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> "Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:
>> We, grumbling old men, lwe ived before your blessed Lego generation :-) 
>> But
>> we had Schucco, and Dincky Toy, and Meccano, and Matchbox to play with!
>
> Of these, "Matchbox" is the only brand I do recognize :) They weren't my
> favourite brand of metal toy cars though...
>
>> Ah!
>> Those were the days! I also owned a kind of forerunner to Lego (don't
>> remember the name just now) also with plastic bricks but a bit larger...
>
> You're not talking about Duplo, are you? ;)
>
>

Well, just a little OT here:

Schuco: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuco and 
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Schuco_toys
Dinky Toys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinky_Toy
Meccano: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meccano
Matchbox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchbox_(toy)

Thomas

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