MetaFilter posts tagged with toys and fun

An unexpected gathering of bricks

Artw — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:31:17 -0800

What It Takes to Build a Lego Hobbit [cached version] - How Lego's An Unexpected Gathering was designed from the 2,700 pieces of the modern Lego "system of play", which remains compatible with a brick design that goes back to 1958. Despite worries that the stacking brick system has become less creative, a persistant series of complaints that have spawned their own bingo card, it remains hugely popular, in part through quality control and clever licensing. The Lego Bag-End house also comes in a life size version.

intellectual education candy

nickyskye — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:51:38 -0800

Filed under strangely fascinating: Popin' Cookin', powdered miniature sushi that one makes oneself and eats as a candy. Wait for the salmon roe at the end. There is a type of sweet in Japan that’s sold under the category of "intellectual education candy". These are sweets you must make yourself using the ingredients contained in the box. This way, children can enjoy the process of making candy, which allows them to develop their creativity. The non-edible version, Konapun. Pizza, spaghetti | soft cream. No cooking is required, just water. There is a Popin' Cookin' confection named "bloody murder" (ポッピンクッキン　ねりきゃんランド). Made by Kracie.

Play-Doh!!!

GavinR — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:11:45 -0800

Old Play-doh ads! Chop that mop. Excellent! What has been done cannot be undone. Arbeit Macht Frei! Oooooh...pretty sparkles.... Tasty! Bart Smit? Basa?

Toys have lives too

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:00:00 -0800

The private life of your favorite toys.

Paper Toys

dobbs — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:36:53 -0800

Readymechs are free flatpack toys for you to print and build. {teefed from ArtDorks}

Mining the Hive Mind, Wikipedia-style

jenh — Tue, 10 May 2005 13:22:23 -0800

One of many Wikipedia-based applications, Omnipelagos mines the hive mind to map the connections between two things.

Enough womd!

answergrape — Fri, 21 Mar 2003 08:46:14 -0800

Let's talk about childhood toys. A wander down memory lane, past care-bears and etch-a-sketches and barrel-o-monkeys. Warning: this site resulted in the bidding up of auctions for Weebles "Tree House" action sets. I'd forgotten how marvelously upright they remained until I whipped their little egg-like bodies out of a second-story window onto concrete. What was your favorite childhood toy? Do you still have it, or do you have the sudden need to re-acquire it?