Legos of course. Why are they special? Because I could make them into anything I could dream about. I certainly wasn't the best at creating new things; my buddies were far more creative with those blocks. But the fact that I can imagine something and then try to make it take shape using those blocks was fascinating.
I remember making a cut away of a starship with those blocks. It had hallways that lead to the bridge, engine room, and gun ports. That was fun. Castle Legos and Pirate Legos were my favorite.
Now it just seems that there's no time to play and all time to work. I know some people (older than me) that are master builders and do some R&D for Legos. I've seen them make spheres out of rectangular blocks. Amazing. I've also seen them build Star Destroyers and Death Stars. Those sets have over 10,000 pieces.
My next favorite toys were of course army men. I had a small collection of Britains Deetail soldiers. You know what I think that these were more favored than Legos though I played with Legos more. I loved setting my soldiers up. I had a collection of Heer Wehrmacht soldiers that were my favorite I'd set them agains my U.S. soldiers. It's hard to believe that that brand of army men are now worth quite a bit of money. I wonder how much my collection is worth. I tried to keep all my German soldiers in the best condition possible they were, of course, far cooler than the other figures.
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