to build something from start to finish.  The idea of taking small things and building something from scratch.

Legos allowed me to do that. The small plastic parts ridged with circular “bumps” always felt so aesthetically wonderful rolling on the tip of my fingers always gave me a bit of a thrill. Then attaching each brightly colored piece together over time, making the pieces work together to build something, anything, was filled with knowing that I could build not only the toy structure but that I could complete a new world.

Of course I wasn’t very good at it, but I digress.

Lego is celebrating a birthday and the 30 + years since I dumped one of the boxes filled with the toys out of my living room floor, the concept of the Lego has changed. And at Gizmodo there are some examples of the evolution of the pop phenomenon with some of the best Lego toys ever.

The list and photos are extensive and a great deal of fun in celebrating the toy that taught a world that you can built it. And it is good.

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